Pic 1 Pics 2 and pic 3 Pics 4 and 5 A blog of Sartaj Anand, Global Citizen and Futurist dated September 17th, 2016 discusses the future 100 years and what it entails to live by then as per today’s norms and standards. The author proposes 10 Trends for...
Pedal Power to the rescue ? In the UK, ‘Road Rage’ these days is a frequent topic in the newspapers. Driving here is stressful and involves very high level of concentration because of the state of the roads and the volume of traffic. You combine that...
In a report titled SUSTAINABLE CITIES INDEX 2016 : Putting people at the heart of city sustainability, Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm released this report on the most sustainable cities in the world. The PDF formatted report of Arcadis...
by Lin Petrie Healthy Britain . . . For all the lovely things in Britain, for me and most others the best thing about Britain is our National Health Service. You don’t pay to see a doctor or use a hospital for things you need. It has often been called...
An article written by Ebrahim Fallahi and published on Tehran Times of September 28, 2016 s about the recent informal OPEC meeting held on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum 2016 ( IEF ), which groups producers and consumers. It is against...
by Jafar | Oct 10, 2016 | The Abu Dhabi Plan . . . Dr Olin Cleve McDaniel, COO at the American University of Sharjah, explained in Gulf business of September 18th, 2016) how the MENA region can support economic goals by investing in higher education and...
Latest IMF report on global growth . . . The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its report on October 5th, 2016 on the prospects for the world’s economies future, by forecasting the global Gross Domestic Product to be 3.1% this year and 3.4%...
In effect, these countries budget deficits due mainly to lower oil receipts and spending gaps are forecast to “peak” at over $153bn this year against $119bn that was estimated in 2015. This deficit is expected to pick up but not immediately, as acknowledged...
As highlighted in this WEF latest article written by Emma Luxton, Formative Content, on human displacements in the world, most are from the north-east end of the MENA region. This is due principally to a certain lack of good governance that is coupled...
Reconciling economic efficiency and social justice . . . On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, the long awaited Algeria’s 2017 Finance Bill was enacted by the Council of Ministers, meeting in the presence of the President of the Republic. A finance law is only...
Gallup, the American public-opinion analyst, of November 15 th , 2016 run an article on the ‘State of the Union’ after the Election of Donald Trump a week ago. The exercise was conducted as it were bottom up and its conclusive assertions could this time...
As put by numerous MENA notably those of the Gulf Media, the US now has the Greatest Oil Reserves than Saudi Arabia or Russia, as per a new report. Norway’s Rystad Energy in a recent analysis of 60,000 fields worldwide conducted over a three-year period...
Dubai offers itself a UAE Strategy for the Future UAE Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai have launched the UAE Strategy for the Future, designed to bring the country to its next era of development...
OCEMO programmes in the Mediterranean Region OCEMO (office de Coopération Economique pour la Méditerranée et l’Orient) is a research centre as well as a French think-tank organisation based in Marseille, France. It was set up in 2011 with the objective...
But not a great deal of Innovation ! The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest report on Human Development 2015 notes a marked improvement of Human Development in Algeria. This report examines the links, positive and negative, between...
Sustainability all over the GCC . . . A Dubai-based developer company is looking to acquire land in Dubailand to start its sustainable and affordable residential project this summer. The project of to construct buildings with sustainable features such...
The G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, on September 4th and 5th, 2016 . . . A success for China, but hard issues kicked down the road : Reuters. "Engines of growth of the previous cycle of technological progress slow down gradually and the new cycle of technological...
Morocco’s hard work to manage its economic future, despite the global economy continuing stagnation, has started to pay off as per this recent news that raised its profile and ranking amongst countries investing in renewable energies. Morocco’s Masen...
Donald Trump’s win would mean for the MENA region on the morning of 11/9, among many things support for the security of Iraq as per the previous understanding between Baghdad and Washington previous agreements. An Iraqi official was quoted as saying that...
One of the most prominent opinion maker, the World Bank (WB) in its article of September 30th, 2016 noted that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region being made of oil importing countries, several of which in either political and / or literally...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published this article on September 21st, 2016. Ashish J. Thakkar, Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Council, United Nations Foundation and Georgie Benardete, Co-founder, Orchard Mile wrote it and it is about the desperate...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom, surveyed major world cities and produced Another Ranking of Top World Cities that are generally metropolises of developed countries. The...
The Brookings published on September 8th, 2016 this article written by Beverley Milton-Edwards on the current situation of the country that contrary to all beliefs, seems to have some difficulty gathering itself as one country. It is as if at this conjecture,...
OPEC meet informally in Algiers next week . . . It is widely believed that no binding decisions would be taken at the informal meeting of OPEC of Algiers on September 26th and 27th, 2016. The price of oil is at a relatively low level on September 16th,...
An article of Open Democracy written by Hamza Hamouchene and published on 6 September 2016 relates to the North African countries region of the MENA, where the transition to sustainable energy is essential. Few countries in this region because they are...