Issues of national and regional long-term perspectives studies for the North Africa Sub-region : sub-regional seminar on long-term perspectives studies in North Africa

Abstract

In the present era of competitiveness and strategic alliances, the capacity for foresight based on available data and trends is an imperative for developing countries. The presence of information technology with its immense potential to monitor world events gives such countries an invaluable tool to take their destiny into their own hands, within limits posed by unforeseen calamities. Exchange of information between concerned groups can enable the right decisions to be made.