UAE: Dubai Economy

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Dubai has made headway despite some challenging economic conditions over recent years. Although political tensions in the region, the 2007-08 global financial crisis and the decline in oil prices from late 2014 have put downwards pressure on the emirate’s economic expansion, a range of new policies and the stimulus of Expo 2020 have eased this...

 

Amid economic diversification plans under way across the region, GCC states are seeking to both bolster trade relations with countries across the world and draw in foreign investment. Regional governments have found a willing partner in China, which is forging ahead with its bold Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In 2014 President Xi Jinping of...

 

How can Expo 2020 support the future development of Dubai and the UAE?

 

According to the World Shipping Council, Dubai’s Jebel Ali is the 10th-busiest container port in the world, handling nearly 15m twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2018. Developed in the 1970s, the facility is now the globe’s largest man-made harbour and the biggest port in the Middle East. It is the only port in the World Shipping Council’...

 

How is Dubai working to maintain its competitiveness as a global business hub?

 

Dubai’s hosting of the 173-day Expo 2020 has functioned as both an economic stimulus and strategic focal point for years. Having spurred investment in the emirate since 2013, most observers agree that the commencement of the long-anticipated event will provide a useful fillip to several economic sectors. The larger question, however, is on the...

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