... Regional Seminar on National Youth Policies for theMiddleEastandNorth Africa, with the aim of sharing experiences in developing and implementing national policies The seminar highlighted the lack ... 15-24 intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa, 2010 Breaking the Silence on Youth Sexuality Key Points • Youth are physically ready to initiate sexual activity but often lack the information and services ... MiddleEastNorthAfrica South Asia WORLD Latin America Sub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia *Youth who either have a job or are looking for one Note: As defined by the ILO, theNorthAfrica region includes...
... Reassessing the State’s Role in Industrial Land Markets The Low Access to Land in MENA Countries Sources of Inefficiencies in Land Markets Getting the Incentives Right in Enclaves Power and Rent ... 2005 and Previous Decades MiddleEastandNorthAfrica s Weak Growth in International Perspective MiddleEastandNorthAfrica s Growth over the Long Term Contributions to the Growth of GDP in ... about the Consistency and Predictability of Rules and Regulations as They Are Applied in MENA Countries The Lasting Influence of the Business Elite andthe Lack of Dynamism and Competition in the...
... I INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Investment in Education Investment in Education andthe Level of Human Capital Investment in Education andthe Quality of Human Capital Investment in Education andthe ... pulls all of the pieces together Primary Findings The main finding of this report is that the MENA region has made significant strides inthe education sector, having started inthe 1960s and 1970s ... seen inthe developing world The main shortcoming of past efforts lies inthe weak link between the improvements inthe level, quality, and distribution of human capital and economic growth, income...
... Health Indicators intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica Number in 2002 (thousands) MiddleEastandNorthAfrica Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Palestinea ... North Africa: 76 24 Aoyama, Reproductive Health intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa: 57 25 Aoyama, Reproductive Health intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa: 57 26 Aoyama, Reproductive Health inthe ... planning contributes to maternal and infant health and survival by reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies Reducing the number of deliveries and increasing the time between births help save the...
... climate is binding for both male- and female-owned firms intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica 23 Figure 3.2 Perception of the investment climate intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa, by ... one in eight Women entrepreneurs are a minority everywhere But their share intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica is far lower than inthe other middle- income regions of East Asia, Latin America and ... provided details about the frequency of black-outs and surges andthe revenue lost because of them The surprising finding is that the investment climate intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica is much less...
... Health Indicators intheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica Number in 2002 (thousands) MiddleEastandNorthAfrica Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Palestinea ... North Africa: 76 24 Aoyama, Reproductive Health intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa: 57 25 Aoyama, Reproductive Health intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa: 57 26 Aoyama, Reproductive Health inthe ... planning contributes to maternal and infant health and survival by reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies Reducing the number of deliveries and increasing the time between births help save the...
... intheMiddleEastandAfrica Introduction and key findings I n much of the Western world, smoking is in retreat After peaking inthe post-second world war era, tobacco consumption has been in ... Stamping out tobacco use intheMiddleEastandAfrica Preface T omorrow’s regular customers? Stamping out tobacco use intheMiddleEastandAfrica is a research paper written by the Economist Intelligence ... they turn the age of 18 InNorthAfricaandtheMiddle East, the water pipe has become ubiquitous Seen as trendy and traditional, the water pipe has surged in popularity inthe past decade, and...
... identifying U.S national interests inthe region andthe potential threats to those interests U.S INTERESTS INTHEMIDDLEEASTThe United States has many vital and enduring interests intheMiddleEast ... INTRODUCTION Nora Bensahel and Daniel L Byman The security environment intheMiddleEast has become increasingly complicated during the past decade Up to and including the 1991 Gulf War, the regional environment ... within the region In addition, the United States has an interest in maintaining stable energy prices and reliable supplies Given the West’s dependence on MiddleEast oil, political instability in...
... France, and, less often, Germany There were frictions, of course, especially with the French, who devoted themselves to expanding their cultural in uence intheMiddleEast during the interwar ... even into the 1930s? Inthe mid-1930s, with the rise of Negotiating for the Past anti-Semitism in Germany, American field directors and their sponsoring institutions provided safe haven inthe ... Negotiating for the Past excavations in their own homelands Turkey and Egypt led the way, and by the late 1930s Iraq and Iran had joined them Local governments, not Western institutions, sponsored their...
