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Tags (8) : Arab Spring

Arab Spring women’s Rights Constitutional Conference, British Council Middle East Symposium 24-27 November 2011

Yacout Info | 11/04/2011 | News
The British Council, represented by Stephen Forbes, Regional Programme Director Middle East, is hosting a major event at Wiston House. Conference language English, with simultaneous Arabic translators. Immense changes are taking place in the Arab World. Constitutions are being revised and new...
Arab Spring, British Council, StephenFornes, Wiston House, Women's rights

Arab spring debt favoured over Europe’s worst

Yacout Info | 10/27/2011 | News
The debts of Middle East countries shaken by the Arab spring are viewed as a less risky prospect than those of many European states, credit default swaps show. The cost to insure against an Egyptian default is about 550 basis points less than Portugal, 300 basis points less than the Irish Republic...
Arab Spring, credit default swap, Debt, Europe, Gabriel Sterne, HSBC, Simon Williams

Mideast oil importers face economic slowdown

Yacout Info | 10/27/2011 | News
Middle Eastern countries without significant oil resources face a sharp slowdown in economic growth as the effects of the Arab Spring reverberate across the region, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. In a twice-yearly report, the IMF cut its economic growth forecast for the Mideast’s...
Arab Spring, IMF, Middle East, oil importers, slow down

Analysis: Arab Spring slows, won’t stop economic reforms

Yacout Info | 10/21/2011 | News
When Jordanian security personnel surrounded the central bank last month to oust the governor after a dispute over policy, the incident showed how the Arab Spring is threatening economic reforms across the region. The governor, Faris Abdul Hamid Sharaf, was a vocal supporter of fiscal austerity...
Arab Spring, e, Jordan

Is the Arab World Poised for a Growth Spurt?

Yacout Info | 10/06/2011 | Economy
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could enjoy a period of rapid economic growth if the countries of the region seize on the Arab Spring upheavals to undertake political and economic reforms, a report by London-based Capital Economics says. The Arab world could grow at an average annual...
Arab Spring, Arab World, economic growth, Mena, Simon Hirsh

HM the King has pursued ‘constructive’ change in a climate of ‘total transparency’, Leadership Council for human rights

Yacout Info | 10/03/2011 | News
HM King Mohammed VI has pursued “constructive” change in a climate of “total transparency”, said Kathryn Cameron Porter, chairman of the Leadership Council for human rights, one of the main US human rights organizations.   “The Moroccan government opened the door to include the opposition in...
Arab Spring, Leadership Council For Human Rights, Morocco, Mustapha Jalil, Porter Cameron

EU adopts a new support program for 350 million euros for North Africa and the Middle East

Yacout Info | 09/27/2011 | News
The European Commission adopted y a new program of support for North Africa and the Middle East for a total of 350 million euros for 2011-2012 on Tuesday.  As part of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the program entitled "Spring" is structured around four new decisions to support...
Arab Spring, Catherine Ashton, EU, Mena, Stefan Fule

Time for a Moroccan Model ?

Yacout Info | 09/22/2011 | Yacoupedia
This past weekend, Morocco’s Foreign Ministry sponsored a conference on the Arab Spring and constitutional reforms. While I was part of a small and bipartisan delegation of Americans who could accept their last-minute invitation to the two-day affair, there were a number of current and former...
America, Arab Spring, Morocco, Turkey, UN


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