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Yasser Al-Saleh

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Yasser Al-Saleh is a faculty member at the MBRSG (formerly the Dubai School of Government). He has published several books and academic papers on the Middle East, and is the author of The Prospects for Sustainable Energy Innovation within Oil-Rich Gulf Cooperation Council and the co-editor of Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource-Rich Countries.

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