Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, has weathered economic and political uncertainty both at home and throughout the wider Middle Eastern region, and is now back on a path to growth, with its aviation holdings being at the forefront of this turnaround.
More diversified than its Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) peers, Bahrain’s economy has weathered the oil price downturn relatively well. Though government revenues have been slashed, the resilience of the country’s non-oil economy is expected to see gross domestic product growth (GDP) hit 3.6% by the end of 2015, according to the Bahrain Economic Development Board………………………………………..Full Article: Source