Dr Nahed Taher highlighted the mining, petrochemical, transportation, utilities and communications sectors as industry fields in which regional companies have a chance of becoming global players. Regional companies need to focus on these sectors to develop competitive advantages to perform on a global level she said. Commenting on the role of Arab governments, Dr Taher pointed out that the growing trend towards public private partnerships (PPP) to facilitate large infrastructure projects was a step in the right direction. Governments are realising that a business approach needs to be taken to ensure efficiency. This is something which they are learning to adapt to, she said. In terms of progress in this regard, Saudi Arabia has the most privatised economy in the GCC, she added. Stressing the need for a reduced role of governments, Dr Saad Al Barrak said governments in the region play a much too crucial role in their economies. They own many assets and, at the same...<br><a href='http://site-with-content.com/news/25112'>http://site-with-content.com/</a>

``I do not think that (in) the near future we are going to witness another resolution in the United Nations Security Council against Iran,'' he said. ``The reason is that I think more than ever, the whole world today found out that the only and the best way to address the issue of Iranian nuclear peaceful energy program is the agency.'' The United States, Britain and France, have been pressing for a new sanctions resolution to further pressure a defiant Iran to halt uranium enrichment, which it has refused to do despite numerous council demands....<br><a href='http://big-internet-site.com/news/24412'>http://big-internet-site.com/</a>