Category Archives: PIDE (Policy, International Development & Economics)
Huffington Post: Women in Middle East/North Africa Are Underrepresented in Science and Technology Professions
PITAPOLICY is very excited to contribute to other outlets and learn from others. On that note, this week’s piece is Mehrunisa Qayyum’s first Huffington Post Blog piece. Mehrunisa’s Huffington Post Blogger profile is listed here. Please note that this week’s … Continue reading
Mother’s Day: Nine Month Return on Investment=Immeasurable.
Dear Mothers of PITA-Consumers, Thank you for serving as THE MOST influential socio-political-economic factor in each of our lives. Regardless of shortcomings related by The World Economic Forum, which compiles the Global Gender Gap Index, and The United Nations’ Millennium … Continue reading
US Deputy Secretary of State, Thomas Niddes Addresses @Mecaccexports: Trade Not Aid
PITAPOLICY covered the developing smile by raising a glass of Coca-Cola to her mouth. “If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will follow,” opened US Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Thomas R. Nides. … Continue reading
Consumer Choice: Exercise in Local Empowerment
Proponents of globalization argue that a globalized economy provides consumers with more choice–both economically (with more goods and services to choose from) and politically. Economically on a local level because businesses must compete to provide better service and quality of … Continue reading
ANERA: Human Development Programming in Palestine
PITAPOLICY supports community and human development programming activities and welcomes organizer perspectives who have recently volunteered for an activity. Bassema Youssef, a DC based consultant, organized an event regarding human development programming in Gaza. So this week’s post highlights ANERA’s … Continue reading
World Bank & IMF Annual Spring Meeting: PITAPOLICY Consumes Information & Continues to Digest
2012 marked the first time PITAPOLICY attended the annual World Bank and IMF meeting, held between April 17th through April 22nd, as a Political Economy Blogger–dare I say “the press.” During PITAPOLICY’s public sector days, consuming information began with tracking … Continue reading
BDS Movement: Cross Talk Interview with Omar Baddar
PITAPOLICY is proud that one of its Guest Contributors, Omar Baddar, was interviewed regarding the Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions Movement. What goals has the BDS movement achieved so far? Does it aim for a constructive solution to the conflict? How … Continue reading
Please Retweet: We come in #Peace! #Listening #Seriously
PITAPOLICY is attending the 2012 Spring World Bank & IMF meetings and is grateful for being asked to participate in the Arab American Institute’s Emerging Leaders Training Day, April 19th–more on that in a future post. Observations of the IMF … Continue reading
World trade: Redrawing the map
PITAPOLICY has concluded March with a technology review of the Arab Net Summit. During the entire month, we reviewed 1) where innovation is most prominent in the MENA region; 2) how women are somewhat represented in Science, Technology, Engineering & … Continue reading
Business in Beirut
PITAPOLICY has gained a new appreciation for technology–not simply because of attending the Annual ArabNet Summit. Although the Lebanese War lasted until 2006, Lebanon’s capital has drastically undertaken measures to boost its economy–notwithstanding the significant re-investment of the Lebanese Diaspora … Continue reading
