How can MENA benefit from globalization to address its demographic challenge?

中东和北非地区怎样通过全球化收益来解决其人口变化所面临的挑战？

MENA 'growth slowed to 5.1 percent in 2004, down from 5.5 percent the year before.

中东北非地区的增长率在2004年从上年的5.5%放缓至5.1%。

At the Mena House hotel, we were upgraded to rooms overlooking the pyramids because there were so few people staying.

在米娜会所酒店我们被升级到有金字塔景观的客房，因为客人实在太少。

In the right circumstances, MENA could achieve significant job creation, especially in business services, from abroad.

在适当的条件下，中东和北非地区可以实现大量增加就业的目标，尤其是在来自海外的商业服务方面。

For the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, one of the world's most water-scarce regions, this challenge is far greater.

对中东和北非(MENA)地区(世界上最缺水的地区之一)来说，这个挑战更为艰巨。

August 16, 2007 - in the 1990s, concern for the environment was not a top priority in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).

2007年8月14日：1990年代，环境关切在中东和北非地区(MENA)还不是一个优先重点。

Without intervention, however, the MENA region will face a pension crisis in some 30 years if current demographic trends continue.

如不采取干预措施，并且当前的人口趋势不发生变化，该地区将在三十多年后面临养老金危机。

Military police intervened to stop the fighting, as firemen worked to extinguish the blazes at the Mar Mena and Holy Virgin churches.

埃及军警到场平乱，消防员努力扑灭马尔米那教堂和圣女教堂的大火。

It is also known as a single-grave and battleaxe culture due to separate burials and the Mena s habit of being buried with stone axes.

单墓葬和用战斧陪葬也是绳纹器文化的特点，这一时代的出土墓穴都是一人一墓，男性墓内通常都有石斧。

The participation of women in the workforce in the MENA region is among the lowest in the world-making it one of the key gender challenges for the region.

中东与北非地区的妇女劳动参与率是世界上最低的之一，使之成为该地区的一个最关键的性别挑战。

The Bank has assisted with developing environmental policy, action plans, strategy, analysis, and helped establish environmental ministries throughout the MENA region.

世行在整个MENA地区提供了援助，以制定环境政策、行动计划、战略、分析，并帮助建立了环境部。

Egypt is also a participant in a proposed CTF co-financed regional program to scale up concentrating solar power plants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

埃及还参与了一个建议的、由清洁技术基金共同资助的地区性方案，目的是在中东和北非地区(MENA)推广集中的太阳能发电厂。

Asian markets recovered for a third day as economic data from the US and Asia boosted confidence in the recovery process amid growing concerns on MENA region issues.

美国经济数据好转，亚洲市场连续第三天复苏；人们越来越关注中东和北非地区的问题，亚洲市场的表现提振了复苏进程的信心。

In short, low oil prices are inducing substantial policy changes in MENA that will help the region overcome many of the problems it has been plagued with for a while.

总而言之，低油价正在给中东和北非地区带来很多政策上实质性的改变，这些改变暂时能帮助该地区解决许多一直在困扰他们的问题。

Egypt's official news agency, MENA, reported Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Mr. Obama has inspred a "new spirit" and officials in Egypt also welcomed the June visit.

埃及的官方通讯社中东通讯社报导，阿拉伯国家联盟秘书长穆萨说，奥巴马令人精神振奋，埃及的官员也欢迎他6月到访。

Irregular migration from the MENA Region currently is subjecting migrant workers to poor living and working conditions, substantial health and income risks, and social marginalization.

目前来自中东和北非地区的无序移民使移民工人面临恶劣的生活和工作条件、严重的健康和收入风险、以及社会边缘化的问题。

The need to develop innovative practices and technologies to maximize the use of what is naturally available is an ongoing challenge for MENA water experts, policymakers, and the general public.

对这个地区的水资源专家、决策者和普通民众来说，开发新的做法和技术以最大限度地利用大自然提供的资源是当前所面临的一个挑战。