A key part of Qatar’s National Development Strategy 2011-16 (NDS 2011-16) is the development of better business regulation and efficiency. This is seen as being important in increasing the country’s competitiveness, attracting foreign investors and developing a stronger local private sector. A range of measures are therefore being implemented to...
As one of the only nations on the planet that is a desert ecosystem from border to border, Qatar faces the challenge of carefully balancing the food and water needs of a relatively small community in the global marketplace with the strictures of limited import routes and a harsh environment. However, as Qatar’s population broke through the 2m...
In a speech delivered at a conference in Riyadh in early May 2012, Abdul Latif bin Rashed Al Zayani, the secretary-general of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf – otherwise known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – addressed the numerous changes that have taken place in the region in recent years. “The new political,...
The years ahead are set to see major new investment in a range projects in Qatar – some of them already under way, others entirely new. The built landscape of the country is due for a number of significant changes as the country gears up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and beyond.
One of the most significant – and well documented – events of 2013 was the transition of power from the former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, his fourth son and second son with Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. To the outside world, the June announcement was seen as an unprecedented move, as it is the first...
In both Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV 2030) and the National Development Strategy 2011-16 (NDS 2011-16), high priority is given to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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