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South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique?
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Turgut Ozal University
, 2015 , Article)
South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique?
With a fast growing world population and decreasing arable land availability ...
Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
This study aimed to explore the processes of business networking which lays the foundation for business legacy outcomes initiated by the award of a mega event in a region. Building on the work of Spilling (1996) on mega ...
Im/mobile highly skilled migrants in Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2018 , Article)
Most studies on the mobility of highly skilled migrants have been examined with a framework of global talent mobility and under conditions of neoliberal governance and economic globalization. In this study we challenge the ...
Social media usage and support for women in community leadership: Evidence from Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Is social media usage related to the acceptance of Arab women in community leadership? Since the Arab Spring, many have linked information communication technology (ICTs) with fast-moving political transitions, but their ...
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 ...
Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East: Lessons from Qatar and the Arabian Gulf Region in Mobile Media Content Innovation
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Routledge
, 2018 , Book)
Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East identifies trends in mobile media use in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and, more broadly, explores their impact on the nature of digital journalism. Mobility has long been an ...
A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture
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Geo Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
In their quest for food security, the drylands of the Gulf Cooperation Council states have experienced more radical transformation over the past half century than over the previous millennium. This paper explores modern ...
Meanings of Women's Agency: A Case Study from Qatar on Improving Measurement in Context
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The measurement of women's agency poses numerous challenges, including multi-dimensionality and context-specificity. This challenge is especially large for non-Western contexts that adapt measurement instruments without ...
Citizens and expatriates satisfaction with public services in Qatar - evidence from a survey
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze citizens’ and expatriates’ satisfaction with public service delivery in Qatar, one of the world’s highest per capita incomes countries.
Design/methodology/approach
The ...
Crisis, State Legitimacy, and Political Participation in a Non-Democracy: How Qatar Withstood the 2017 Blockade
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Middle East Institute
, 2019 , Article)
This article uses rare, nationally representative survey data collected before and after the blockade of Qatar that began in June 2017 to assess its impact on citizens’ orientations toward the Gulf Cooperation Council, ...