Browsing by Author "Salman, Doaa M."

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Favoring technocentrism over ecocentrism evidence from Finland and Bhutan
(ideas, 2019) Salman, Doaa M.; Nagy, Merna
Ecocentrism places the ecosystem at the center and stress that we need to limit our natural resource exploitation, so that we can conserve the environment and prevent its destruction. Technocentrism, on the other hand, focuses on technology and science as a way to repair any damage done to the environment rather than changing ethical perspectives on environmental issues. This paper seeks to explore the two ideologies by comparing between Finland and Bhutan; two countries that seem to resemble the two approaches. Finland is considered one of the highly technologically advanced countries, in addition to its reputation for environmental protection. Bhutan is a Himalayan Kingdom that is known for its strong environment conservation and their intriguing approach to sustainable development. The paper compares between the two countries sustainable development approach, environment, and health. It was concluded that, in terms of the environment; Bhutan is doing much better than Finland. Finland’s carbon emissions reduction was mainly because they produce goods in other countries which increase the other countries emissions not Finland.
ICT, Market Contestability and Economic Performance: Lessons from ERF Countries
(economic research forum, 2007-12) Salman, Doaa M.; Mahboub, Abdelhamid
Using a panel data of 107 countries including developed, developing and ERF (Economic Research Forum for Middle East, Iran and Turkey) countries over the 1995-2004 period, this paper explores the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) growth on overall economic performance through its positive impact on market contestability, with respect to ERF countries and other developing and developed countries. We follow two hypotheses: that improvement and growth of ICT make domestic markets (industries) more contestable, and that the higher degree of market contestability improves the overall performance of the economy, measured by the increase in real GDP. This paper finds that the degree of overall contestability is positively and significantly affected by the increase in ICT services in all three groups of countries. This result supports the hypothesis concerning the importance of information in making markets more contestable. Moreover, there is a positive and significant impact of ICT on per capita GDP. As for the impact of increase in the degree of contestability on economic performance, we found that developed countries experienced a positive and significant relation, but such a relation was insignificant in the other groups — developing countries and ERF sample.
What are the hidden global food crises that challenge future development?
(ISDS JOURNALS, 2014) Salman, Doaa M.
The aim of this article is to focus on world economic prospects, especially the risk and opportunities facing the world food supply due to climate changes. The brightening and dimming phenomena require more awareness on global scale. Negligence of such problems will intensify future challenges reflected in water scarcity, decline in the cultivated arable lands, and the increase in number of refugees. Despite these challenges, adopting risk macroeconomic and environmental policies to face the upcoming economic risks is highly needed. Inattention of such problems will intensify future challenges and devastate development. The study proposes the required policies to adopt effective macroeconomic and environmental policies to face the challenging future development objectives.