Suchergebnisse

An outline of the various scenarios and mid-term implications as they are discussed in a recent expertise that is part of the Joint Energy Programme run by two London-based think-tanks, the Policy Studies Institute and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Emphasis is put on a stronger EEC role in helping the Gulf states to meet the revenue crisis, in coordinating a multinational aid effort to help countries like Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, which are indirectly but severely hit and finally in obviating the dangers of bi-lateralism in oil trade. Instead the possibility of an EEC-GCC free-trade area is examined. (DÜI-Asd)

Despite the economic recession in the Middle East, executive-recruitment firms working in the region are reported to be prospering, especially in the Gulf. Middle Eastern banks trying to adapt to the new economic realities look out for experts who can help them to introduce new services. They comprise strategic and marketing planners as well as credit specialists. (DÜI-Asd)

The sharp decline in emigrant workers' remittances and aid flows from the Gulf states has led the Jordanian government to develop a strategy for economic survival, by which it is trying to turn itself into a regional centre for technology and services. In this context areas of British-Jordanian economic and financial cooperation are discussed. (DÜI-Asd)

Report on the various efforts of market researchers to analyse consumer habits in the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council. The complex reasons are described, why research has recently been moving away from the categorisation of consumers on the basis of socio-economic criteria towards psychographics. Arabisation and commercial competition are depicted as new processes effected by the overall economic recessions. Spending on direct advertising has risen accordingly or by 19 % in 1985. (DÜI-Asd)

Bericht über zwei von Southern Uplands Rural Development Project und Tihama Development Authority durchgeführte Projekte zur Einbeziehung der Frauen in den Entwicklungsprozeß des Landes; Darstellung der Schwierigkeiten, mit denen die Projektarbeiter zu kämpfen haben, und der Kurse, die den Frauen angeboten werden

Darstellung der Pläne für den Ausbau des Tourismus und Beschreibung der aktuellen Lage anläßlich eines fünftägigen Seminars der International Hotel Association in Kairo

Überblick über das Agrarentwicklungsprojekt von Wadi Mawr, durch das 72.000 ha Land in der Tihama-Ebene bewässert und kultiviert werden sollen; Darstellung der Kosten, der Bewässerungsstrukturen und der durch das Projekt implizierten Folgen (Einführung der Bauern in neue Praktiken und neues Saatgut)

The article shows that the fishing industry has a key place in the government's plan to diversify the economy away from oil and that it is expected to provide a major source of wealth in the post-oil era, but that Oman is having difficulty in attracting young men to its fishing industry. (DÜI-Asd)

Report on the joint annual meetings of the five pan-Arab financial institutions held in Khartoum. The emphasis is on the growing concern over the failure of many development projects in Sudan. Some of the criticism amounts to a demand of a cultural revolution. Sudanese must change their minds and "will" their own growth. (DÜI-Asd)

Sheds light on Saudi Arabia's fourth development plan (1985-1990) and the implications of the completion of the infrastructure. Description of the new industrial ventures of the Peace Shield investment offset programme. (DÜI-Asd)

Departing from the forecast that the population of the Arab world will jump from 164 million in 1980 to 279 million in the year 2000 as well as drawing attention to problems of food security, cost of self-sufficiency programmes, depletion of water resources, urbanisation everywhere in the Middle East the article outlines the enormous efforts necessary to meet the future challenges. The lesson of Sudan, a country with great agricultural potential now suffering is presented as a warning for the entire region. (DÜI-Asd)

The article deals with an agricultural development project, funded by the Abdel-Hameed Shoman Foundation and conducted in Jordan, Syria and Sudan. The countries were chosen last not least because of their very different ecological, political and economic systems. The project was designed to bring the farmer and the policy maker into direct contact and to find out about their roles and relationships. The assumption is, that the farmer as the true scientist with a know how is usually neglected by the planning authorities. The Foundation was set up as a memorial to the founder of the Arab Bank, and receives two per cent of the bank's profits. Its goal is to support and promote Arab science and technology for the benefit of Arab society. (DÜI-Asd)