North Africa
Water resources trends in Middle East and North Africa towards 2050
... Abstract. Changes in water resources availability can be expected as consequences of climate change, population growth, economic development and environmental consid- erations. A two-stage modeling approach is used to ...
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In Time of Troubles: Challenges and Prospects in the Middle East and North Africa
... and North Africa remained relatively powerful until the 18th century despite the shift of economic power to northern Europe at the beginning of the 14th ...
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Manufacturing Value Added Development in North Africa: Analysis of Key Drivers
... One possible problem with the pooled OLS estimate is that it assumes that all of the right-hand side variables in the model — including real per capita GDP — are exogenous to MVA. However, it is possible that real per ...
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The Success of Macroeconomic Policies of Selected Countries of North Africa
... of North Africa can be described as one of the most diverse parts of the ...seven North African countries has a different economic status, which is determined by mineral resources, cultural ...
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Demographic and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa
... and North Africa ...and North Africa have been described as “peculiar” and ...and North Africa call for a closer inspection of the recent levels and ...
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Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa: time for change
... As shown in chapter 2, countries in the region are quite heterogeneous in terms of demographic structure, macroeconomic performance, and the level of financial sector development. Nonetheless, their pension sys- tems ...
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Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa: time for change
... As shown in chapter 2, countries in the region are quite heterogeneous in terms of demographic structure, macroeconomic performance, and the level of financial sector development. Nonetheless, their pension sys- tems ...
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Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa
... and North Africa (MENA) region is primarily due to the “slow, uneven and hesitant pace” of structural reforms launched in the late 1980s and early 1990s (see World Bank (2003a) and Richards and Waterbury ...
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Gender, protest and political transition in the Middle East and North Africa
... Since the end of 2010, when a wave of mass protests and uprisings swept across several Arab countries, there has been unprecedented media attention on Arab women and their role in regional political transformations. Yet, ...
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IMPACT IFC IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA FISCAL YEAR
... As a region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is brimming with potential. But it faces several long-standing problems, like high unemployment (especially among youth), power shortages, and a lack of ...
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Pattern of Comparative Advantage in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
... This paper investigates the comparative advantage pattern of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 2000 and 2010. Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA) ...
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Political Stability, Corruption, Democracy and Terrorism In the Middle East and North Africa
... Evidence indicates that terrorist incidents have been reduced in Western Europe and the United States, but have been increased in the Asia-Pacific and Eastern Middle East and North Africa. Also, terrorism ...
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Exploring contextual characteristics of traditional medinas in north Africa
... During the 159 years of the first Ottoman rule the city of Tripoli expanded and emerged as a real urban centre in North Africa. This urban growth continued during the Karamanli rule (1710~1835). New ...
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Development assistance for health and the Middle East and North Africa
... South Africa, commonly referred to as the BRICS countries, are making a number of important commitments towards global health through providing development aid under the “South- south cooperation” regime and have ...
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Economic growth, combustible renewables and waste consumption and emissions in North Africa
... tons. Combustible renewables and waste is measured in metric tons of oil equivalent per capita after the division by the population number to obtain the per capita unit. The dimension of the panel data set is selected to ...
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The epidemiology of noncommunicable respiratory disease in sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa
... Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Middle East and North Africa ...sub-Saharan Africa is disputed and reports offer variable prevalence estimates, ranging from ...
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URBAN TRAVEL BEHAVIOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
... and North- Africa (MENA) region, are constantly challenging public transport providers who seek to handle efficiently the continuously rising travel ...
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Occurrence of Fungi and Mycotoxins in Some Commercial Baby Foods in North Africa
... The objective of the present work was to determine the mycoflora of a range of commercial baby foods, evaluate toxigenic capability of the isolates and the effect of stor- age conditions on the samples. Natural ...
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Forest Fires in Europe Middle East and North Africa 2013
... Furthermore it provides the results of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) operating during the fire season, with special emphasis on the EFFIS Danger [r] ...
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Options for New Financing Mechanisms for the Middle East and North Africa
... In support of countries in MENA that have significant recovery and reconstruction needs, the WBG and the IDB Group propose to use donor guarantees to provide [r] ...
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