The significance of this study is to have an understanding of the effect of the. Social media in the arab world center for international. Social media technologies identified in this report are centered on social networking. Human development report 2011 sustainability and equity. Governance and the future of the arab world carnegie. The report also summarizes the distribution of people by incometopoverty ratios for states and the district of columbia. Social media in the arab world executive summary this paper was commissioned and largely reported in the period leading up to the uprisings in tunisia, egypt, and elsewhere in the region in early 2011. Protests that marked 2011 show anger at corruption in politics and public sector berlin, 1 december 2011 corruption continues to plague too many countries around the world, according to transparency internationals 2011 corruption perceptions index released today. Departing alien income tax statement, and, in most cases, to. Arab social media report first report 2015 slideshare. Because the vast majority of social media updates come from an unrepresentave slice. Since the emergence of the first social media networks some two decades ago, social media has continued to evolve and offer consumers around the world new and meaningful ways to engage with the people, events, and brands that matter to them. Arab regimes have established a set formula for managing statecitizen relations. This social media network s mn s tudy regarding youth of saudi arabia, focused on the effect of the smn on youth with their families and their traditions.
Social media technologies and tax administration 3 about this document purpose this report summarises the findings of a survey conducted by the forum on tax administrations taxpayer services subgroup to assess member revenue bodies progress. Recent legislation reduced the 2011 oasdi tax rates by two percentage points for employees from 6. As such, the number of facebook users in all 22 arab countries, in addition to iran, israel and turkey, are collected periodically since april 2010 to date. Saudi arabia, egypt, and the social media moment arab media. The arab human development report is an independent report sponsored by the united nations development programme undp, providing leading arab scholars a platform through which to analyze the challenges and opportunities for human development in the arab region.
However, the board formed the view has based on consultations that the incidence of interest withholding tax and stamp duty. The demographics of the protesters are young, people between the age of 25 and 35, and the mode of communication is, of course, social media updated 04 june 2018 daoud kuttab. And for citizens and residents of united arab emirates who participated in the policy. Generally, all foreign nationals departing from the united states are required to first obtain tax clearance commonly known as a sailing permit from the irs by filing either form 1040c pdf 195 kb u. Corporate tax rates 2020 includes information on statutory national and local corporate income tax rates applicable to companies and branches, as well as any applicable branch tax imposed in addition to the corporate income tax e.
These definitions fail to give a useful picture of why social media has become so important in such a short time, which can be illustrated in a number of ways. Factions of the turkishbacked opposition syrian national army are recruiting minors to fight in libya, according to a report from almonitor. Data and research on international migration including migration stocks and flows, immigrants in the labour market, integration and discrimination. The old social contract of redistribution without voice had stopped working. Target groups and sample design 12 arab social media report there were two main target groups for the study, arab social media. On the eve of the arab spring, life satisfaction was relatively low and dissatisfaction with life was growing. Accounting for publicprivate partnerships ppps accounting policy. Global corporate tax and withholding tax rates deloitte. This research examines how well information derived from social media aligns with that from more traditional polling methods. Pdf corporate social responsibility in saudi arabia. Facebook in the arab region arab social media report. Tax rates, 2011 in percent program employee a employer selfemployed a. Introduction governments worldwide have been under pressure to both cut fiscal expenditures and reduce unemployment, especially following the 200708. We conducted this audit to assess whether the institutions plans for and current uses of social media productively and responsibly advance the smithsonian mission to increase and diffuse knowledge, including whether the institution provides adequate.
This option was available only for large taxpayers until 2011. In contrast to coles book, the periodic arab social media report asmr offers a wealth of statistics but not much analysis. With the liberalization of the foreign exchange fx market, the parallel market was eliminated and fx shortages virtually disappeared. The launch of egypts reform program was a reversal from past policies, which had led to a buildup of large external and fiscal imbalances. Report, produced by the dubai school of governments governance and innovation program, part of a series that highlights and analyzes usage trends of social media. Turkeybacked factions in libya recruiting child soldiers. The carter center annual report includes an update on the peace and health work of the carter center, audited financial statements, and listings of charitable contributions to the notforprofit organization founded by nobel peace prize laureate and former u.
