{"id":211918,"date":"2019-04-04T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=211918"},"modified":"2019-06-30T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T15:37:01","slug":"report-outlines-biggest-risks-facing-arab-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/report-outlines-biggest-risks-facing-arab-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Report outlines biggest risks facing Arab world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa see economic, governance and safety issues as the biggest risks facing their businesses and the region. Key issues include oil price shocks, unemployment and terrorism, as per an analysis issued this Thursday (4) by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weforum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Economic Forum (WEF)<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/forum-debates-new-ways-of-cooperation-in-the-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The forum\u2019s MENA edition will take place over the weekend in the Dead Sea, Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Middle East and North Africa Risks Landscape <\/em>is based on two prior WEF surveys. The biggest global risk is \u201ceconomic confrontations between major powers,\u201d reflecting US-China trade tensions. In a 10-year horizon, the biggest concern is with \u201cclimate-related issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Climate change, however, does not rank among the biggest fears of Middle East and North Africa business leaders. The WEF believes those risks are being underestimated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Forum, both trade wars and climate change pose dangers, since many of the region\u2019s economies are dependent on international trade, and rising sea levels stemming from global warming could impact seaports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s interconnected world, risks no longer stop at borders on a map or are confined to one industry in an economy,\u201d a press release quoted the deputy head of the WEF\u2019s Centre for Geopolitical and Regional Affairs and Executive Committee member Mirek Dusek as saying. \u201cOur analysis offers a combination of global and local analysis so that stakeholders can gain a better understanding of what is necessary for risk mitigation and resiliency,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 local and international leaders are expected to attend the Forum during the weekend. <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_MENA_Risks_Briefing_Paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for the full report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-211913\">Artur Widak\/NurPhoto\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Economic Forum relates that economic, governance and safety issues worry Middle East and North Africa business leaders the most. Climate change, on the other hand, is underestimated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":211913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[5399,8012,38156,497,2368,2063,2374,8041,5596,5595],"class_list":{"0":"post-211918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-dead-sea","10":"tag-forum-economico-mundial-en","11":"tag-jordan","12":"tag-mena","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-north-africa","15":"tag-risks","16":"tag-wef","17":"tag-world-economic-forum"},"wps_subtitle":"The World Economic Forum relates that economic, governance and safety issues worry Middle East and North Africa business leaders the most. Climate change, on the other hand, is underestimated. 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