In recent years, Qatar's oil exports have closely followed the rise and fall of world oil prices. This has created a budgetary risk for the state, which still relies on oil for more than 40% of its...
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Economic Update | Gas and Stability
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Qatar, Bahrain Building Bridges
22 Jul 2010
Qatar and its northern island neighbour Bahrain have agreed to enhance regional co-operation by building closer links across the 45 km of seawater that separates them. The latest statements from the...
Economic Update | BTC's Long Goodbye
22 Jul 2010
While the long drawn out saga of the privatisation of Bulgaria's state telecoms company appeared to have reached its final chapter last week, there were also developments in the energy distribution...
Economic Update | Uzan Sell Off Looms
22 Jul 2010
With the seizure by Turkish authorities of some 219 companies belonging to the Uzan Group mid-February, the final chapters in one of the country's most controversial corporate sagas appeared to be...
Economic Update | The OBG Talks to Qatar's CB Governor
22 Jul 2010
Recently, the OBG conducted an exclusive interview with Abdulla bin Khalid al-Attiya, the governor of the Qatari central bank. With the resultant discussion covering many aspects of finance and...
Economic Update | Labour Demand Puts Qatar in a Quandary
22 Jul 2010
While most Qataris would probably say that last year's US-led invasion of Iraq had little impact on their country's booming, gas-fuelled economy, it has made for major changes in at least one area -...
