Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Regional Integration in Asia

The Gulf Cooperation Council States (GCC)1

While much of modern international migration is brought about by political factors due to both civil and international wars, the vast extent of international migration following World War II is comprised of labor migration, legal and illegal alike. Although the current global recession led many developed countries, particularly those of the EU, to tighten control over the inflow of migrant work...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries and the World: Scenarios to 2025: Implications for Competitiveness

CHIEMI HAYASHI, World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum has developed three scenarios for the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to 2025.1 From the underlying models of economic, social, and political development used to create the scenarios, it is possible to derive forces that will shape the economic environment of the GCC and assess their implications for the compet...

Travel Medicine in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Epidemiology of thyroid cancer: a review with special reference to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

A wide variation in incidence of thyroid cancer according to age, sex, ethnicity and geographic region was observed. In general, it occurs more frequently in women than men and a substantially higher rate was observed particularly during fertile period of women compared with men of the same age. Papillary carcinoma is the most prevalent histological type, irrespective of gender and conditions l...

Regional Economic Integration and Cooperation in East Asia

author is thankful to Ken Heydon and other participants in the workshop for comments and suggestions.