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s political orbit, and what it cost to secure their eternal silence. The same of course cannot be said of his wife, who lived a lavish lifestyle in Tunisia and France, while her countrymen suffered because of occupation, war, and poverty. Precisely because of the Arab Spring, Yasser Arafat ought to be
ing. Infrastructure investment has plummeted over the past 15 years, especially in power generation and transportation, according to a January 2010 World Bank working paper. "Associated with this decline, capital expenditures in Egypt have been reduced in the last decade, raising concerns that the country
ay have reached an unsustainably low level of infrastructure investment," the report said. Egypt already occupied a less-than-distinguished spot in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings, but in the past year it slipped still lower, from No. 108 to No. 110. Out of 183 economies, Egypt ranks 154th for
h PhDs. Wth Africa's youth population expected to geode by 20,q, this co Ad prove to be a ticking lime bomb, one only needs to look at the tikes of Tunisia and Egypt for a forewarning of what a growing numbers of highly-educated unemployed young people can lead to. Broadly-speaking, there are two ways o
national donors has increasingly concentrated on basiC education. teievirg this is the best way to alleviate poverty. In the late-1980s. 17% of ttse World Bank's global educational spending used to be focused on higher education, but this had declined to 7% by the tate-1990s. This might suggest that the sol
t few years The past few years haven't been kind to Morocco. Although the country managed to avoid the political upheaval that afflicted Egypt and Tunisia, the economy still weakened. GDP growth has averaged around 3.5% since 2011, substantially below the average of 5.0% seen in the preceding decade
s undertaken a series of reforms to improve the previously dire business environment. Indeed, Morocco has enjoyed one of the largest improvements in the World Bank's Doing Business survey over the past five years. • Fourth, the drag from Morocco's agricultural sector should ease. A bumper harvest means output i
PhDs. Seth Africa's youth population expected to double by 2045, this could prove to be a ticking time bomb, one only needs to look at the likes of Tunisia and Egypt for a forewarning of what a growing numbers of highly-educated uneniglOyed Ming MVO Can lead to Broadty.speaking, there are two ways of l
nternational donors has increasingly concentrated on basic education, believing this is the best way to alleviate poverty. In the late-1980s. 17% of the World Bank's global eduCaltiongj spending used to De focused on higher education. but this had detailed to 7% by me late-1990s This might suggest that the solu
in Bahrain, where Shiites are a distinct majority and Iran had claimed sovereignty as recently as 1970. The protests that began this past January in Tunisia had nothing to do with any of this. They started when a struggling street vendor in that country's desolate heartland publicly set himself on fire af
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023462 →cal institutions. The return to a more interdisciplinary approach to development was marked as well by the tenure of James Wolfenson as President of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005.4 Wolfenson early on gave a speech on the “cancer of corruption” and signaled to the institution that, henceforth, political issues
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