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World Bank Reports on Affordable Housing in Egypt
Hamada Mohamed, a taxi driver, is married with a 3 -year-old boy, and expecting a new baby in the coming months. Like 75 percent of young families he has not been able to afford a house and has had to
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Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel: Saudi Princess at Forefront of Women´s Lib – “We Want Change”
It is quite difficult to introduce Ameerah Al-Taweel without mentioning the fact that she is the wife of Saudi Prince Walid Ibn Talal – founder of Kingdom Holding, billionaire some twenty times over, and one of the most successful and
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USAID: Science and Engineering Diaspora Networks – Communities Mobilizing to Solve Global Development Challenges
In a research lab at the University of Buffalo (UB), New York, scientist Sarbajit Banerjee and his colleagues have honed in on a confounding problem – how to efficiently cool homes in hot climates. These researchers are testing the potential
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Sahel Countries Set to Receive Record Amounts in Aid
The countries of the Sahel region are set to receive unprecedented levels of aid to help them overcome poverty and political strife. The European Union and the World Bank have pledged to disburse no less than $8bn in fresh aid
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Absalon Project: Sustainable Funding for African Housing
Sub-Sahara Africa has experienced strong economic growth and has developed a more stable political environment over the past twenty years. Fast population growth and a significant movement of people from the countryside to the larger cities has resulted in a
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Sampension: PPP as a Way Forward for a Modern Welfare System
Public Private Partnerships (PPP) can be defined as a long-term contract between the public authority and a private partner. In Denmark it now seems clear that PPP is particularly suitable for infrastructure projects that will further the development of society.
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Involving Communities to Create Human Networks
Leadership Initiative for Transformation and Empowerment (LITE-Africa) Community Engagement The Leadership Initiative for Transformation and Empowerment (LITE-Africa), is a leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) operating in Nigeria since 1999 with a vision to create a safe space for peace and
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Why an Expo 2020 Win Will Not Determine the Strength of Dubai’s Property Market
By Mat Green, Head of Research & Consultancy UAE, CBRE Middle East Property markets around the world have proven to be acutely sensitive to changes in market sentiment. There should be little surprise then that Dubai’s ongoing bid to host
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Cityscape Global 2013: Dubai Property Boom Set to Resume
After the clobbering it received during the Great Recession, the Dubai real estate market is now fully set to surge ahead. Tower cranes are once again swinging their long jibs leisurely through the city’s airspace while underneath apartment buildings, malls,
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Experts Debate Dubai’s Post-Recession Property Boom – Another Bubble or Sustained Recovery?
More than 750 senior real estate professionals prepped for Global Real Estate Summit and MENA Mortgage and Affordable Housing Congress Dubai, UAE, 11 August, 2013: With all sectors of the Dubai property market now gaining momentum in making a healthy
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