Financial Technology (FinTech): A Genie Out of the Bottle 2021
A brief look at FinTech in the Middle East and Europe, challenges and opportunities. The original illustrated article is reproduced in full.
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Unlocking Innovation in Yemen — The Potential Role of Innovation-Driven Enterprises
Research examining the potential of innovation-driven and high-growth enterprises to contribute to economic diversification, employment and resilience in Yemen. The work explores constraints affecting innovative…
YEMEN RESILIENCE ECONOMY AND RECOVERY AMID WAR, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
As soon as we talk about the Yemeni economy, its challenges, and the prospects for reconstruction,armed conflict and political complexity predominate, with no improvement in sight. We are now in theeighth year of a…
The Houthis are waging a fierce economic war that is deepening the humanitarian crisis and famine in Yemen.
The 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS, IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2019 BY BUSHRA NASR KRETSCHMER Transcript of the speech
Humanitarian Aid: an attractive façade sustaining an ugly war
The 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS, IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2019
Second Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Yemen April-2018, Women-led Side Event and Consultation Geneva
Recommendations for the UN Aid organizations on Preventing Corruption and Integrating a Conflict Sensitive Approach to the Humanitarian Response in Yemen
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