Region
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The future of the
region
is also their future; the transition that started in 2011 unleashed forces that cannot be stopped.
Prosperity and peace in the
region
will depend on thinking big and acting fast.
This, too, has been accepted reasonably calmly, if not always quietly, by China, and has not undermined the continuing growth in bilateral economic relationships that every country in the
region
is developing with China.
But, with strategic competition between the US and China as delicately poised as it is, and with the economic interests of Australia, Japan, and many others in the
region
bound up just as intensely with China as their security interests are with the US, rocking the boat carries serious risks.
But we should be cautious about moving beyond taking stands to taking sides in the
region
to a greater extent than has been the norm for decades.
To the extent that this is the case, it is smart policy for every state in the
region
to speak and act in a way that helps the doves and gives no encouragement to the hawks.
This is the last thing the
region
needs, as it works toward economic growth and diversification.
For the private sector and NGOs, upgrading water management in the MENA
region
presents a major opportunity to invest in water-services delivery and related technology.
Indeed, if nothing is done to address the water challenges facing the MENA region, those challenges may fuel future wars.
Rising debt levels are already forcing them to cut public spending, traditionally the main engine of economic growth in the region, and start dismantling universal subsidies.
Instead, the MENA
region
has some of the world’s highest rates of youth unemployment, leading to the world’s largest brain drain, as educated young people seek opportunities abroad.
This is not the case in, say, Asia, a
region
that embraced new technologies in order to establish itself as a global manufacturing hub.
Although Internet connectivity and digital devices have become ubiquitous in the MENA region, they are used for accessing social media, rather than for launching new enterprises or employing people.
This probably has something to do with the fact that the
region
rates the lowest in the world for bandwidth per subscriber.
The MENA
region
urgently needs a new social contract focused on using technology to empower the hundreds of millions of youth who are expected to join the labor market in the coming decades.
Otherwise, the
region
will continue to lag, and its people will continue to seek their fortune elsewhere.
Africa must cease being a
region
to be ransacked, burdened with ill-considered debts by the IMF and World Bank, and so left with institutionalised famine, lawlessness, and horrendus corruption.
The meeting is a reminder that, while the rest of the world obsesses over Europe’s economic travails, America’s political paralysis, and the growth slowdown in China and other emerging markets, there remains a
region
– Sub-Saharan Africa – where poverty is almost the rule, not the exception.
The crisis in Europe’s southern neighborhood reflects a deep-seated transformation process that will have long-lasting consequences – for the region, for Europe, and for the world.
The Mediterranean
region
is vital to Europe’s peace, stability, and economic growth.
The situation in the Mediterranean
region
is at a more advanced stage.
This is why Italy has proposed a new EU “Plan for the Mediterranean” aimed at supporting the transition process and building upon existing institutional and financial tools to provide the
region
with additional resources.
But a broader economic initiative is also needed to mobilize a critical mass of European and international financial resources to attract investment to the
region
and modernize its infrastructures and services.
The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development could join this effort by extending its activities to the region, which could be coupled with the creation of dedicated services to support the growth of job-creating enterprises.
At the same time, the EU must launch a “dialogue among equals” on political and security matters, aimed at confidence-building across the
region.
But, for almost 40 years, not a single Arab-majority country has been classified as a democracy, so a democratic transition in either Tunisia or Egypt (or elsewhere in the region) would be of immense importance for the entire Arab world.
Overall trade flows in southern Africa fell from $131.1 billion in 2002 to $112.3 billion in 2003, with South Africa – one of only three countries in the
region
that recorded current-account surpluses – accounting for 65% of the total.
But, despite these efforts, FDI inflows in the
region
(excluding South Africa) remain too low to have a significant economic impact.
This reflects the real and perceived risks associated with investment in the
region.
Marshall Harry, an ANPP chieftain and General Buhari's point man in the volatile Niger delta region, was murdered on March 5th.
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