Browsing Research Units by Subject "GCC"

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    • Achieving Green Building in Qatar through Legal and Fiscal Tools 

      Harmon, Aaron; Truby, Jon M. ( Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) , 2019 , Article)
      This article considers how the advancement of green building can provide multiple dividends in Qatar by enabling reduced resource consumption and producing less waste. LEED® certified “green” buildings consume between 10% ...

    • A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture 

      Lambert, Laurent A.; Bin Hashim, Hisham ( Geo Publishing , 2017 , Article)
      In their quest for food security, the drylands of the Gulf Cooperation Council states have experienced more radical transformation over the past half century than over the previous millennium. This paper explores modern ...

    • Diversifying relationships: Russian policy toward GCC 

      Issaev, Leonid; Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2021 , Article)
      The interaction between Russia and Gulf countries represents the story of ups and downs, severe conflicts and sharp warmings that can largely be explained by the permanently changing role and place of each of these players ...

    • GCC and Political Divide: An Analysis of Potentials and Risks 

      Moniruzzaman, M. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1981 has made tremendous achievements over the past forty years in economic, social, military, scientific and educational sectors which made the body to think ...

    • Labor Camp Surveys in GCC Countries: Group Quarter Subsampling 

      Le K.T.; Pancratz S.; Diop A. ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2019 , Article)
      The Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional cooperation of six Middle Eastern countries-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. A common feature of these countries is the existence of many ...

    • Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafala 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Johnston, Trevor; Le, Kien Trung ( Gulf Research Center Cambridge , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Much of the debate over immigration policy in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar) revolves around the kafala, or sponsorship system. In ...

    • Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar 

      Ewers, Michael, [ إيورز، مايكل ]; Eskander, Glnar , [ إسكندر، وجلنار ]; Shockley, Bethany,, [ شوكلي ، وبثناي ] ( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Most Gulf countries have acknowledged that the traditional rentier system requires basic economic reform, and VAT could prove a more stable source of government revenue for oil producing countries. Results from two separate ...

    • Quantifying people in the GCC region: the uses, challenges, and efficacy of the quota system policy 

      Elbanna, Said; Fatima, Tahniyath ( Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)
      Providing employment to nationals in an economy where more than two-thirds of the population comprise foreigners has been a struggle for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Of the various tactics used by the GCC ...

    • Realizing algae value chains in arid environments: an Arabian Peninsula perspective 

      Kira, Schipper; Al Jabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Wijffels, René H.; Barbosa, Maria J. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Algae are a promising feedstock for the sustainable production of feed, fuels, and chemicals. Especially in arid regions such as the Arabian Peninsula, algae could play a significant role in enhancing food security, economic ...

    • Renegotiating the Ruling Bargain: Selling Fiscal Reform in the GCC 

      Gengler, Justin; Lambert, Laurent ( Middle East Institution , 2016 , Article)
      Built upon depletable reservoirs of oil and natural gas, the petro-states of the Arab Gulf have, since their beginning, always had one eye fixated on the end: the exhaustion of their life-giving natural resources, and ...

    • Sustainable agriculture in the Arabian/Persian Gulf region utilizing marginal water resources: Making the best of a bad situation 

      Brown, J. Jed; Das, Probir; Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article Review)
      One way to encourage agricultural self-sufficiency in arid regions is to increase the productivity of conventional freshwater agriculture. Another way is to develop and implement novel strategies and technologies that do ...

    • A systematic review of STEM education research in the GCC countries: trends, gaps and barriers 

      Kayan-Fadlelmula, Fatma; Sellami, Abdellatif; Abdelkader, Nada; Umer, Salman ( Springer Open , 2022 , Article)
      Abundant research conducted in many countries has underlined the critical role of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in developing human capital in fields important to a nation’s global competiveness ...

    • Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions 

      Saleh, Ali Salman; Bassil, Charbel; Safari, Arsalan ( SAGE Publications , 2021 , Article Review)
      Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism ...

    • Turkey’s security role in the Gulf region: exploring the case of a newcomer 

      Bakir, Ali ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)
      This study explores Turkey as a newcomer to Gulf security. It addresses why Turkish decision-makers want Turkey to play an elevated security role in the Gulf. It offers a holistic yet detailed outlook of Turkey’s potential ...

    • Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals 

      Gengler, Justin; Tessler, Mark ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...

    • Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Ewers, Michael C. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...