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Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 2020 has proven a tremendous year for Bahrain. Testament to what we can all achieve in even the most dire of circumstances, the year has seen Bahrain pivot to technology like never before, exploring new approaches to data management, education and even tourism. We have chronicled much of this innovative thinking in our blogs and articles throughout the year. For our latest quarterly newsletter, we are delighted to share with you a selection of our most popular content of 2020.
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Thought Leadership
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Why cross border data flows are essential post-COVID
In the summer, we partnered with the World Economic Forum to co-design the Roadmap for Cross-Border Data Flows, with the aim of identifying policies that promote innovation in data-intensive technologies and enable data collaboration at the regional and international levels. With the Middle East is emerging as a leader in the use of big data in combatting COVID-19, we marked the occasion with a blog on how the region can play a catalytic role in the promotion of data sharing for public good.
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Featured Stories
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AIRINC: Financial attractiveness in the GCC
AIRINC, an authority on international mobility, ranked Manama as the most financially attractive city in the world. In fact, every single GCC member country was represented in the top 20 most financially attractive cities, taking into account salary levels, cost of living and tax regimes. With businesses the world over beginning to reconsider their global footprint as a result of the pandemic, we explored the efforts made in the GCC to foster business environments that attract and retain people, ideas and learning from all over the world.
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The future of tourism
Probably no other industry has felt the pandemic’s impact more than travel and tourism. But from necessity comes innovation. Our piece on the future of the industry explores the renewed focus on contactless technology, automated processes, enhanced sanitisation, temperature checks and social distancing. Like any industry now, the future of tourism is uncertain. But one thing is clear: it will never be the same again. lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll
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The future of education: a series
In Bahrain, the government partnered with the private sector to provide students and teachers with a cloud-based online education portal to ensure continuity of education despite the early closure of schools and universities. But what happens next? In this two-part series we explore how traditional ways of learning will be revolutionised, driven by the technological advancements already sweeping the globe but catalysed by COVID-19. lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll
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A guide to expat living
With vaccines being deployed internationally, many are considering their next steps in their careers. One of the year’s most popular articles was an overview of expat living, and a look at why Bahrain so frequently tops global rankings and indices for the best place for expats to live and work. This blog serves as a handy guide for expat living, whether in Bahrain or elsewhere.
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Company Successes
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A tremendous year for Bahrain's ecosystem
From Japanese pancakes to borderless digital banking; from the streaming revolution to the renewables revolution, 2020, in spite of its challenges, has been a year of milestones met and progress made for the Bahrain Ecosystem. We celebrate the Middle Eastern innovation that was on display throughout the years with a blog highlighting some of the key successes.
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The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) is a dynamic public agency with overall responsibility for attracting inward investment into Bahrain. The EDB focuses on target economic sectors in which the Kingdom offers significant strengths including, amongst others, Financial Services, ICT, Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics services. For details about investing in Bahrain, see www.bahrainedb.com
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