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1	The Arab Spring: Impacts and Consequences on the GCC The Arab uprisings of the spring of 2011 have impacted the entire Arab World in addition to generating reverberations worldwide.[1] This workshop will try to study the impact of the uprisings on the Gulf States. It will try to describe how slogans such as ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
2	Asia and the Gulf: Comparative Analysis of the Roles of Asian Countries There has already been considerable research and writing done on the relations between Gulf countries and those of East Asia, South Asia, West Asia and South-East Asia. Most of this work, however, is focused narrowly on the relationship between an Asian ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
3	Gulf charities in the ‘Age of Terror’ and the ‘Arab Awakening’ Motivated by the Islamic traditions of generosity and almsgiving, the charities of the Gulf States enjoy great potential to expand their activities inside the GCC and beyond. But two 21st century developments the so-called 'Global War on Terror' and, mo ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
4	Socio-economic Impacts of GCC Migration The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are the largest recipients of temporary migrants in the world constituting almost 43 percent of their population (Table 1). In some countries such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates,more than 80 percent ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
5	A Growing Gulf: Public and Private Sector Initiatives and the Realities of Youth Employment Outcomes The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, estimated at 24 percent in 2009 compared to a worldwide average of 13 percent (ILO, 2011). Furthermore, youth employment rates in the region are the lowe ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
6	International Tourism Development in the GCC countries: Opportunities and Challenges In addition to more traditional forms of travel (e.g., Islamic travel and desert tourism explorations), GCC countries are attracting new forms of tourism based on leisure, recreation, business, retail and sports. The growth of the international tourism ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
7	The Impact of Globalization on Women in the GCC Existing research points out that global processes have improved the labor force participation of women in the GCC. Theyhave also improved levels of education and access to leadership positions. The globalization of the economies of the Gulf has also ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
8	An assessment of opportunities and possibilities: The Gulf and Latin America An Assessment Of Opportunities And Possibilities: The Gulf And Latin America Abstract This workshop aims to explore the types of links that some Latin American countries have forged with their counterparts in the Gulf, especially the connections sinc ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
9	Visual Culture in the GCC Since the 1960s, the ArabGulf has witnessed major transformations on the economic, political and social levels. The oil economy, demographic change, as well as recent processes of internationalization and globalization had an impact on visual culture ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
10	The Impact of Large-scale Datasets on Evidence‐based Educational Policymaking and Reform in the Gulf States Given the importance of evidence-based educational policymaking and reform in the GCC, and the contribution that large-scale datasets make to evidence-based decisions in the Gulf, this workshop's goal is to definitively describe, synthesize and ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
11	Environmental Cost and Changing Face of Agriculture in the Gulf States The combination of water scarcity, poor soils, hyper-arid environment and projected climate change impact in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) constrain local agriculture ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
12	Gulf Energy Challenges The Middle East's Gulf region is endowed with one of the world's largest reserves of hydrocarbons and it is also an area with significant potential for development of solar energy projects. For a very long time, the region has been looked at as a main exp ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
13	Housing Markets and Policy Design in the Gulf Region Social protest from bulging cohorts of young people across the Arab world, including countries in the Gulf, has awoken governments in the region to the urgency of solving the challenges in their housing systems. The year 2011 has seen governments ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
14	Structure, Conduct, and Performance: Case of GCC Banks The banking sector has been the main conduit for economic activities in GCC countries. Now, more than ever, a deeper assessment of the structure, conduct, and performance of the GCC banking industry is critical if GCC countries are to resume growth. ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
15	State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Religion, Intellectuals and New Media – sponsored by Georgetown University SFS Qatar The conventional analyses of society-state relations in the Arabian Gulf region easily lend themselves to the erroneous thesis that countries in this region are devoid of the modern political currents and counter currents that have shaped most contempora ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
16	The Political Economy of Clean Energy Solutions in the GCC Providing for energy has long been seen as a fundamental task of the state, which has, in most cases, initially taken this upon itself directly, setting up a state-owned electricity company to provide for generation, transmission and distribution. ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
17	Healthcare Policies In GCC: Challenges And Future Directions - Sponsored by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen are facing unparalleled and unprecedented demands for health services. These demands will increase during ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
18	Islamic Finance in the GCC Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) has enjoyed unprecedented growth in recent years in the world, while the GCC remains a main hub of IBF activities. This is mainly due to the large wealth and capital accumulated in the region, which has provided the requi ... read more PDF Abstracts Map
19	The India-Gulf Strategic Partnership in a Pan-Asian Cooperative Paradigm India's links with theGCCat presentare made up of energy, trade and community related ties. The GCC countries provide about 50 per cent of India's oil imports with Saudi Arabia being the largest single supplier; if Iran and Iraq are taken in account, ... read more PDF Abstracts Map

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