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IMF Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik Highlights the Strong Macroeconomic Performance of GCC Countries and Encourages Further Reforms

October 5, 2013 Nemat Shafik, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today at the conclusion of a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the finance ministers and central bank governors of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC):1 “I am grateful for the opportunity to meet with the finance …

TMK and Skolkovo Fund Sign Agreement to Establish R&D Centre

TMK, a leading global manufacturer of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement with the Skolkovo Fund (the “Fund”) to open its research and development facility in the Skolkovo Innovation Centre. The agreement was signed by Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, Chairman of TMK’s Board of Directors, and Viktor Vekselberg, Skolkovo Fund President. …

SAMENA Council issues findings of its Policy and Digitization Study aimed at driving the Digital Agenda in 10 Regional Countries

Kuwait City – Kuwait, April 08, 2013: SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the tri-regional non-profit telecommunications association for South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, has issued the findings of its region-wide ICT Policy Assessment and Digitization Study. The findings have been compiled into a full regional-level report as well as 10 country-level policy and digitization …