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Egypt has been on a steady course of recovery from last year’s recession, but struggling tourism and a slow vaccine rollout remain key threats, Capital Economics said in a report today. The economic research company nevertheless predicts that the Egyptian economy will expand by 4.5 percent this fiscal year and 6.5 percent in 2022/23. The company added this will leave …
In late September, the World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for Indonesia to 3.7 percent from its previous estimate of 4.4 percent made in April. The downgrade firmly underlines the daunting challenges Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has faced during the third quarter as new variants of the coronavirus have swept through the country. And …
The IPCC report, warning of melting glaciers, should be a wake-up call for the Pakistani state. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest report in August 2021, on the heels of one of the hottest and most devastating summers on record: floods in northern Europe and China, wildfires in the US, …
The World Halal Business Conference 2021 (WHBC2021) organized by the Halal Development Corporation Berhad (HDC) was officiated recently by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, RT. Hon. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, was held fully virtually, watched by 3000 registered delegates from 65 countries. Held annually, WHBC2021 aims to be the halal industry’s leading stage for …
The Halal Development Corp Bhd (HDC), an agency under the International Trade and Industry Ministry, Malaysia is helping industry players to join the halal economy to revitalize the Malaysian economy. This would increase Malaysia’s halal export and bring in more direct investment into the country’s halal industrial parks and increasing quality employment opportunities for the …
