The institution and the Islamic Development Bank signed an agreement to develop services around the world.
Author: From the Newsroom
Starting next Tuesday, the Syrian Arab Cultural Centre will promote an exhibition featuring paintings by nine different artists.
The Emirati airline posted US$ 1.3 billion in revenues from July to September. The growth was driven by an increase in passengers transported and codeshare agreements.
The country went from having 15 million malnourished people, from 2007 to 2009, to 13 million between 2010 and 2012. Brazil and Peru attained the best rates, according to a FAO survey.
In a friendly math in Malmo, Sweden, the team of coach Mano Menezes had a runaway win over the Arabs headed by former Flamengo striker Zico, in the return of midfielder Kaká to the Brazilian team.
Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraqi energy vice president, announced that the country plans to double its current oil production, which is around 3.4 million barrels a day, up to 2015.
The Brazilian Foreign Relations ministry will have meetings with president Mahmoud Abbas and prime-minister Salam Fayyad. Topics such as health, urbanism and agriculture are on the agenda.
Agronomist Maurício Antônio Lopes has been with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) for 20 years, and will replace Pedro Antônio Arraes, who resigned in September.
Foreign Relations Ministry signs partnerships with Ipea, Brazilian Cotton Institute and Order of Attorneys of Brazil to increase the number of negotiators in international agreements.
Promoted by the World Economic Forum, the meeting in November should bring together businessmen, universities and the society to discuss sustainability and innovation.
A World Bank report points out the need to train workers for the region’s private sector. That should foster competitiveness in the Arab world and create more job openings.
An agreement between Brazil’s Poultry Union and the Export and Investment Promotion Agency provides for over R$ 5 million to be allocated to commercial promotion actions.
The projection was issued by an IMF delegation. In 2013, the Arab country’s economy may grow by 3.5%. The government is implementing an agenda of fiscal, financial and utilities reforms.
The fund reduced from 5.5% to 5.3% its forecast for growth of the Arab economies in 2012. The figure, however, is still better than the performances of 2011 and 2010.
