North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal. Varying sources limit it to the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West", The western part of Arab World).The United Nations definition includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the …

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UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 1999 English

Orieji Chimere-Dan The social sciences in North Africa and 138 the Middle East The social sciences


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 24 May 2019 English

Energy-dependent growth in the Middle East and North Africa region, whether in traditional oil and gas exports or petrochemical production and global refinery operations, will be sensitive to shifts in


Oxfam International · 11 November 2020 English

Pre-pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa, especially Tunisia and Morocco, focused on two main paradigms: trade liberalization and the minimization of both regular and irregular migration. These agendas Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) ought to be geared towards supporting fair and inclusive recovery in North Africa based on reducing inequality and promoting shared prosperity and development

EU’s economic and migration policies towards North Africa 2 OXFAM BRIEFING PAPER – NOVEMBER 2020 2020 Pre-pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa, especially Tunisia and Morocco, focused on two towards supporting fair and inclusive recovery in North Africa based on reducing inequality and promoting shared to the COVID-19 pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa, in particular Tunisia and Morocco, focused agreements. 1 INTRODUCTION The countries of North Africa lie at the crossroads of multiple regional


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2010 English

. 20 Matthias Brenzinger and Herman Batibo North Africa and the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . situation in Sudan is included in the chapter on North Africa and the Middle East. 24 Atlas of the World’s In order The grouping of the languages of North Africa and the Middle East in a common zone may at this area might be to group the languages of North Africa with those of the Sahel subregion of West Africa Tamazight (Berber) group. Data collection   North Africa No North African state has ever organized sociolinguistic


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 1980 English

Roche vi Contents 22 T h e prehistory of North Africa 568 L. BALOUT 23 The prehistory of the Sahara that a Yemenite chief named Africus invaded North Africa in the second millennium before our era and preceding and following the birth of Christ (here North Africa is an exception). But even when such evidence born and events that preceded or followed. In North Africa, for example, Muslims are apt to call their


RAND Corporation · 1 January 2003 English

report explores the future of the information revolution in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The development gap in information and communication technology between MENA and OECD

INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA The research described in this report was sponsored information revolution in the Middle East and North Africa : MR-1653 / Grey E. Burkhart, Susan Older. Information Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa Gregory F. Treverton and Lee Mizell, The Future information revolution in the Middle East and North Africa over the next five to 10 years. Key questions Information Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa Remedies in the Face of Gender Bias and Other


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 1 October 2009 English

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and …

Oil-Exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa Tigran Poghosyan and Heiko Hesse Oil-Exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa 1 Authorized for distribution by Domenico oil exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Exports, government revenues and fiscal


EU: European Union · 12 October 2016 English

technical assistance and specific equity operations in eligible countries of the Middle East and North Africa region. The leaflet explains how CAMENA works, sets out the case for climate action in the MENA

CAMENA – Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa ¹ The EIB could start operating in Libya if CAMENA – Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa FEMIP Trust Fund The FEMIP Trust Fund (FTF) materialising in the Maghreb, the western part of North Africa. There is a high probability that by 2025, 3CAMENA – Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa Railway feasibility study for the Melloussa-Tetouan CAMENA – Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa © EI B 07 /2 01 6 pr in t: QH -0 4-


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 1 April 2004 English

This paper analyzes the weak growth performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during 1980-2000 using an empirical model of long-run growth. The relative importance of the factors affecting

WP/04/56 Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Dalia S. Hakura © 2004 International Department Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Prepared by Dalia S. Hakura1 Authorized weak growth performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during 1980–2000 using an empirical Keywords: economic growth, Middle East and North Africa, oil, institutions, conflicts Author’s E-Mail Can Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Region Be Accelerated?” for the September 2003


FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · 2021 English

The current report was compiled by the FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (NENA) and is aimed at providing member countries with a source of reliable and timely data on the status of forest

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGIONAL FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT 2020 EXTENT, CHANGES AND TRENDS the United Nations Cairo, 2021 NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGIONAL FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT 2020 Required citation: FAO. 2021. Near East and North Africa Regional Forest Resource Assessment 2020 – Extent education and knowledge in the Near East and North Africa region .....104 Box 6. Gum arabic in the Sudan Forests and other wooded land in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region are of great importance for environmental


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