By Bassel Khatoun, Managing Director, Director of Research, Director of Portfolio Management, Frontier and MENA,
Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity; Salah Shamma, Head of Investment, MENA Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity
Countries in the Middle East-North Africa ((MENA)) region have implemented comprehensive fiscal and monetary policy responses in a bid to combat the financial impact of the coronavirus. Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity's Bassel Khatoun and Salah Shamma share their on-the-ground view of the regional response to the coronavirus pandemic, and why they think times of exceptional stress could provide potential opportunities ahead.