Friday, May 25th 2012

 
Tags (12) : Mena

Measures in place to protect Dubai

Yacout Info | 10/30/2011 | News
Measures have been put in place to protect Dubai’s economy from European and other global economic woes, a senior Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry official said on Sunday. Speaking at Dubai Chamber’s third Economic Seminar of 2011, Hisham Al Shirawi, Second Vice Chairman, said: “External...
Dubai, Dubai Chamber of commerce, GCC, Hisham Al Shirawi, Jordan, Mena, Morocco

IMF Sees Varied Outlook for Mideast, with Oil-Importing Countries Facing Continued Economic Pressures

Yacout Info | 10/26/2011 | Economy
The economic outlook for countries across the Middle East and North Africa region varies markedly, with the oil-exporters seeing a mild pickup in growth in 2011 on the back of higher oil prices, and the oil-importers experiencing a dramatic slowdown, the IMF says in its latest assessment of the...
Algeria, Bahrain, IMF, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Mauritania, Mena, Middle East, Morocco, oil prices, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Paypal launches online payment service in Morocco

Yacout Info | 10/11/2011 | News
The world's leading online payment service "PayPal" service launches in Morocco through E-Commerce...
California, E commerce council, Ebay, Kachani Ismail, launch, Mena, Morocco, Paypal, TPE

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

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

IMF expects a growth of 4.6% in Morocco in 2011

Yacout Info | 09/20/2011 | News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expected this year a growth of 4.6 per cent in Morocco.   In its biannual forecast for the Middle-East and North Africa region (MENA), published on Tuesday in Washington, Bretton  Woods institute noted that "the growth continues to increase"...
Algeria, Economic growth, IMF, Mena, Morocco, Tunisia

Mena faces shortage of 3.5m affordable homes

Yacout Info | 09/19/2011 | News
 The Mena region is facing a shortage of 3.5 million affordable homes, with the biggest undersupply in Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Saudi markets — a major challenge, given that this is one of the reasons behind the political turmoil in the Arab world, a Jones Lang Lasalle report said. Egypt...
Egypt, housing shortage, Iraq, Jones Lang Lasalle, Mena, Morocco, Saudi, UAE

IMF Recognizes Libya's National Transitional Council, Says Ready to Support its Efforts to Revive the Country's Economy

Yacout Info | 09/11/2011 | News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced yesterday that, guided by the views of its membership, it has recognized the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the government of Libya and that it is ready to assist the NTC in its efforts to promote rapid and sustainable economic recovery as the...
Christine Lagarde, Deauville, IMF, Mena, NTC

Business Climate: Reforms, much remains to be done.

Yacout Info | 06/11/2011 | Economy
Morocco has made progress towards improving the business climate, but much remains to be done. This is the conclusion that emerges from the OECD report. Developed in the framework of Mena, the development strategy of the business climate (CAL) has three phases.  The evaluation work has been...
Business Climate reforms, Mena, OECD, SMEs

50 pc of Internet users in the MENA region, from Morocco and North Africa ( Google official)

Yacout Info | 05/23/2011 | News
North Africa attracts 50 per cent of Internet users in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) who are leading users of the global giant Internet Google, officials said on Monday in Rabat. These officials, including Wael Fahkarany, director of the company for North Africa,  also stressed...
G-Day Maghreb, Google, Mena, Rabat, Wael Fahkarany

World Bank forecasts Middle East and North Africa growth at 4.3% in 2011

Yacout Info | 01/18/2011 | News
The World Bank has said in its global outlook summary that the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is expected to enjoy stronger gains of 4.3% and 4.4% in 2011 and 2012. International capital flows to developing countries (per centage of GDP) for the Mena region is 2.8 in 2011 and 2.6 in...
growth prospects, Mena, World Bank

Medina in MENA region - a rich cultural heritage suffering a steady decay

Yacout Info | 08/21/2010 | Patrimony
In terms of local economic development, cultural tourism is the most promising market segment. Not all medinas however have the required characteristics to tap into that market segment, and governments should carefully consider which are the characteristics required for a medina to be considered a...
Medina, Mena, World Bank