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Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment in EMDEs: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Capital Stock and Efficiency

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements, João Tovar Jalles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting Overweight and Obesity Phenotypes for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Call to Action for the Middle East and Beyond

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although there are conflicting clinical data on the efficacy of weight reduction in reducing secondary events in patients with comorbid overweight and obesity (OAO) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), there is excellent epidemiological and biological evidence of a cause–effect relationship between OAO, CVD, and other systemic complications ...
Wael Almahmeed, Juan S. Barajas‐Gamboa, Mohammad Zubaid, Ebaa Al Ozairi, Abdullah Shehab, Khalid Al‐Rasadi, Charbel Abi Khalil, Noor Al Busaidi, Fahad Al Sindi, Zuhier Awan, Tomader Ali, Khaldoon Al‐Humood, Fatheya Al Awadi, Mohammed Al Hadad, Manal Al Kindi, Khalid Al Habib, Khalid Al Waili, Maryam Alsaeed, Adel Tash, Hani Sabbour   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do's and Don'ts in Peace Negotiations: Learning From the Arab‐Israeli Peace Negotiations

Peace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article suggests practical information on the requirements for successful negotiations. Building on extensive research in archives and more than 100 in‐depth interviews with senior decision‐makers and negotiators who were involved in the Arab‐Israeli conflict, the article outlines the basic qualities that negotiators, mediators, and ...
Raphael Cohen‐Almagor
wiley   +1 more source

Bahrain

Kuml, 1954
Bahrain - Island of the Hundred Thousand Burial-MoundsWhere the Persian Gulf extends an arm into the northeast coast of Arabia between the peninsula of Qatar and the mainland lies the archipelago which forms the Arab state of Bahrain, the main island of which has given the state its name (Fig. 2). Here the world's largest tumulus cemetery is found, 100,
openaire   +2 more sources

International commitments on climate‐friendly investment liberalisation: A green straitjacket?

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement will require considerable capital mobilisation. International investment agreements (IIAs) govern and promote financial flows. However, their alignment with international climate objectives has, thus far, either been non‐existent or insufficient.
Stefanie Schacherer
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous Macroeconomic Vulnerability of Developing Economies to Geopolitical Energy Shocks

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how structural differences shape the projected macroeconomic effects of a prolonged Strait of Hormuz disruption across 40 importer‐focused developing economies. Using 2023–2025 structural averages, the analysis combines calibrated 30‐, 90‐, and 180‐day disruption paths with threshold estimation, scenario‐specific buffer ...
Suleman Bawa, Ibn Wahab Benin
wiley   +1 more source

Transposing Citizenship: Acts of Belonging and Locality Among the Non‐Citizen Population of the Arabian Peninsula

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how non‐citizens born and raised in Kuwait develop a sense of belonging despite restrictive nationality laws and the Kafala sponsorship system that deny them legal pathways to citizenship. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research, I introduce the concept of ‘acts of belonging’ to capture how these individuals assert ...
Abdullah al‐Khonaini
wiley   +1 more source

Cobalamin Status In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus At Primary Health Care Centers In Bahrain - A Cross-Sectional Study

Background and Objectives: Cobalamin, also known as vitamin B12, is essential for DNA synthesis and neurological functioning. Deficiency results in hematological and neurocognitive manifestations.
Huda S Naser, Mahmood A Alawainati, Zahra A Ayoob   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Navigating Traditional‐Modernity: Women's Evolving Role in Qatar's National Identity

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article critically examines the evolving role of women in Qatar's nation‐building project through a combination of intersectional and post‐colonial perspectives. By analysing women's socio‐political positioning in the national context, it unveils the complex interplay between conceptualisations of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’ in shaping ...
Zarqa Parvez
wiley   +1 more source

‘What We Teach Is True to Us’: Non‐National Students and the Boundaries of Belonging in Dubai's Schools

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘What we teach is true to us’, one social studies teacher reflected when describing the curricular standards guiding his Dubai classroom. But who, in Dubai's multinational classrooms, gets to be part of that ‘us’? Private secondary schools in Dubai have become productive sites for state‐led civic nationalist projects. The United Arab Emirates'
Christian Bevilacqua
wiley   +1 more source