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JANUARY 2011

by reeda

JANUARY 2011

 

EDITORIAL





COMMENT



Conflict nigh as waters dry
Storms can’t quench a growing regional drought






Qatar
The beautiful game heads to the Gulf with a FIFA thumbs up






Vanquish visas and they will come
Relaxing borders has boosted regional tourism






Erdogan lumps the leaks
Wikileaks cables leave Ankara’s big man peeved






An outpost obstinate & obsolete
Coalition forces put lives at risk to save face in Afghanistan




BANKING & FINANCE







Femme finance
It’s still a man’s world when you get to the top






Q&A – Christos Papadopoulos
Finance flows ever more within the development world






Executive insight – DIFC
Quantitative easing isn’t easy








REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT







A short reprieve
Property values’ current plateau may be brief






Q&A – Salvatore Saker
New technology makes for building at blistering speeds




ECONOMY & POLICY







Broadband’s Roadblock
The morass of Internet infrastructure plans






Executive insight – S2C
The media’s role in the fight against corruption






Executive insight – Endeavor Global
Entering the global age of entrepreneurship




CONSUMER SOCIETY



Decision Points
Former US president George W. Bush reflects on his time in power






A moving picture of air pollution
Monitoring what’s really in the air that we breathe




BUSINESS ESSENTIALS





LAST WORD



Elections without opposition
Egypt’s recent election was rife with fraud, opposition groups say