Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and
Markets (http://www. The study also includes tables detailing IT spending by
vertical market for each product in 2002 and forecasts for 2003-2007.
IDC provides detailed analysis of each of the vertical markets covered
in this study. The analysis is based on continuous research,
monitoring of end-user IT spending and emerging purchase patterns, and
supply and demand-side research.' -- Roshana Rehan, Research Analyst, IDC Middle East +
North Africa. The conference will
complement World Economic Forum meetings being held in Jordan on May 20-22,
2005. Government and the Government of Jordan will host this major
regional conference in cooperation with other G-8 export credit agencies.
Trade and Development Agency are sponsoring the event.

EVENT: Broader Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment
Finance Conference. +
Canada), or +1 (305) 667-4705.com.8 billion of U.S.gov. The regions of their expansion broaden out from Latin America and
Southeast Asia and up to Europe. They are not only becoming a powerful
presence on the world market to be considered with but also they are playing
an important role as the country's foreign policy makers.

- YUKOS's Affair and Its Implication On Projects of Expansion.

government regional

Many factors like ongoing
structural reforms, privatization efforts, the drive to attract
foreign investment , new infrastructure projects, and e-government
initiatives will provide impetus to IT spending in most of these
vertical markets.
The U. The
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex -Im Bank), the U.
"This conference provides a unique opportunity for governments, companies
and financial institutions of the region to interact with major G-8 sources of
public and private finance and multinational companies," said Ex-Im Bank
Chairman Philip Merrill. Participating
countries and territories are expected to include Afghanistan, Algeria,
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan , Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman,
Pakistan, Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza), Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

COST: There is no registration fee for government participants from
the Broader Middle East and North Africa region . For further information, email:
bmena@mfmgroup. exports worldwide. For more
information , visit http://www. DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www. The process of assets acquisition is in full
swing. What
implication has recent oil + gas assets repartition process had on plans of
Russian concerns to maintain their presence in other countries?

- Most Promising Vectors of Expansion of Russian companies.

- Exotic Projects.

government regional

Research and Markets: Gulf States: Forecast and Analysis

This study provides a detailed overview of IT spending trends and
forecasts for 17 vertical markets (or industry sectors) and 10 product
categories including hardware, packaged software, and services in the
Gulf States. eBanking, ecommerce laws , and
increased competition will necessitate continued investments in the
financial services sector , where IT spending will be the highest. The conference will bring together senior government,
business and financial leaders of the G-8 and countries and territories from
the Broader Middle East and North Africa to address key trade, investment, and
finance issues facing the region. The conference furthers this goal by building upon commitments made
by G-8 and regional leaders to a Partnership for Progress and a Common Future
at the June 2004 Sea Island G-8 Summit, and the December 2004 Forum for the
Future meetings held in Morocco.)

REGISTER: You may register on line at http://www.

middle bahrain

researchandmarkets . IT services and software investments will rise,
however, IT hardware will continue to constitute the bulk of spending
in the region.S. Department of State, and the U. Trade liberalization and increased
economic integration will generate growth, create opportunity and promote
security throughout the Middle East," said Deputy Secretary of State Robert B.

WHEN: May 18-19, opening reception on evening of May 17.

WHERE: Le Royal Hotel, Amman, Jordan. US $150 for
private sector participants from regional countries, US $250
for G-8 and other non-regional government participants, US $450
for all other participants .S. West and
Eastern Siberia, CIS and Baltic States, America.

For more information visit
http://www.com/reports/c16206

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

bahrain regional

com/reports/c10890

"The President's vision is clear.

east abroad

researchandmarkets. Registration Opens for Conference Involving Senior G-8
Officials and Government, Financial and Business Leaders
From the Broader Middle East and North Africa

WASHINGTON, The Broader Middle East and North
Africa Trade and Investment Finance Conference will be held May 17-19, 2005,
in Amman, Jordan. Participants will examine means to increase
local and regional trade flows and economic development.
Zoellick. "It will also provide these G-8 institutions with
information about the types of financing most needed to accelerate the pace of
local and regional trade and investment."
The conference program will focus on a broad range of trade-related
investment and finance programs and services, as well as sectors including
agriculture, telecommunications, oil and gas and water.

Ex-Im Bank , the official export credit agency of the United States, is in
its 71st year of helping finance the sale of U. In fiscal year 2004, Ex-Im Bank authorized
financing to support $17.

Research and Markets: Russian Oil and Gas Companies Stepping Up Efforts to Become Transnational Corporations

com/reports /c16206 ) has announced the addition
of Foreign and CIS Expansion of the Russian Oil and Gas Companies to their
offering. The report forecasts possible success and
fails of Russian companies expanding into other companies outside Russia in a
medium-term perspective.

embassies government

S.S.trademeetings.
(Logo: http://www.

The research goes at large into the following questions:

- Why Are Russian Companies So Interested in Assets Acquisition
Outside Russia? What are the interests of private and state companies in
expanding into other countries? What are perspectives of the Russian
government agencies and governments of other countries on increasing presence
of Russian companies abroad?

- Strategies of Domestic Companies' Expansion outside Russia. Which
ways and regions Russian companies choose when expanding abroad? The report
names leaders and players , which run neck and neck with them. Russia's corporations
enlarge their presence in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific Region.researchandmarkets.

embassies government

com/reports/c10890) has
announced the addition of Gulf States Vertical Markets Forecast and
Analysis, 2002-2007 to their offering.

Broader Middle East and North Africa Major Regional Trade and Investment Finance Conference to Be Held in Amman Jordan May 17-19 2005

Overseas
Private Investment Corporation, the U. (Includes materials and meals.com , or
call Kevin Craemer at 1(866) 636-4729 (Toll Free in the U.S. exports, primarily to
emerging markets throughout the world, by providing loan guarantees, export
credit insurance and direct loans.exim.researchandmarkets.
The report also includes analysis of foreign and CIS oil and gas assets
acquisition, strategies of the companies, number-one difficulties to get over
while executing companies' ambitious plans.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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'The finance , manufacturing, government, and communication sectors
will continue to represent the major sources of IT spending in the
Gulf region over the next few years.
Investments in the manufacturing sector , seen as the main avenue
towards economic diversification, will gradually shift towards the
implementation of complex solutions.
For more information visit
http://www.S.

newscom.com/cgi-bin /prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Russian oil and gas companies are stepping out their efforts to become
transnational corporations. Who buys assets in Latin America and Africa?

- Possibilities and Risks.

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