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Jordan 2011 - Addressing the Employment Challenge / Introducing the Global Shapers
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Jordan 2011 - Addressing the Employment Challenge / Introducing the Global Shapers How can the region deliver the jobs critically needed in the immediate future while ensuring quality and long-term positive impact? The following dimensions will be...
Intel launches 3 initiatives to promote entrepreneurship
Zawya: Telecoms & IT News"The three initiatives that we launched seek to encourage start-ups in Jordan and motivate NGOs and the entire society to pay more attention to entrepreneurial work," Ferruh Gurtas, corporate affairs director of Middle East, Turkey and Africa at I...
Queen calls for broad partnership to solve Arab youth employment crisis
Zawya: Economy & PoliticsSpeaking in a plenary session on "Addressing the Employment Challenge" at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World, Queen Rania noted that "partnering with academia, NGOs and the private sector...
Blair warns clock is ticking for regional economic reform
Zawya: Economy & Politics"Unless ordinary people see tangible progress over the next three years, there will be a huge backlash," Blair said, speaking in his capacity as UN Middle East quartet representative at the World Economic Forum in Jordan yesterday. Amre Moussa, fo...
Jordan 2011 - World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
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World Economic Forum posted a photo: DEAD SEA/JORDAN, 23OCT11 -HRM Queen Rania of Jordan delivers a speech at the Planery Session Addressing the Employment, session during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creatio...
Jordan queen calls on youth to be entrepreneurs
Arab News (Saudi Arabia): M...SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan: Jordan’s Queen Rania has called on Arab youth to learn entrepreneurial skills rather than count on government jobs to solve the Middle East’s youth unemployment crisis. Rania, speaking at a meeting of the World Economic Fo...
Pakistan, Jordan for early conclusion of Free Trade Agreement
Arab Herald: Arab NewsPakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and King Abdullah of Jordan have called for the early conclusion of a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The two leaders, who met here on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, discussed bilateral relatio...
Education Hinders Arab Economies
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Across the Arab world – from the wealthiest oil economies to the resource-poor countries of North Africa and the Levant – education remains a key obstacle to making the region’s economies economically competitive, a report by the World Economic Fo...
Mideast power brokers call for "Marshall Plan" after unrest
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Leaders attend the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea October 22, 2011. Pictured are Iraq's Kurdistan region Prime Minister Barham Salih (2nd L); Palestinian ...
World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2011
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World Economic Forum posted a photo: DEAD SEA/JORDAN, 21OCT11 - Queen Rania of Jordan, captured during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea in Jordan,22 October, 2011. Copyr...
World Economic Forum Calls Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
Executive NewsRecent shifts in the Arab world, coupled with an economic contraction at the global level, have created renewed urgency for decision-makers across the region to address the unfolding economic situation. Responding to this still-evolving landscape,...
