This study aims at examining the impacts of the global financial crisis on the Sudanese economy. It finds that the crisis has deteriorated the terms of trade, lowered both exports and imports, slowed down foreign direct investment (FDI), caused remittances to drop, lowered aid and widened the...

This paper attempts to examine the impacts of the extent of the external debt problem and its sustainability on the government's efforts to reduce poverty and sustain growth and peace in the Sudan. It starts with defining the concepts of external debt and types of loans and then examines the...

This paper reviews efforts to sustain growth , economic and social development in the Sultanate of Oman in the last 40 years. One overarching objective of the Five-Year development plans since 1976 has been to balance economic and social development and attain reasonable equality between regions...

This paper is organized in six small sections. The first section discusses briefly the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and section two addresses the Human Development Index (HDI) for the Sudan and investigates the country's efforts and attempts to achieve the MDGs by 2015. It analyzes the...

This paper addresses various issues pertaining to Public Financial Management [PFM] of the Khartoum State, Sudan. The first section gives introductory remarks on the demography, geography and economy of the Khartoum State. The following twelve sections examined different issues pertaining to...