Human resources and development in the Arabian Gulf

The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have in recent decades experienced substantial and rapid development progress, as evidence by their high rankings in the United Nation's Development Programme's Human Development Index (HDI). But despite these achievements, the pr...

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Corporate Author: Markaz al-Imārāt lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Buḥūth al-Istirātījīyah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abdu Dhabi, UAE The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research 2010
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : human resources and development in the Arabian Gulf
  • Keynote addresses. Mankind and development in the UAE / Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan ; The challenges of identity and citizenship in the Gulf Region / Turki Al-Faisal ; The role of the GCC in supporting human development / Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah ; Development, security and stability / Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan
  • Challenges to human development in the region / Adil Abdulatif
  • The challenges of human capital investment in the GCC / Abdulkhaleq Abdullah
  • The role of human resources investment in GCC development / Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al-Asoomi
  • Future requirements of the Gulf labor market / Baqer Al-Naijar
  • Future requirements of the Gulf labor market : the Saudi model / Abdul-Wahid Khaled Al-Humayd
  • The role of expatriate workers in supporting GCC economic development / Hector Morada
  • GCC human resource development and organizational reform : HR empowerment and utilization in Oman and Saudi Arabia / Khalid Othman Al-Yahya
  • Challenges facing workforce nationalization in the Gulf / Khalid Al-Khazraji
  • Demographics and human development in the Gulf / Neil Partrick
  • Education : keeping up with the needs of development / Sally Findlow
  • Regionalism and the Gulf countries / Uri Dadush
  • Regional strategic dynamics and the GCC's shifting fortunes : the oil boom years, the global financial crisis and beyond / James A. Russell and Robert E. Looney
  • Inflation and its effect on development in the Gulf countries / Abdel Halim Muhaisen
  • Enhancing food security and agricultural sustainability / Joachim von Braun
  • Organized crime, money laundering and terrorism / Nick Ridley
  • The role of the media in development / Turki Al-Dakheel
  • The role of the media in supporting development in Abu Dhabi / Colin Randall
  • The other face of development / Hussa Lootah
  • Society, culture and development in the Gulf Region / Mariam Hassan Al-Kandari.