I do apologise. Normally I check them. I tried to link the original article but that didn't work but there are tones of other out there now. Here's another interesting article with some more info. Apparently 2013 saw an 8% housing allowance increase in the UAE too!
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Here's some other interesting info form the original article;
Country Avg Pay Hike l Proj. Inflation l Real Pay Hike for employees
UAE 5% 2.5% 2.5%
Kuwait 6% 3.2% 2.8%
Oman 5.3% 2.8% 2.5%
Saudi 5.5% 3.3% 2.2%
Bahrain 5% 3.1% 1.9%
Qatar 5.3% 4.2% 1.1%