阿曼的军火贸易

阿曼苏丹国是海湾合作委员会成员之一。海湾战争结束后，为实现军队的现代化，阿曼不断从英、法、美等国进口先进的武器装备。本文对阿曼的国家安全战略、军火贸易情况进行分析、阐述，认为未来阿曼军火市场前景仍然乐观。     

新中国与阿曼关系的历史与现状

自新中国与阿曼建立外交关系以来,双方在政治、经济和文化等领域的友好合作关系是历史上数千年友好合作关系的延续。通过高层领导人和其他领域的互访,双方增进了各领域交流,在国际和地区事务中持一致或类似观点,珍惜彼此慷慨的援助以及在解决国际事务中的协调和支持。双方通过"中阿合作论坛"和中国与海合会战略对话等机制,在经济、贸易、文化、公共卫生及其他领域的互利合作拥有巨大潜力,使两国关系从传统友谊走向新兴合作伙伴。     

卡布斯素丹时期阿曼的人口发展及政策

通过分析卡布斯素丹时期阿曼人口发展状况和政府在人口发展方面的政策,阐明了阿曼人口和社会发展在21世纪面临的挑战,以期对我国人口和社会的发展有所借鉴。     

Women’s empowerment and its effect on community development in Oman: predictive model and indicators for best practices

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the level of women’s empowerment in Omani society from the point of view of female university students from three public universities with respect to educational opportunity, equality in employment and their social status in the community. The study proposes a model for how to empower women based on the perceptions of university females and the factors that must be considered for improving the status of women in Oman. The model also provides indicators for social and community practices using confirmatory factor analysis and Path Analysis to determine pertinent factors and their effects on women’s development. The results showed a strong direct effect of women’s empowerment in Oman on community development. Despite the latest developments in Oman, as long as cultural rigidity remains, tradition upholds a conservative viewpoint of women, and families adhere to their uncompromised principles, women will remain subordinated by these factors according to the viewpoint of participants. This study concludes with recommendations for further research, including enrolment of females in all areas of specialisation creating more job opportunities for women, encouraging women’s leadership, and additional education of women’s rights and needs.     

Governing and managing higher education institutions: The quality audit contributions

This paper aims to evaluate the role and effects of national accreditation practices in the improvement and development of the Omani private higher educational institutions in term of Governance and Management. A documental collection, revision and analysis was performed in order to enhance our understandings of the impact of quality audit in terms of Governance and Management. The study focused on analysing the quality audit reports of 25 assessed Omani HEIs. It covered published reports of all private institutions who already completed the first stage of national accreditation process. From one side, the data analysis showed us that the majority of the Omani private higher education institutions operate their activities without having a clear strategic direction. Also, they don’t have performant governance and management systems. From another side, a progress was observed in terms of institutional Affiliations for Programs and Quality Assurance, Student’s grievance processes and Health and Safety management. Among other things, the findings revealed that the Omani HEIs perceive quality assessment programs as strategical imposed tool made under the constraint of accountability, rather than an effective mechanism of development.