Middle East

Making Every Drop Count: Reducing Water Loss in the Middle East and North Africa Region

The problem of water loss has become an even greater challenge for public utilities throughout the Middle East and North…

11 years ago

Demand for Sustainable Developments Rises as UAE Residents Vote for a Greener Lifestyle

Emaar Community Management showcases latest initiatives at Cityscape Global Dubai, UAE, 1 September 2014: Emaar’s Community Management programme will be at…

11 years ago

From Lebanon to Brazil – Joseph Safra

A Global Presence The Safra family fortune – today expressed in billions of dollars – originated on the dusty tracks…

11 years ago

Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Commodity Super Cycle to Stick Around a Bit Longer

Some analysts have predicted that the commodity price boom has played itself out. However, natural resource-based commodity prices (with the…

11 years ago

MIGA (World Bank): Islamic Finance – A Growing Source of Capital for the Developing World

The World Bank has its eye on Islamic finance, and with reason. Islamic finance’s recent globalization – in both Muslim…

11 years ago

Hamza Najeeb: Courageously Looking for Answers

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel? Hamza Kashgari Mohammad Najeeb is a poet in his mid-twenties. He was a…

11 years ago

Norton Rose Fulbright: EU Sets New Financial Laws for Non-EU Entities

Introduction The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is one of the cornerstones of EU financial services law setting out…

11 years ago

Grant Thornton UAE: Bridging the Gap in Private M&A Transactions

The increased appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is prevalent at both a regional and global level. This trend presents…

11 years ago

OECD: Achieving a Resilient Economic Recovery

The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and arduous, and has at times threatened to derail altogether. However,…

11 years ago

Christopher Colford: Speed Bumps Along the Road to Competitiveness

Egypt’s Self-Inflicted Limits on Economic Efficiency. It’s an axiom of economic policy: The future belongs to the efficient. In a…

11 years ago