scholarly journals Dutch disease effect of oil rents on agriculture value added in Middle East and North African (MENA) countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 485-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Apergis ◽  
Ghassen El-Montasser ◽  
Emmanuel Sekyere ◽  
Ahdi N. Ajmi ◽  
Rangan Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Dutch Disease ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Oil Rents ◽  
Disease Effect

Stroke in the Middle-East and North Africa: A 2-year prospective observational study of stroke characteristics in the region—Results from the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS)–Middle-East and North African (MENA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 715-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhail Al Rukn ◽  
Michael V Mazya ◽  
Faycal Hentati ◽  
Samia Ben Sassi ◽  
Fatma Nabli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Large Artery ◽  
North African ◽  
Stroke Incidence ◽  
Stroke Units ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Incidence And Mortality

Background and methods Stroke incidence and mortality are reported to have increased in the Middle-East and North African (MENA) countries during the last decade. This was a prospective observational study to examine the baseline characteristics of stroke patients in the MENA region and to compare the MENA vs. the non-MENA stroke cohort in the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS) International Registry. Results Of the 13,822 patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke enrolled in the SITS-All Patients Protocol between June 2014 and May 2016, 5897 patients (43%) were recruited in MENA. The median onset-to-door time was 5 h (IQR: 2:20–13:00), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 8 (4–13) and age was 65 years (56–76). Hypertension (66%) and diabetes (38%) were the prevailing risk factors; large artery stenosis > 50% (25.3%) and lacunar strokes (24.1%) were the most common ischemic stroke etiologies. In comparison, non-MENA countries displayed an onset-to-door time of 5:50 h (2:00–18:45), a median of NIHSS 6 (3–14), and a median age of 66 (56–76), with other large vessel disease and cardiac embolism as the main ischemic stroke etiologies. Hemorrhagic strokes (10%) were less common compared to non-MENA countries (13.9%). In MENA, only a low proportion of patients (21%) was admitted to stroke units. Conclusions MENA patients are slightly younger, have a higher prevalence of diabetes and slightly more severe ischemic strokes, commonly of atherosclerotic or microvascular etiology. Admission into stroke units and long-term follow-up need to be improved. It is suspected that cardiac embolism and atrial fibrillation are currently underdiagnosed in MENA countries.

Public Opinion on Nigeria’s Democracy

2013 ◽  
pp. 336-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony A. Olorunnisola ◽  
Ayobami Ojebode
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Fuel Price ◽  
Bandwagon Effect ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Popular Movements

As popular movements of citizens of countries in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region progressed, and in their aftermath, pundits in Nigeria and the Diaspora wondered if there would be a bandwagon effect in Africa’s largest democracy. Yet, despite offline and online mobilizations, a growing national insecurity and the “Occupy Nigeria Movement” that sprang up against fuel price hikes in Nigeria, protests and revolts in Nigeria remained short-lived and aimed at piecemeal policy reforms rather than becoming a revolution to unseat the current government. Relying on a human development factors chart, the authors suggest that Nigerians’ discontent appears to be motivated by yearnings for what citizens of some MENA countries already have and vice versa. As such, neither democracy nor autocracy—as systems of governance—has delivered the aspirations of African citizens.

scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Tara ◽  
Taweel Adel ◽  
Alhuwail Dari ◽  
Dena A. Al Thani ◽  
Eiman Al-Jafar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
African Health ◽  
The Common ◽  
Regional Work

The unforeseen pandemic of COVID-19 forced all countries worldwide to appreciate digital solutions and their potential contributions in managing such outbreaks. Countries began to share their knowledge and ongoing experiences on how to employ the latest technologies to trace infected cases, warn people on potential danger, increase social and population awareness, and how to provide effective and efficient telehealth services. MENAHIA (The Middle East and North Africa Health Informatics Association), established in 2018, as a new IMIA regional chapter which has started regional work in several areas of collaboration and knowledge sharing, particularly focused on the common basis of MENA countries’ needs towards health informatics solutions regarding COVID-19 crisis management. This article briefly presents health informatics activities and prospects by countries of the Region with a non-exclusive focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say, not all the countries have reported using this platform, and some may have reported through other venues.

The Palm Oil Import Demand in Middle East and North African (MENA) Countries

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Awad ◽  
Fatimah Mohammed Arshad ◽  
Mad Nasir Shamsudin ◽  
Zulkornain Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Import Demand ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Countries

The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaaitzen de Vries ◽  
Linda Arfelt ◽  
Dorothea Drees ◽  
Mareike Godemann ◽  
Calumn Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
North African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sub Saharan

This note introduces the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD), which provides time series of employment and real and nominal value added by 12 sectors in 51 countries for the period 1990–2018. The ETD includes 20 Asian, 9 Latin American, 4 Middle-East and North African, and 18 sub-Saharan African countries at varying levels of economic development. The ETD is constructed on the basis of an in-depth investigation of the availability and usability of statistical sources on a country-by-country basis. The ETD provides researchers with data to analyse the variety and determinants of structural transformation and supports policies aimed at sustained growth and poverty reduction.

Transitions Within Queer North African Cinema

Screen Bodies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. Temple
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
African Cinema ◽  
Queer Cinema

In recent years, North African queer cinema has become increasingly visible both within and beyond Arabo-Orientale spaces. A number of critical factors have contributed to a global awareness of queer identities in contemporary Maghrebi cinema, including the dissemination of films through social media outlets and during international film festivals. Such tout contemporain representations of queer sexuality characterize a robust wave of films in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, inciting a new discourse on the condition of the marginalized traveler struggling to locate new forms of self and being—both at home and abroad.

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