This paper examines efforts by the United Arab Emirates and the other Arab Gulf States to use their oil wealth to ‘‘import’’ the human capital necessary to diversify their economies beyond oil. It explores how new forms of development capacity, necessary to create and sustain new industries in the Gulf, are acquired in the context of a global labor market. By studying the circulation and absorp...

INTRODUCTION Expatriate healthcare professionals frequently participate in international relief operations that are initiated in response to disasters due to natural hazards or humanitarian emergencies in low resource settings. This practice environment is significantly different from the healthcare delivery environment in the home countries of expatriate healthcare professionals. Human rights,...

The trend of global economy and Singapore' efforts to become a regional hub of business have together brought in many MNCs and expatriate managers into Singapore. Due to cultural and managerial style differences, these managers and their local colleagues have encountered various conflicts. Building on the theory of Hofstede's Individualism-Collectivism (I-C) cultural dimension as well as Rahim ...

in terms of her lineage and her personal qualities. Harriden also notes that the military regime attempted to use Aung San Suu Kyi’s marriage to Michael Aris to discredit her, drawing on nationalist discourses that censured Burmese women who married foreigners. The final two chapters of the book analyze women’s position in Burma post-1988, with chapter eight addressing women’s “advancement” (th...

Diaspora writing occupies an important place in Post-modern literature. Indian immigrant writers contributed hugely and shaped South Asian into a much recognised branch of diaspora Bharati Mukherjee Jhumpa Lahiri have skillfully narrated the issues immigrants Canada America. Mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter (1971), Wife (1975), Jasmine (1989) Lahiri’s Lowland (2013) are examined for diasporic p...

OBJECTIVES Ultrasound examination of the fetus is a powerful tool for assessing gestational age and detecting obstetric problems but is rarely available in developing countries. The aim of this study was to assess the intraobserver and interobserver agreement of fetal biometry by locally trained health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border. METHODS One expatriate doctor and fou...