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Countries Commit to Tackling “Learning Poverty” and Accelerating Learning in MENA
Recognizing the very low learning outcomes, and the need to change the
way education is delivered as critical to the future development of the Middle
East...
Leaving No Place Behind Within the MENA Is Critical for Economic Growth and Social Inclusion
Where someone is born in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should not
determine their ability to succeed in life, according to a new...
2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East
Authors: Maria Al Makahleh (Dubovikova) and Shehab Al Makahleh*
“When I thought I had already reached the bottom, they knocked from
below.”-Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
This quote...
MENA Faces Another Year of Subdued Growth, with Bolder Reforms Needed to Boost Private Sector
Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is
projected to slow to 0.6% this year compared with 1.2% last year, according...
Algeria’s political impasse: What is next?
Seven months after a wave of protests began in
Algeria; people are still pilling onto the streets of the Algerian capital
“Algiers” and other cities nationwide...
A survey of Arab youth highlights gaps between policies and aspirations
Results of a recent annual survey
of Arab youth concerns about their future suggest that Arab autocracies have yet to deliver expected public
services and goods,...
Russian- Arab Cooperation Forum
On April
16, Moscow hosted the 5th Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum to review
comprehensively its strategic goals and achievements, challenges and layout
plans for the future. The Fifth...
MENA: Unemployment, Governance Challenges and Energy Price Shocks Seen as Major Risks
Business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa view economic and
governance issues as the primary risk in the region, but may underestimate the
risk...
Cooperation in the Mediterranean region
Some directions should be identified with a view to defining cooperation in the Mediterranean region. There is the Italian one that reaches Libya, but...
What Kenya’s mobile money success could mean for the Arab world
Authors: François de Soyres, Mohamed Abdel Jelil, Caroline Cerruti and Leah Kiwara
Embracing the new technologies that are rapidly transforming the world would be a...