Iraq: The Oil Resource Management

To this day, Iraq owns 11% of the global oil reserves, equal to approximately 112 billion barrels of crude oil. A property from the difficult management caused by the multiple interests regarding it. The central government, out of respect for the USA politics, intends to privatise the sector, while large parts of the remaining political forces, including the Al-Sadur Shiite militants, demand that the exploitation of the repositories remain exclusively state prerogative. Continue...

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Marco Di Donato

(19 May 2008)

GCC: Constant but Disorganised Growth

For more than half a century since the birth of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on May 29 1981, the six signing countries (Riyadh, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) of the organisation, which was initially created to encourage an integration of the single economies, have not seen its original mission brought to close. It has seen the founding members proceed, on more than one occasion, in a disorganised manner in front of the challenge of globalisation. Today, despite the significant failure of cooperation of a structured and coordinated area, we must take note of the emergence of the Gulf's growing economy. Continue...

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Massimiliano Frenza Maxia

(16 May 2008)

Turkey: The Defence Industry

The Turkish defence industry is strongly developing, due to Turkish companies collaboration with the international giants in the sector. In 2006 a value of 350 million dollars was exported. Currently the production satisfies 37.5% of the demands within the armaments, and the complex reached a value of 1.7 million dollars. The goal is to produce helicopters and submarines within 10 years. Continue...

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Domenico Guglielmi

(17 April 2008)

Palestine: the agricultural sector

Agriculture is a fundamental pillar of the weak Palestinian economy. Despite the enormous imports, the sector is partly self-sufficient and even outstanding in some areas of production, such as olive oil and flowers. Most of the production outputs are sold in Europe, in the Gulf's Arabic countries and in neighbouring Israel, where restrictions in some cases have seriously damaged the Palestinian agriculture by preventing it from becoming internationally competitive. Continue...

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Marco Di Donato

(14 April 2008)

Kuwait: analysis of the Sectorial Index of the Stock Exchange

In analysing the performance of sectorial indices of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, there is clear evidence of the good condition of the Kuwaiti economy. The general facts represented by the Market Index, increasing from 10.700 points in March 2006 to 14.100 points in March of this year, offers a measurement of this vitality. The following analysis intends to give a general picture of Kuwaiti economic health, analysing sector indices of the KSE. Continue...

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Massimiliano Frenza Maxia

(10 April 2008)

Argentina – United States: the consequences of the foreign policy developed by the Kirchner couple

The relations between Argentina and the USA are experiencing a very delicate moment, affected by the consequences of the popular “suitcase scandal.” Moreover, the political scenario of the Latin American continent contributes to widen the rifts between the two countries. The whole situation risks to compromise the commercial relations, which have been positive thus far. Continue...

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Paula Martos Ardid

(07 April 2008)

(A&F) FAO: the global increase in food prices. What to do?

According to FAO economist Adam Prakash, nowadays the breadbasket of food imports costs 90% more than in 2000. The international price of basic food needs has increased all over the world and has resulted in a strong increase in retail prices, thus creating a dramatic state of affairs in the poorest countries that primarily depend on cereal imports. In one year, the price of corn and wheat has doubled. Data show that the crisis is not, however, due to production levels, seeing as they have never previously been so high. Continue...

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Domenico Guglielmi

(28 March 2008)