The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on higher education in the GCC, with many institutions making radical and potentially permanent changes to both teaching methods and business models.
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The economic downturn resulting from lower global commodity prices and the completion of the PNG LNG project means the future of Papua New Guinea must be navigated with care. The country possesses plentiful natural resources, which, given effective management, could provide new revenue to spur diversification, as well as sustainable and equitable growth in all provinces.
Economic update | Covid-19 and higher education: how universities in emerging economies are responding to the crisis
28 Jul 2020
Universities in emerging economies are playing a key role in the response to the coronavirus crisis through cutting-edge research and development (R&D) and pioneering approaches to learning.
Articles & Analysis | Regional leader: The Kingdom is set to play a key role in strengthening global cooperation and coordination from The Report: Egypt 2020
The biannual meetings of the G20, of which Saudi Arabia is a member, have become major events in the global economic calendar. What started in 1999 as an informal gathering of central bankers and finance ministers has become the principal forum by which the world’s leading economies have sought to prevent worldwide economic crises. Its work...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Shaping lives: Anas Alfaris, President, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), on the impact of new technologies, smart cities and genomics from The Report: Egypt 2020
To what extent will technology-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) support the growth of local content in the Kingdom?
Articles & Analysis | Staying on course: The government holds steady to long-term goals while mitigating the effects of recent global economic challenges from The Report: Egypt 2020
Four years after the launch of Saudi Arabia’s comprehensive development strategy, Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s non-oil economy is starting to see the benefits of sustained reform. The government’s decision to weaken the link between hydrocarbons and economic growth has seen a robust pipeline of projects across a range of sectors come to fruition....