...J. Ndumbe Anyu; Samuel B. Moki In 2007, a South Korean geologist discovered large deposits of diamonds in Cameroon. To Cameroon, this discovery is particularly significant because it has the potential to engineer sustainable development. Cameroon suffers from acute levels of poverty, high...

...; for (percentagerate labor of force) Unemployment Sika: Dynamics of Development and Uprisings in the Arab World  53 in general developmental projects. Infrastructure and services have been neglected, which increased poverty rates. For instance, rural populations in six out of the twenty-two Arab...

...Yossef Ben-Meir This essay provides programmatic and administrative recommendations for the effective building of civil, governmental, and private capabilities to help implement human development driven by local communities in Morocco in light of the Arab Spring. The essay relates a human...

... consideration that militated against a strict application of a deflationary policy. The development of transatlantic relations with Charles de Gaulle's France posed a problem from an Allied perspective and was a factor that also militated against the strict application of a policy of monetary stability...

...Yossef Ben-Meir Morocco’s approach to implementing projects that preserve its multicultural identity integrates opportunities to advance sustainable development. The strategy is to identify ways to not only preserve culturally significant locations and knowledge but to also advance livelihoods...

... development have on corruption. These factors are of critical importance for analyzing the scale of corruption in the region and should form the core of any anticorruption strategies. Petros Sioussiouras is associate professor of geopolitics at the University of the Aegean and visiting professor...

... of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2008 Greek-Bulgarian Relations in the Post – Cold War Era: Contributing to Stability and Development in Southeastern Europe George Voskopoulos The 1990s concluded...

...J. Ndumbe Anyu; J.-P. Afam Ifedi Africa has a long and disturbing history with outside powers exploiting the continent for its natural and human resources in furtherance of their own economic and developmental objectives. In this essay, China's main objectives and the prospects and implications...

...Stephen B. Isabirye Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle, Editors: Religion and Politics in East Africa: The Period since Independence . Athens, Ohio:Ohio University Press, 1995. 278 pages. $44.95; Canon Kodwo E. Ankrah: Development and the Church of Uganda: Mission, Myths...

...Robert J. Pranger Ali Shakoori: The State and Rural Development in Post-Revolutionary Iran . New York and Hampshire, UK: Palgrave, 2001. 217 pages. ISBN 0-333-77613-5. $65. Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant specializing in the management of international resources. He was formerly...

... Development and Undermines Quality of Life Ilir Gjoni In 1788, James Madison said that in framing a government to be adminis- tered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in the fact that you must first enable the government...

...J. Anyu Ndumbe J. Anyu Ndumbe is lecturer at Howard University and assistant editor at Mediterranean Quarterly. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 West African Oil, U.S. Energy Policy, and Africa’s Development Strategies J. Anyu Ndumbe...

... be organized that directly appeal to private individuals inside and outside of Jordan and Morocco, people with the resources to make signifi cant contributions to their nations’ community development. Foreign corporations operating in both countries should be encouraged to increase any developmental...

...Symeon A. Giannakos Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Symeon A. Giannakos is visiting assistant professor of political science,Ohio University. MQ 11.1-07 Gian 1/19/00 1:16 PM Page 91 National Identity and Institutional Development under...

... Transfers to Developing Nations, 1993-2000 , RL31083, 16 August 2001. Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1993 to 2000 Richard F. Grimmett This essay provides unclassified quantitative data on conventional-arms transfers to developing...

...Isabelle Calleja-Ragonesi; Anna Khakee; Maria Pisani Malta became a donor country with European Union membership in 2004. Maltese organizations (most prominently—but not solely—those linked to the Catholic Church) had, however, been active in development overseas long before that date. This essay...

... development index. Although northern Mediterranean countries are distinguished from Arab and Balkan countries, the labels developed and developing countries in the Mediterranean seem too simplistic when describing the marked heterogeneity within these two groups. The lack of homogeneity can be attributed...

... the accelerating regional competition to develop offshore energy resources; the related pursuit of major foreign investment for upstream energy development; consequences for regional gas export markets, notably the European Union; the influence of regional rivalries and conflicts on regional energy development...

.... Since the early 2000s, however, Athens has developed a multidimensional policy toward the Black Sea region that deserves to be examined. This policy is based on a combination of hard and soft power resources, including economic might, military diplomacy, pipeline development, public diplomacy...

... largest developing country and promotes South-South cooperation. To better understand Beijing’s interest in reviving the Silk Road and it westward march, one needs to pay closer attention to the ongoing overhaul of China’s periphery diplomacy. Expansion of its influence to the west is a strategic...