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The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier
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Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier. Regional Studies. This paper examines Kuala Lumpur’s emergence as a prominent global Islamic financial centre. Its distance from the West and the Middle East offers ...
Creating and sustaining Islamic financial centers: Bahrain in the wake of financial and political crises
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Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
Although primarily concentrated in countries with Muslim majorities,
Islamic finance has become a global industry representing
both a decentering of the global financial architecture and the
emergence of an urban network ...
ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON BOOMTOWN DYNAMICS IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE, TEXAS
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
Unconventional oil and gas production in the United States reversed a decades-
old trend of rising oil imports, provided an argument for lifting the U.S. crude oil
export ban and motivated the development of domestic ...
Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals
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The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University
, 2016 , Report)
Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess
general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...
The effects of citizenship status on service utilization and general satisfaction with healthcare: a cross-cultural study
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Oxford University Press
, 2016 , Article)
Objective: To explore the role of citizenship status as a predictor of general satisfaction with
healthcare services in Qatar, including potential interaction with utilization and health insurance
coverage type.
Design: ...
Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2016 , Article)
Interest in politics is an important ingredient in the formation of civil society, which
in turn provides the basis for good governance. Existing research has not clarified drivers of
political interest with respect to ...
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Qatari Human Rights Perspective
(2016 , Presentation)
For a long time disability was considered a question of social development, outside the responsibilities of official human rights institutions. Over the last three decades this approach has evolved, and disability is now ...
Qatar Education Study 2015: Students' Motivation and Parental Participation Report
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SESRI - Qatar University
, 2016 , Report)
The prosperity of a nation is due in part to the investments it makes in education, the value of which cannot be overstated. Indeed, education is the catalyst for improved socio-economic opportunities for a country such ...
Parenting Young Arab Children: Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Arabic Brief Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
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Springer
, 2016 , Article)
Research has shown a connection between negative parenting practices and child conduct problems. One of the most commonly used measures to assess parenting practices is the Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ). The current ...
The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women’s Role Conflict in Qatar
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Social norms in patriarchal countries in the Middle East are changing at differing rates. In Qatar, expectations about education have shifted, and women’s participation in higher education is normative. However, women’s ...