2024年4月25日 · The Global South includes most emerging countries and one of the critical players at the intersection of these two country groupings, the Middle East, notably countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), is in an important position to work with developed and developing markets to reach their long-term goals, particularly in the context of international …

2019年4月5日 · By using data from the Global Risks Perception Survey – a poll of stakeholders around the world – and responses to the Executive Opinion Survey from business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, the briefing paper offers an assessment of how global, national, and market risks are coming together to shape the overall risks landscape for the MENA region.

2019年4月1日 · In the Middle East, countries generally spend less than 1% of their GDP on R&D, compared to the OECD average spend of 2.5%. According to a Strategy & Middle East report, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states could achieve 2.2% growth by …

2018年5月3日 · In the Middle East, a larger youth population has coincided with greater social empowerment. Women often married young and rarely worked outside the home. Now, more girls are attending school and more women are entering the labour force. Couples are waiting longer to marry and are having fewer children.

2022年1月18日 · The Middle East is still trying to chart its own path in the context of global geopolitical shifts, which are further compounded by the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the IMF projects the Middle East will expand by 4.1% in 2022, but the reality is that with fiscal and monetary space narrowing in most economies, the recovery ...

2019年4月5日 · Furthermore, countries with a greater proportion of women as decision-makers in legislatures have lower levels of income inequality. Interestingly, having more women in government is said to be good for health - women in Canada’s government have reduced mortality rates by triggering specific types of health-promoting expenditures.

2014年10月28日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

2017年5月20日 · The World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Index, which measures the extent to which countries optimize the well-being and productivity of their workforces, finds that the Middle East and North Africa, on average, only captures 62% of its full human capital potential, compared with a global average of 65%.

2023年9月27日 · Initiatives across the Middle East to promote more sustainable tourism practices are therefore critical, as in the rest of the world. The good news is that change is already afoot. In countries such as Bahrain, Oman, and Jordan, governments and companies are laying the groundwork for tourism that respects their natural and cultural heritage.

2015年6月25日 · As highlighted in the shifts described above, the global ramifications of developments in the Middle Eastern energy landscape are significant, and what happens globally will impact the future of the Middle East. The politicization of oil prices in general and the current drop in value could hurt the shale oil boom in the US and Canada.