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...
THE COMPANY: Al Khaliji Commercial Bank, which trades as KCBK on the Qatar Exchange, is a conventional bank offering commercial banking services and products to corporate and retail customers. Incorporated in 2007 and listed on the exchange in August of that year, the bank offers commercial loans,...
energy sources to support its industrial development and economic growth.
What factors are responsible for the success of Korean companies in Qatar’s construction industry?
Regulations introduced by the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) in June 2013 will curb local banks’ investment options, potentially making sovereign bonds more appealing at the expense of some private sector alternatives. The move is taking place as the government prepares to put its infrastructure development programme into overdrive. Under the new...
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.
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