Social media in the arab world the center for international media assistance commissioned this report, social media and free expression in the arab world, several months before the unprecedented popular uprisings in tunisia, egypt and other countries of the region, which by all accounts were enabled by. The report covers the media sector in 14 arab countries with a wealth of. Many of these social media services can be integrated via social network aggregation platforms such as netvibes or yoono. Social media analycs also help brands idenfy and leverage the inuencers who can build and extend the brand. The arab social media report asmr, produced by the dubai school of governments. Departing alien income tax return, or form 2063 pdf 3 kb, u. The arab social media report, produced by the dubai school of governments governance and innovation program, is a recurring series that highlights and. Social media technologies and tax administration 3 about this document purpose this report summarises the findings of a survey conducted by the forum on tax administrations taxpayer services subgroup to assess member revenue bodies progress with the use of social media technologies in tax administration. Australia where upto 1012 hours were spent on media. The internet and social media have for example completely. Social media in the arab world arab social media report. This report, using income and household relationship data from the 1year 2010 and 2011 american community surveys acs, compares poverty rates for the nation, states, and large metropolitan statistical areas.
The social media effect on the families of the saudi. In the arab world, the middle class wanted a say and more opportunities. This report also aims to provide a report on the operations, objectives and results, and to. Social media and the internet of things towards datadriven policymaking in the arab world. Eight essential elements report was a very valuable tool for developing this document. It is published as a stagesetter for the events that are rapidly unfolding in the arab world. Saudi policemen stand guard on march 11, 2011 photograph by fayez. Center for international media assistance 3 cima research report. Specifically, this research examines tweets from over 40,000 egyptian users from both before and after the egyptian uprising on january 25, 2011 and compares that information with polling data collected by the gallup. Guidelines for social media usage in united arab emirates. The arab social media report series provides an overview of facebook users in the arab world. Over the past seven years, changes to the governmentcitizen relationship in the arab world have reshaped citizens perceptions of. While bbc and other stations drifted off periodically to report on their. It aims to enhance regional understanding of the impact of social media on societies.
Arab youth, outside of saudi arabia and turkey the declining usage of twitter once the poster. Arab social networks users, especially the blogs which has had a significant positive impact on the content in the study in the period between octobernovember 2011 and 2012, noted that there was an increase of 29 percent in facebook users ie, about 10 million new users compared with the total number of users in 2011. The story of 2014 damian radcliffe 3 3 introduction and market context ever since the start of the arab spring in 2011, there has been considerable interest in the role that social media plays in the middle east, and how this enabling technology can act as a tool for discourse and information sharing. A report from early 2011 indicated over 90% of users were.
As with previous editions, this report provides projections on the media industry from 2011 to 2015. Published by dubai school of government january 2011. Number of facebook users and percentage of users in the. The latter ranges from the egyptian military council creating facebook pages to engage with their constituents, to syria unblocking access to previously. Russia regional preference of social media sites vkontakte and odnoklassniki.
Social media is coming of age social media and social networking are no longer in their infancy. He has produced an annual report charting social media. Review of the taxation treatment of islamic finance. A snapshot of media policy and regulatory environment political and media transitions in egypt is a snapshot of the current media policy and regulatory environ ment in egypt. Mbrsgs governance and innovation program launches uae social media outlook 2014 at the emirati media forum date. In a 2011 report, it concluded that, given mounting challenges, transitioning to the green economy is not only an option for the arab region. The landmark 2002 arab human development report found that factors contributing to the economic and political marginalization of women in most arab countries include traditional social and cultural norms, the undervaluation of womens household economic contributions, rentier economic norms, reliance on foreign labor, the gender pay gap, and. Under a 2011 regulation, journalists, bloggers, and anyone posting news online must.
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