New issue of the Economic Cooperation and Development Review has been published

The present issue of the Economic Cooperation and Development Review includes an interview with H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. The interview focused on the views of H.E. Erdoğan on various national, regional and global issues such as the successful political and economic development experience of Turkey during ...

SWOT Outlook on OIC Member Countries

The SWOT Outlook is a new contribution by SESRIC to the efforts of the OIC Member Countries toward enhancing the level of their cooperation and integration as well as the level of their competitiveness, as a group, at both the regional and global levels ...

SESRIC launches Annual Economic Report on the OIC Countries 2011

In the light of the recent major global and regional economic developments, the Annual Economic Report on the OIC Countries analyses and examines the trends in the major economic indicators of the OIC member countries, as a group, during the latest five-year period.

Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development, Vol. 32 No. 3

Five papers make up this issue. The first one, titled Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Crime: A Two-Period Model of Money-in-the-Utility-Function by Fassil Fanta and Hasan M Mohsin, presents a two-period model of money-in-the-utility-function to investigate the impact of anti-money laundering policy on crime. Their two- period model reveals that an increase in labor wage in the ...

OIC Health Report 2011

The issue of health and development of modern and sustainable health systems has recently gained greater importance and attention in many developing countries as a major driver of socio-economic progress where more resources have been invested in this sector than ever being before...

Pharmaceutical Industry in OIC Member Countries: Production, Consumption and Trade

Today pharmaceuticals have become an indispensable part of health care system around the globe. Historically pharmaceuticals have played a vital role in the human development by improving the quality of life and reducing the time spent in the hospitals ...

The State of Maternal and Newborn Health in OIC Member Countries

Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) basically refers to health of women and babies during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth. Provision of quality care during this period is very critical for the health and very survival of mother and infant ...

The State of Polio in OIC Member Countries - “Enhancing Multilateral Cooperation to Eradicate Polio”

Polio or Poliomyelitis is a communicable disease caused by a virus that lives in throat and intestinal tract. Poliovirus attacks the nervous system and in some cases can paralyze the victim instantly. It spreads rapidly especially in those communities that are living in very poor hygienic and sanitation conditions ...