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This was the consensus at the two-day Arab-Americas-Asia-Africa (AAAA) Business Summit 2009, which concluded on Thursday. The Commonwealth Business Council, Dubai Group and the UAE jointly organised the
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“We were able in particular to generate a very strong synergy between
The business summit discussed three particular areas such as infrastructure, agriculture and Islamic finance.
The summit session identified a number of key issues and opportunities for public-private cooperation (PPPs), with a focus on infrastructure essential to development in emerging and developing economies.
Agriculture
Excellent opportunities exist for infrastructure investment in sectors such as export agriculture indeveloping countries.
The summit identified good complementarity between the Middle East region and Africa on food supply.Food will remain a strategic commodity for the foreseeable future, and Africa in particular has a huge comparative advantage in this area.
Islamic Finance
The summit in a session also discussed that how Islamic finance products and services — whose Banks may have been less adversely affected due to its conservative financial model, could be extended to other countries through new partnerships.
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