The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched its 19th World Investment Report (WIR) last month. The report presents the latest data on foreign direct investments (FDI) around the world.
The American University of Beirut (AUB), from which tens of thousands of Arab leaders have graduated over the last 140 years, is a shining example of foreign aid put to good use. What distinguishes the graduates of AUB is not only leadership and a sense of service to
Global Arab Network - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to the Arab World fell 6.3 per cent to $60 billion (Dh220bn) in 2008 from $64bn in the previous year, said an international study.
The Middle East and North Africa region appears to be on average somewhat less affected by the global economic crisis than other emerging regions, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, which was released on 8 September.
For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and Christians.
The latest Arab Human Development Report published by the UN gives a detailed assessment of the most significant environmental hazards facing the Arab countries. The report, based on research conducted over two years, considers population and demographic pressures
All over the region, rising consumption is testing capacity. In Dubai, the number of electricity customers has doubled in the space of a decade. Saudi Arabia has seen a near 60 per cent increase in electricity customers over the same period.
Half of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region consume more water on average than they are receiving in rainfall. Yet the per capita water availability in the region is projected to fall by half by 2050, writes James Gavin...
Djibouti’s macroeconomic performance improved significantly, but inflationary pressures are intensifying. Real GDP growth accelerated to 5.3 percent, driven mainly by FDI concentrated in the construction and port services, while the contribution of public services to real GDP declined to 14.5 percent.
The early days of the credit crunch saw the Middle East and North Africa region lauded as a beacon of stability in a tormented global financial market. However, the liquidity problems that have afflicted financial institutions elsewhere in the world will still have a decisive impact on the region's financing plans, writes James Gavin...
It's official. Not one, but two words from the Arabic language are being inducted into the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary- Eleventh edition. The first is not unknown to anyone who has ever experienced the fine world
The business of matching the skills to jobs in Middle Eastern and North African economies has never been greater. Throughout the region, huge resources are being expended to improve the quality of educational and training provision. John Hamilton reports...
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