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• 10 Trends for Life in the Future

  25 September 2016 ( #Arts and Humanities, #Climate Change, #Developed Countries, #Employment, #Gteening of the Desert, #MENA )

  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...

• ‘Road Rage’ these days in the UK

  09 October 2016 ( #Cities, #Consumption, #Culture, #Environment, #Sports, #UK )

  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...

• Putting people at the heart of city sustainability

  23 September 2016 ( #Banking and Financial Institutions, #Climate Change, #Corruption, #Democracy, #Diversification of the economy, #Employment, #Governance, #Higher Education, #Information and Communication Technology )

  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...

• National Health Service for a healthy Britain

  02 October 2016 ( #Healthcare Facilities, #Social Welfare, #UK, #NHS )

  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...

• Investing in Higher Education and Research

  10 October 2016 ( #Culture, #Diversification of the economy, #Education & Culture, #Employment, #Gulf Cooperation Council, #MENA, #University Education )

  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...

• On the Sidelines of the International Energy Forum 2016

  28 September 2016 ( #Algeria, #Budget Deficit, #Climate Change, #Emerging Markets, #MENA, #Oil price, #Oil Production )

  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...

• Prospects for the World’s Economies Future

  06 October 2016 ( #Banking & Financial Institutions, #Economic development, #MENA, #Oil and Gas, #Oil Production, #OPEC )

  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%...

• Middle East 1 in 20 displaced people from their homes

  25 November 2016 ( #Cities, #Climate Change, #Cross-border Transportation, #Democracy, #Economic Development, #Environment, #Expatriate Worker Rights, #Governance, #Housing development, #Human Resources, #MENA, #Middle-East, #Palestine, #Politics, #Population Migration )

  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...

• GCC countries facing further credit downgrades

  04 October 2016 ( #Banking & Financial Institutions, #Finance and Investment, #Gulf Cooperation Council, #MENA, #Monetary policies )

  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...

• Algeria’s 2017 Finance Bill Enacted

  06 October 2016 ( #Banking & Financial Institutions, #Corruption, #MENA, #Monetary policies )

  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...

• The US now has the Greatest Oil Reserves

  06 July 2016 ( #Big Oil, #Cheaper Oil, #Developed Countries, #Economic Development, #Employment, #Engineering, #Environment, #Growth, #Gulf Cooperation Council, #MENA, #Middle-East, #Oil & Gas, #Oil and Gas, #Oil price, #Oil Price, #Oil Production, #Oil supply and demand, #OPEC, #Saudi Arabia, #Shale Gas, #Shale Gas extraction, #U S A )

  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...

• ‘State of the Union’ after the Election of Donald Trump

  17 November 2016 ( #Climate Change, #Banking & Financial Institutions, #Business, #Carbon footprint, #Construction Industry, #MENA, #Democracy, #Developed Countries, #Employment, #Growth, #Tax and Corporate Tax, #U S A )

  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...

• Young people, employment and entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean

  14 October 2015 ( #Agriculture, #Climate Change, #Construction Industry, #Consultancy, #Diversification of the economy, #Economic Development, #Economic development, #Education & Culture, #Emerging Markets, #Employment, #Entrepreneurship, #Environment, #Europe, #Food production, #Forests and natural vegetation, #Forum economique, #France, #Francophonie, #Mediterranean Sea, #MENA, #Youth 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...

• Buildings with Sustainable Features

  28 June 2016 ( #Bahrain, #Budget Deficit, #Buildings, #Carbon footprint, #Cheaper Oil, #Climate Change, #Construction, #Cultural Heritage, #Diversification of the economy, #Economic development, #Engineering, #Environment, #Green Buildings, #Greening of the desert, #Infrastructure projects, #Integration of Nature, #Landscapes, #MENA, #Qatar, #Saudi Arabia, #U A E )

  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...

• Improvement of Human Development of Algeria

  18 August 2016 ( #Diversification of the economy, #Economic Development, #Economic development, #Economic Freedom, #Economic growth, #Education, #Employment, #Employment Conditions, #Environment, #Gender Equality, #Governance, #Growth, #Healthcare facilities, #Higher education, #Higher Education, #Housing, #Information & Communication Technology, #Infrastructure, #innovation, #Leisure, #MENA )

  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...

• UAE Strategy for the Future

  03 October 2016 ( #Climate Change, #Democracy, #Dubai, #Economic development, #Governance, #Environment, #Greening of the desert, #International Trade, #MENA )

  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...

• Syrian refugees in Jordan turning to sci-fi tech and business . . .

  22 September 2016 ( #Budget Deficit, #Cultural Heritage, #Democracy, #Diversification of the economy, #Economic Freedom, #History, #International Trade, #Jordan, #MENA, #Middle-East )

  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...

• Predictions for the World of the Future

  17 November 2016 ( #Climate Change, #Democracy, #MENA, #Economic development, #Economic Development, #Diversification of the economy, #Environment, #Fossil Oil, #Global Warming, #Population Migration )

  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 MENA region on the morning of 11/9

  11 November 2016 ( #MENA, #Banking & Financial Institutions, #Business, #Climate Change, #Developed Countries, #Environment, #Gulf Cooperation Council, #Kuwait, #Libya, #Oil and Gas )

  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...

• September 3rd : Skyscraper Day

  12 September 2016 ( #Affordable Housing, #Architecture, #Budget Deficit, #Building material supply, #Building Tower, #Buildings Regulations, #Climate Change, #Consultants, #MENA, #Super tall Structure )

  September 3rd : Skyscraper Day was chosen as a day to celebrate building of tall habitable structures. It is the birthday of architect Louis H. Sullivan, who called the "father of skyscrapers" as he is considered to have designed the first ones in his...

• Democracy & Development as a Dialectic Relationship with Security

  10 September 2016 ( #Algeria, #Cheaper Oil, #Cultural Heritage, #Democracy, #Economic development, #Economic Freedom, #Environment, #Governance, #International Conference, #Leadership )

  Fighting Terrorism involves Democracy & Development . . . The experience gained on the ground by Algeria in the fight against terrorism is a growing interest of foreign chanceries that discover the dangers of this transnational phenomenon. It is recognized...

• Global Forced Displacement Crisis

  17 September 2016 ( #Budget Deficit, #Cheaper Oil, #Climate Change, #Corruption, #Cultural Heritage, #Democracy, #Developed Countries, #Employment, #Governance, #MENA )

  The World Bank published this article on September 15th, 2016. It is about the ominous problem that is well known since time immemorial throughout the Middle East as people’s movements away from war, insecurity and economic shortcomings. This phenomenon...

• The Transition to Sustainable Energy is Essential

  16 September 2016 ( #Budget, #Cheaper Oil, #Climate Change, #Corruption, #Environment, #Global warming, #Governance, #Maghreb, #MENA, #Oil Production )

  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...

• Facing Energy and Geostrategic Global Changes

  19 September 2016 ( #Algerie, #Cheaper Oil, #Climate Change, #Economic growth, #Emerging Markets, #Energy Transition, #MENA, #Oil price, #Oil Production, #OPEC )

  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,...

• Instability Threatening Libya’s Implosion

  14 September 2016 ( #Budget Deficit, #Cheaper Oil, #Democracy, #Europe, #Governance, #Libya, #Mediterranean Sea, #MENA, #Oil Production, #Politics )

  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,...