British universities receive Saudi funds

[Mosamania]

You keep saying that and I keep saying PM doesn't work

Not my problem. Then you wait until it is working again.

 

[Juice]

I have no dog in this fight...and the Bangladeshi dude was a tard....but perhaps you guys could go easy on him and his ilk...not from the region or culture...but it seems to me non-Arab Muslims admire Arabs...and it is hard on them when you are so nasty towards them...let them fume and be sweet still...

 

[Hyperion]

I have no dog in this fight...and the Bangladeshi dude was a tard....but perhaps you guys could go easy on him and his ilk...not from the region or culture...but it seems to me non-Arab Muslims admire Arabs...and it is hard on them when you are so nasty towards them...let them fume and be sweet still...

Nah... not really.... and it goes both ways!

 

[AUz]

British Universities are lost case, hardly any research activities going on major scale. Should have invested in US or German/Japanese Universities.

Harvard School of Law already has classes on 'Islamic Law and its development' etc.

Don't worry....

 

[Juice]

Nah... not really.... and it goes both ways!

I would not mind if the mods give you my email...only you...and only with my permission.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

I have no dog in this fight...and the Bangladeshi dude was a tard....but perhaps you guys could go easy on him and his ilk...not from the region or culture...but it seems to me non-Arab Muslims admire Arabs...and it is hard on them when you are so nasty towards them...let them fume and be sweet still...

Who can blame them

 

[Juice]

Who can blame them

Lol, this is what I am talking about....climb down...(I know I can use this advise myself)

 

[Hyperion]

I would not mind if the mods give you my email...only you...and only with my permission.

Buddy, they can't give me your email. Not even the mods can see your email. @Aeronaut has my email, so I'll tell him to give it to you. Then you can PM me as much as you want!

 

[Juice]

Buddy, they can't give me your email. Not even the mods can see your email. @Aeronaut has my email, so I'll tell him to give it to you. Then you can PM me as much as you want!

Good enough! I will never give your email to any one.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

What nonsense is this? If you want to create an ethnic divide in the Muslim world, then do not be surprised if other non-Arab Muslims also publish the truth about Arab 'kings, queens and princesses' to show how much they are in the foreground in spreading Islam or "subsiziding" Islam (whatever that may mean).

Trillion dollar investments by Saudi in kafir America while Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, etc Arab countries get a paltry few millions, not to mention the rest of the Muslim world. There is no need to remind the readers and members of the true nature and contributions of these 'kings' if they are familiar with it already.

Just keep the thread confined to 'investments' by your 'kings', no need to drag other groups into it, so there is no insult-fest later on.

UAE emerges as world's largest aid donor

World Bank puts total Arab financial assistance at $272bn

Published Monday, September 13, 2010

Gulf and other Arab oil producers have provided nearly $272 billion in financial assistance to other developing nations and the UAE has emerged as the largest donor relative to its gross national income (GNI), the World Bank has said.

The bulk of the assistance was extended by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, the world's main oil producers which control in excess of 40 per cent of the total global recoverable crude deposits, the World Bank said in a study.

"Arab donors - predominantly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE -have been among the most generous in the world, with official development assistance (ODA) averaging 1.5 per cent of their combined GNI during the period 1973-2008, more than twice the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent and five times the average of the OECD countries," the 40-page study said.

The figures showed financial aid by all Arab donors accounted for nearly 13 per cent of the total official aid provided by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on average and nearly three-quarters of non-DAC aid.

"The share of Arab official development assistance (ODA) in Arab GNI was exceptionally high in the 1970s and early 1980s, peaking at over 12 per cent for the UAE and at about 8.5 per cent for Kuwait and KSA in 1973," it said.

The report also showed that nearly one-third of all ODA during the 1970s was from Arab donors. Although the ratio has fallen over time, it still exceeds the average among OECD-DAC member countries, it said.

"Moreover, Arab aid is generally untied, and is offered without conditions or restrictions. Over time, Arab donors have expanded their reach-beyond Arab and predominantly Muslim countries in terms of recipient countries and beyond infrastructure in terms of sectors.

Their assistance has come to play a major role in total ODA flows to several developing countries," the report said.

The study noted that at present, the Arab official financial assistance covers a wide range of nations, especially poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa such as Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan; and in Asia such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

It said that until 2000, over two-thirds of Arab bilateral ODA was in the form of grants, adding that the share of grants has since that year dropped to about 40 per cent; most aid is provided in the form of soft loans.

"Arab financial institutions are well positioned to meet the challenges posed by the global financial and economic crisis.

Being well capitalized and financially conservative, these institutions may be able to help offset some of the slack that may be created by declining ODA from other sources," the World Bank said.

"Over the medium to long run, these growing and maturing institutions will be well placed to tap into capital markets to increase the scope of their operations.

Reporting practices among Arab ODA agencies are evolving."

The study noted that the establishment of a central agency to coordinate ODA in the UAE and efforts made to bolster the visibility of Saudi Arabia's aid programme "bode well" for the future development of Arab aid reporting systems.

A breakdown showed Saudi Arabia has provided around 64 per cent ($174bn ) of the total Arab development aid. From 1973 to 2008, Kuwait provided around $ 44.3bn in ODA in 2007 prices. Nearly 90 per cent of the Kuwaiti assistance was provided between 1973 and 1989.

The UAE emerged as the third largest source of Arab aid, accounting for 12 per cent of the total Arab ODA.

Between 1973 and 2008, the country extended nearly $ 31.4bn (in 2007 prices) in ODA, the bulk of which was provided in the late 1970s and 1980s. Qatar has also been providing ODA since it gained independence in 1971, atvolumes that have fluctuated with oil prices.

By Nadim Kawach

World Bank :

World Bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Other old link :

http://www.defence.pk/forums/middle-east-africa/203732-uae-has-largest-stockpile-aid-items-refugees.html#post3334795

 

[JUBA]

He is irritating, I am surprised he calls me names! and lecture us about how stupid we are and we should give up our regimes. Who the hell is he? we have never ever told Pakistanis or others about their regimes or lecturing them about how they should deal with their problems, because it's non of our business, they know better. But I always wonder what is it that makes them think they are superior beings looking down at us although we live much far better than them. What the hell is it?

ever heard of these people in south asia ?

 

[xyxmt]

I am glad we can help

Arabs dont understand sarcasm it seems. I wish our leaders could see that shaitan is attached to every free money note

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

I have no dog in this fight...and the Bangladeshi dude was a tard....but perhaps you guys could go easy on him and his ilk...not from the region or culture...but it seems to me non-Arab Muslims admire Arabs...and it is hard on them when you are so nasty towards them...let them fume and be sweet still...

I hate, I loathe Muslim Brotherhood, and since he is one of them I can't stand him when he attacks us. They see themselves as the only eligible ones to rule Islamic Ummah and they work on toppling other regimes to replace them with MB. So, I consider them a threat, a dangerous one.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

Arabs dont understand sarcasm it seems. I wish our leaders could see that shaitan is attached to every free money note

lol I was bieng sarcastic as well. FAIL.