In a study for the Carnegie Middle East Centre, Ibrahim Saif, an economist, notes that the long boom in oil prices which began in 2002 undid many of the good intentions of the Gulf states.

• 在卡内基中东研究中心的一项研究中，经济学家IbrahimSaif指出，自2002年起就一直增长的油价减弱了海湾国家的良好意图。