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  • Emerging Economies: Demographics
    Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge

    With a comprehensive approach, 11 emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey) could, on average, boost their annual productivity growth to as much as 6% by 2025. Four-fifths of that growth would be achieved through the adoption of approaches that have already been successful elsewhere, with new technological, operational, and business innovations covering the rest.

    The era of “easy" GDP growth driven by a massive army of young workers is ending. Emerging economies must face the resulting growth challenge head-on, by pursuing sweeping changes in policies, incentives, and established practices to boost productivity. Recognizing this imperative is the first step. Now the hard work must begin.

     

  • Jordan
    Jordan’s Syrian refugees

    « Previous | Next » Omer Karasapan | February 25, 2015 9:30am Jordan’s Syrian refugees Jordan Syria Job Creation Middle East and North Africa Share on emailShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on linkedin Share on google_plusone_shareShare on stumbleuponShare on redditShare on print Jordan is home to over 600,000 Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations. Actual numbers are estimated to be twice that. These refugees, despite a curtailing of health services and the occasional deportation, are unlikely to be going home soon, if ever.

  • Yemen
    For Yemen’s Arab Spring activists, hope plummets as chaos deepens

    Scores of activists have chosen to emigrate rather than struggle for dwindling opportunities in a country of about 25 million that is wrestling with nearly 50 percent unemployment and grinding poverty.

  • U.S. - Turkey
    Questions remain over Turkey’s training of Syrian opposition

    Whatever its merits or demerits, signing the agreement to train and equip moderate members of the Syrian opposition, and then claiming this also targets the Syrian regime — when that is not the intention of the US-led coalition — only reinforces the impression that the government’s Syrian policies, not to mention policies on other regional issues, are in a daze.

  • Afghanistan
    The unlikely life of Afghanistan’s first female taxi driver

    Every day, she plies her trade in a business ruled by conservative men. She endures condescending looks, outright jeers, even threats to her life. Most men will not enter her taxi, believing that women should never drive for a man.

  • ISIS and Mosul Museum
    Global Art Community Condemns ISIS Destruction of Artifacts at Mosul Museum

    The video showing the destruction of ancient works, including statues from the UNESCO world heritage site Hatra, is among the latest attacks on significant artifacts by the Islamist extremists. ISIS has reportedly destroyed thousands of books and manuscripts from Mosul’s central library.

  • IDEX
    Inside the Glitz of a Middle East Arms Show

    American firms have tamped down their presence at U.S. and European trade shows, but you couldn’t tell it here. They’re beefing up their presence at a shows like IDEX, as Middle Eastern leaders look to stock up on arms to counter Islamic State militants and deter Iran.

  • Mohammed Emwazi
    Isis murderer Mohammed Emwazi is Londoner on MI5’s radar since 2009

    Emails and other documents that emerged on Thursday also showed that security services had been tracking Emwazi since 2009, starting when he was refused entry to Tanzania, until the middle of 2013 when they informed his family that he had crossed over to Syria.

  • Anti-ISIS Campaign
    How’s the Fight Against the Islamic State Going? Depends Which Official You Ask

    Members of the Obama administration were on Capitol Hill this week to push for a new authorization to use military force against the Islamic State, but hours of confusing and often conflicting testimony about the dangers posed by the group and the status of the U.S.-led campaign wound up muddying the waters and making it even more difficult for the White House to win over skeptical lawmakers.

  • MERS
    Opinion: The world should learn from the Ebola crisis to combat MERS in Saudi Arabia

    There is growing evidence that the natural reservoir of MERS, which first appeared in 2012, is dromedary camels, and last year’s peak in the spring seemed to coincide with the weaning period of camel calves. A new seasonal oscillation may be starting now. But there are worrisome and unexplained gaps in recent case reports. This month alone, the kingdom reported 57 new cases, and 21 deaths, and many had no known exposure to camels. A large number of the new cases are in Riyadh.