... wealthy countries inthe region are lacking in their human capacity building but have funding; and four, low andmiddle income nations are lacking in financial resources despite having welleducated ... interaction among the faculty delivering the courses, andthe students have the opportunity to better appreciate the unifying themes and concepts lying behind the nominally distinct sciences Additionally, ... Defenses, Brain and Mind, and Basis of Disease There are two additional clinical based courses, Medicine Patients & Society I and II, which the students must complete before beginning their clinical...
... wealthy countries inthe region are lacking in their human capacity building but have funding; and four, low andmiddle income nations are lacking in financial resources despite having welleducated ... interaction among the faculty delivering the courses, andthe students have the opportunity to better appreciate the unifying themes and concepts lying behind the nominally distinct sciences Additionally, ... Defenses, Brain and Mind, and Basis of Disease There are two additional clinical based courses, Medicine Patients & Society I and II, which the students must complete before beginning their clinical...
... identifying U.S national interests inthe region andthe potential threats to those interests U.S INTERESTS INTHEMIDDLEEASTThe United States has many vital and enduring interests intheMiddleEast ... INTRODUCTION Nora Bensahel and Daniel L Byman The security environment intheMiddleEast has become increasingly complicated during the past decade Up to and including the 1991 Gulf War, the regional environment ... within the region In addition, the United States has an interest in maintaining stable energy prices and reliable supplies Given the West’s dependence on MiddleEast oil, political instability in...
... opponents include Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, the minister of the interior, and Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the minister of defense Tyler, 2003 52 The Future Security Environment intheMiddleEast ... state Laurie Brand, “ Inthe Beginning Was the State ’: The Quest for Civil Society in Jordan,” in A R Norton (ed.), Civil Society intheMiddle East, Volume 1, Leiden, Netherlands: E J Brill, ... “Hardliners and Softliners intheMiddle East: Problems of Governance andthe Prospects for Liberalization in Authoritarian Political Systems,” in H Handelman and M Tessler (eds.), Democracy and...
... Claiming the Future: Choosing Prosperity intheMiddleEastandNorth Africa, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1995; International Monetary Fund, Building on Progress: Reform and Growth intheMiddle ... Security Environment intheMiddleEast multiply the demands on urban administrations In an age of increasingly scarce governmental resources, meeting these demands becomes increasingly difficult ... efficiency wages, and archaic infrastructures are some of the factors inhibiting investment and therefore growth However, there is an emerging consensus that, intheMiddleEast as 2 3The large...
... ratios, increases in male (and especially female) literacy, the decline in fertility, and reductions in infant and child mortality The only way to explain the combination of falling incomes per ... well managing the treacherous foreign and domestic politics of the Kingdom But maintaining the fragile balance between East Bankers and Palestinians, Islamists and regime supporters, in such an ... mullahs (of mainly poor, provincial origin) and left-wing elements infiltrating the high ranks of the bureaucracy”; and conservatives, with “strong financial and blood ties to the bazaar (who)...
... inthe capital Leader Incentives Analyzing the strategies and tactics leaders use to maintain political control of their militaries provides insight into the internal logic of these regimes They ... Civil-Military Relations intheMiddleEast 145 sidelining the charismatic Abu Ghazala in 1989, Mubarak appointed colorless, and therefore nonthreatening, individuals to top positions inthe military hierarchy ... warfare involves increasing reliance on combined arms within services, as well as the integration of air, sea, and land based systems across them, all coordinated with integrated networks and doctrine...
... shaping conflict inthe Gulf andthe rationale for Western intervention See Lesser, 1991 202 The Future Security Environment intheMiddleEast turmoil intheMiddle East, these considerations ... relations, andthe war in Iraq Energy is a leading factor in Western strategic perceptions regarding theMiddle East, and a factor inthe region’s view of itself It is also a key variable inthe prosperity ... prosperity and stability of regimes and an unavoidable part of the regional security calculus The most pressing policy problems confronting the United States and its allies intheMiddle East, including...