As Abu Dhabi seeks to transform itself from a resource-based economy to one in which knowledge-based activity accounts for a far greater share of GDP, its labour market faces a transition point. To date the emirate has, like much of the rest of the GCC, had great success in attracting skilled and unskilled foreign labour to work within its...
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Articles & Analysis | Inclusive growth: New efforts focus on boosting Emirati participation in the workforce from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
Articles & Analysis | Thoughtful development: Hydrocarbons revenues have given the authorities the fiscal flexibility to ensure the emirate’s growth is well planned from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
The UAE celebrated the 42nd anniversary of its establishment in 2013. Over this relatively short period of time, the country’s capital, Abu Dhabi, has rapidly developed to become a thriving metropolis. Although the emirate’s economic growth can be primarily attributed to its vast hydrocarbon resources, it has also made admirable progress...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
What have been identified as priorities for national policy development in order to achieve the objectives outlined in the UAE Vision 2021?
Articles & Analysis | Greater inflows: Foreign direct investment is becoming more diverse in terms of both sources and destinations from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
A number of reasons combine to make Abu Dhabi an attractive location for foreign direct investment (FDI), the most obvious of which is the emirate’s sustained positive economic performance. Indeed, Abu Dhabi’s real GDP grew at a compound rate of 5.6% between 2001 and 2012, according to the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED),...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Khalifa Mohammed Al Kindi, Chairman, Invest AD from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
What is the likelihood that sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will diversify away from traditional developed markets and into emerging markets?
Articles & Analysis | One from many: The GCC has become a catalyst for collaboration and mutually beneficial development from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014
In a speech delivered at a conference in Riyadh in early May 2012, Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the secretary-general of the GCC, addressed the numerous changes that have taken place in the region in recent years. “The new political, security and military challenges, at the regional and international levels, as well as insecurity in the...