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Tourism’s importance in Saudi Arabia
Travel and Tour published on Thursday, February 21, 2019, this article on Saudi Arabia that aims to attract 1.5m tourists by 2020 all according to its Prince Mohamed Bin Salman’s Vision 2030. In this prince's vision, diversification of the economy is emphasised and...
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The highest valued IPO in the MENA 2018
The February 20, 2019 Peninsula reported that Qatar witnessed the highest valued IPO in 2018 in the MENA region with the listing of Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Company (QAMCO) on the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), raising $745.6m in Q4. Qatar leads MENA 2018 IPO...
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Where does the MENA region’s food comes from?
The "MENA region has to import about 57% of the calories consumed domestically, mostly wheat, grains, proteins and dairy," all as per ZAWYA’s #MENA|10 FEBRUARY, 2019 with a call for action such as it is high time to start thinking: where does the MENA region's food...
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Desert Locust outbreak in northeast Africa and Saudi Arabia
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Sustainability: The ability to sustain life
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No longer Climate Change but an Environmental breakdown
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Why has growth been the panacea to any development
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Parliamentary or Presidential systems
The following article as written by Gulcin Ozkan, Professor of Economics, University of York and Richard McManus, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Canterbury Christ Church University could in the context of the MENA region, be more inspirational than educational. It must...
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