<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog &#187; Abed Assli</title>
	<atom:link href="http://reut-blog.org/author/abedassli/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://reut-blog.org</link>
	<description>Daily Analysis of Pressing Issues on Israel's National Agenda</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:14:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='reut-blog.org' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog &#187; Abed Assli</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://reut-blog.org/osd.xml" title="Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://reut-blog.org/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Misperception hinder investment in southern Israel</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/11/24/misperception-causing-no-investment-in-south-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/11/24/misperception-causing-no-investment-in-south-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preiphery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south israel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a study by Dr. Mosi Rosenboim, Dr. Tal Shavit and Dr. Miki Malul, misperception about the capabilities of different regions in Israel, leads investors to favor the central region over regions in the south. The study, that was conducted at the Ben-Gurion University, found that there is a misperception about the quality of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=3249&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2010/11/24/misperception-causing-no-investment-in-south-israel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/stethoscope1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">stethoscope1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Applying Nanotechnology to Regional Development</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/05/applying-nanotechnology-to-regional-development/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/05/applying-nanotechnology-to-regional-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottom up processes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-assembly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the team met with Dr. Miri Yemini, Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC) at the Shamoon College of Engineering, and lecturer at the Ben-Gurion University. Through her work at the EIC, Dr. Yemini advances technological entrepreneurship in Israel’s peripheral regions. Yemini believes that such innovation provides an invaluable opportunity for populations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=3065&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2010/08/05/applying-nanotechnology-to-regional-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/self-assembly.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">self assembly</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Subsidized Housing will not Improve Israel’s Impoverished Areas</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/07/28/subsidizing-housing-will-not-improve-israel%e2%80%99s-impoverished-areas/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/07/28/subsidizing-housing-will-not-improve-israel%e2%80%99s-impoverished-areas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[periphery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional leapfrog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=3035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government recently approved a new plan by the Ministry of Housing to subsidize the mortgages of young couples who wish to purchase property in Israel’s remote areas, often referred to as the periphery. The plan aims to attract young couples to these areas as a means of fueling economic growth. Although the plan is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=3035&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2010/07/28/subsidizing-housing-will-not-improve-israel%e2%80%99s-impoverished-areas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/atias.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">atias</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>How to encourage cooperation between authorities and periphery?</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2010/02/18/how-to-encourage-cooperation-between-authorities-and-periphery-arab-sikkuy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2010/02/18/how-to-encourage-cooperation-between-authorities-and-periphery-arab-sikkuy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preiphery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikkuy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=2725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Reut’s regional development team met with the organization Sikkuy to learn more about the project of municipal cooperation between Jewish and Arab local authorities in Wadi Ara. The challenge of cooperation between authorities in the periphery is largely due to inherent tension between Jewish and Arab authorities. This tension is created, in part, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2725&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2010/02/18/how-to-encourage-cooperation-between-authorities-and-periphery-arab-sikkuy-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/hands-big.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">hands-big</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Capital Grants have failed to bring the periphery to the center</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/12/29/capital-grants-have-failed-to-bring-the-periphery-to-the-center-regional-development/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/12/29/capital-grants-have-failed-to-bring-the-periphery-to-the-center-regional-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Leapfrogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Investment Encouragement Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[periphery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=2612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Israel recently published research which examines the impact of capital grants and tax benefits resulting from the Capital Investment Encouragement Law on economic activity in the periphery. The researchers found capital grants and tax benefits could help the level of worker productivity in industrial plants in the periphery catch up with industrial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2612&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2009/12/29/capital-grants-have-failed-to-bring-the-periphery-to-the-center-regional-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/bank20of20israel20big1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Bank%20of%20Israel%20big</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Insights and Findings from the EU and OECD Study Visit</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/11/19/insights-and-findings-from-the-eu-and-oecd-study-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/11/19/insights-and-findings-from-the-eu-and-oecd-study-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=2470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reut team recently came back from a study visit to the EU and the OECD, which concluded a process of two years of research on regional development. Here are some important insights and findings relevant to the Israeli context.   The world economy is an economy of regions – Globalization and the need for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2470&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2009/11/19/insights-and-findings-from-the-eu-and-oecd-study-visit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/story227_s_011.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">story227_s_01</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ongoing Dialogue: The Secret to Implementing Changes</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/10/28/ongoing-dialogue-the-secret-to-implementing-changes-israel-15-vision-abed-assli-flexicurity-labor-market/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/10/28/ongoing-dialogue-the-secret-to-implementing-changes-israel-15-vision-abed-assli-flexicurity-labor-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abed Assli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexicurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor market policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ongoing dialogue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=2338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The failure of the &#8220;Agreed Payment Holiday&#8221; policy demonstrates the need for partnership between sectors as a tool for implementing changes in the labor market. Writing in The Marker, Vice President of the Manufacturers&#8217; Association, Ginal Ruby, criticizes the &#8220;Agreed Payment Holiday&#8221; policy which as been adopted by the Ministry of Finance due to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2338&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://reut-blog.org/2009/10/28/ongoing-dialogue-the-secret-to-implementing-changes-israel-15-vision-abed-assli-flexicurity-labor-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:thumbnail url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/failure.gif?w=140" />
		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/failure.gif?w=140" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">failure</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">abedassli</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blogreut.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/failure1.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">failure</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
