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The Sultanate of Oman : economic development, the domestic labour market and international migration
Birks, J. S; Sinclair, C. A - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1978
in Oman - covers labour supply, labour demand, migrant worker characteristics by age, sex, occupation and educational …
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Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for the sultanate of Oman
El-Hussain, I.; Deif, A.; Al-Jabri, K.; Toksoz, N.; … - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 1, pp. 173-210
tree for Oman. The earthquake catalogue was homogenized, declustered, and used to define seismotectonic source model that … characterizes the seismicity of Oman. Two seismic source models were used in the current study; the first consists of 26 seismic … relationships developed based upon seismic data obtained from active tectonic environments similar to those surrounding Oman. The …
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Biological reference points for managing kingfish, Scomberomorus commerson, in Oman
Siddeek, M.S.M.; Al-Hosni, A.H.S. - In: Naga 21 (1998) 4, pp. 32-36
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Factors influencing the formation of corruption in oil-rich countries
Fouladi, Masoome; Setayesh, Hedieh; Goudarzi-Farahani, … - EcoMod Network - 2014
Corruption undermines economic development and therefore it is one of the major factors hindering economic growth and political stability, especially in the developing countries. Studies in recent years show that countries with rich natural resources have the potential to shape corruption....
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Business Cycles in Oil Exporting Countries: A Declining Role for Oil?
Huseynov, Salman; Ahmadov, Vugar - EcoMod Network - 2014
In this paper, we investigate business cycle regularities in oil exporting countries. We ask the question whether oil exporting countries are all alike or whether economic fluctuations and the response dynamics of macroeconomic variables are similar. Besides we also test for the possible sources...
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The Assets of Knowledge Society in Oman: People and ICT
Hadi, Samia Al; Rawahi, Sulaiman Al - In: Eurasian Journal of Social Sciences 2 (2014) 2, pp. 1-14
have adopted a diversified economic growth model such as Oman. Oman is a Middle Eastern country with an economy that relies … heavily on Oil. As part of its 2020 vision aiming at sustaining social and economic growth and development, Oman has been … and ICT in developing the Knowledge Society in Oman * To propose a framework on how to involve people in developing KS in …
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Macroprudential Policy in the GCC Countries
Arvai, Zsofia; Prasad, Ananthakrishnan; Katayama, Kentaro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
As undiversified commodity exporters, GCC economies are prone to pro-cyclical systemic risk in the financial system. During periods of high hydrocarbon prices, favorable economic prospects make the financial sector keen to lend, leading to higher domestic credit growth and easier access to...
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Economic Diversification in the GCC: Past, Present, and Future
Callen, Tim; Cherif, Reda; Hasanov, Fuad; Hegazy, Amgad; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Abstract: The economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are heavily reliant on oil. Greater economic diversification would reduce their exposure to volatility and uncertainty in the global oil market, help create jobs in the private sector, increase productivity and...
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State-business relations in the smaller gulf monarchies -- the role of business actors in the decision-making process
Valeri, Marc - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
state-business relations in two of the smaller Gulf monarchies (Bahrain and Oman). …
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THE LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY OF STRUGGLE AGAINST DESERTIFICATION IN ?MAN
Blinkova, Olga; Yarovyi, Mykola; Skliar, Oleg - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 8 (2006) 19, pp. 80-84
The proposed technology for the struggle against desertification in Oman includes estimation of the territory from the … relief mezo-structure of Oman. With the purpose of maintenance of a primary impulse for the best growth of plants in desert …
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