Higher income levels, together with greater choice for consumers and changes in shopping patterns, are set to drive growth in Qatar’s retail sector, despite mall operators finding themselves in an...
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Economic Update | Qatar taps into retail growth
19 Feb 2015
Economic Update | Qatar: Making the Grade
29 Jan 2015
It has been something of a tumultuous year for Qatar’s capital markets. The 12 months saw two major country upgrades, moves to change the rules on foreign ownership, a very successful IPO, a move...
Economic Update | Qatar Year in Review 2014
15 Jan 2015
Despite falling oil prices, the economy in Qatar maintained a steady rate of expansion throughout 2014, with targets of even more robust growth this year, fuelled by the non-hydrocarbon sector.
Economic Update | Qatar moves to tackle cyber crime
17 Dec 2014
Cyber security is high on the list of challenges that could prove a hurdle to Qatar’s economic development, although it is also being seen as an opportunity for potential growth in the information,...
Economic Update | Qatar's SME Zones
16 Dec 2014
While diversification strategies aimed at moving economies away from hydrocarbon dependency have become commonplace around the Gulf in recent years, the practical implementation of these strategies...
Economic Update | Health Matters in Qatar
24 Nov 2014
Recent news of the imminent opening of Hamad Medical City – a three-hospital complex re-purposing the 2006 Asian Games’ Athlete’s Village in Doha – was welcomed by many in Qatar’s public and privat