Lebanon is working to implement a sweeping overhaul of its health sector, aiming to upgrade the direct provision of services, put in place more cost-effective management practices and expand basic medical coverage to all members of society.
With one of the highest per-capita outlays for health services provision of any country in [...]
As part of a four-year “emergency plan” to overhaul the education sector, the Moroccan government has signed DH12.6bn (€1.1bn) in new agreements to improve the quality of its universities.
This extra investment comes as the country seeks to meet its UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
At the beginning of October, HM King Mohamed [...]
Syria is embarking on a new era of infrastructure development, pursuing partnership with the private sector in the construction, delivery and maintenance of public services traditionally undertaken and managed solely by the government.
While there is no universally agreed definition of what technically constitutes a public-private partnership (PPP), the concept most broadly [...]
Kuwait’s health sector is expected to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of a massive government development programme aimed at revitalising the local economy and strengthening the country’s social support structure.
The Kuwaiti parliament is currently considering a five-year development plan put forward by the government that would see up to $140bn spent on infrastructure, [...]
The H1N1 virus is still spreading globally – a worrying trend, no doubt – but an apparent boon to pharmaceutical industry around the world, including that of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK).
While economic uncertainty has plagued most sectors recently, the historically non-cyclical health industry – and the pharmaceutical sector in particular – [...]
Kuwait appears to be sharpening its industrial focus, looking to build on its existing strengths while reinforcing existing high-profit revenue earners.
Although Kuwait has sought to diversify its economy away from a dependency on oil production, hydrocarbons still form the backbone of GDP, contributing around half of the total. The programme of diversification has certainly [...]