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Director of Regional Programs, Partnerships and Integrated Solutions, Middle East and North Africa, Franck Bousquet

Global Initiative to Reconstruct Middle East, Solve Refugee Crisis- World Bank

by Mina Al-Droubi | Apr 5, 2016 | Interviews

London- Leaders of the World Bank, United Nations, and Islamic Development Bank Group pledged to work closely together in the region. They recently launched the new financing initiative to support the MENA region aimed at uniting the international community to face...

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A general view of oil tanks (brown, foreground) at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), some 70 km (43.5 miles) from Adana February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

World Bank Praises Kuwait’s Financial Reform Steps

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 14, 2016 | Business

Kuwait-The World Bank (WB) supports reform steps that have been taken by Kuwait and view them as utter significance for attaining development objectives, said the WB Office Director in Kuwait, Dr Feras Raad. In an interview with KUNA, Dr Feras Raad said that the...

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Shi’ite Leaderships Obstruct Mosul Dam Maintenance

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Baghdad- Iraqi sources said that Shi’ite leaderships refused to accept conditions an Italian-based company concerned with dam maintenance on the project of restoring the Mosul Dam had required. They have also rejected the Italian protection 450-soldier platoon. A...

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The Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa Hafez Ghanem

The World Bank to Asharq Al-Awsat: Aid to Syrian Refugees Will be Monitored Every 6 Months

by Mina Al-Droubi | Feb 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa Hafez Ghanem confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the World Bank “aims to give $20 billion to the Middle East to help ease the Syrian crisis” within the next five years. The figure is three times...

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Mahmoud Mohieldin

2016: An Economic Golden Opportunity for the Arab Region

by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 23, 2015 | Business

The World Bank’s Corporate Secretary Mahmoud Mohieldin expects that gulf oil exporting countries will be affected by the decline in oil prices, welcoming reform measures taken by these countries which include general monetary policies and diversification of...