Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MARRAKECH (IDN) – The Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region "is poised to reclaim the great leadership it showed 1,000 years ago when it was at the cutting edge of civilization", according to businesspersons and government officials. The logic behind this ‘vision [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Morocco, Egypt Greet OECD-MENA Declaration
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY JEROME MWANDA IDN-InDepthNews Service MARRAKESH (IDN) – Morocco and Egypt have welcomed a new ‘Declaration on Governance and Investment’, adopted at a ministerial conference titled ‘beyond the crisis: business and citizens at the centre of policy responses’ in the Moroccan capital. The declaration emerging from two-day talks between [...]
DEVELOPMENT: OECD-MENA Tandem Seeks Economic Stability
November 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY RAMESH JAURA IDN-InDepthNews Service BERLIN (IDN) – Countries in the extensive Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are becoming increasingly important for the 30-nation OECD as the world economic crisis cuts growth and sends inward investment reeling. At the same time, some 40 million new jobs will [...]
