The city of Al Ain is sometimes known as “the Garden City” in the UAE, and with good reason. While the UAE is largely composed of desert, Al Ain sits in the centre of a large oasis that it shares with the neighbouring Omani town of Buraimi and which has sustained human settlement for thousands of years. While Al Ain, one of three municipalities...
In December 2011 the UAE Cabinet approved a new draft Commercial Companies Law that will replace the companies law that has been in place since 1984. Under development for several years, the new law as specified by the draft could spur investment in Abu Dhabi by making it easier to operate in the UAE and improving corporate governance. However, when...
Like most of the UAE, Abu Dhabi’s population is largely made up of expatriate employees and foreign workers. As of 2011, the most recent year for which full statistics are available, non-nationals accounted for 80% of the emirate’s total population, according to the Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD). While this number has grown slightly since...
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