The Qatari government has set targets for the economic diversification of the country that will rely heavily on the expansion of the industrial and manufacturing base. The first tendrils of this new growth are beginning to emerge, nowhere more clearly than in the nascent plans for an alternative energy cluster. Qatar plans to invest in all stages of...
The award of the 2022 FIFA World Cup has put Qatar in the international spotlight. Greater international exposure has created pressure to abide by international norms and best practices. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of labour regulations. Several trade unions, including the Building and Wood Workers International, have been in...
Internet usage in Qatar has expanded, with fixed broadband subscriptions enjoying steady growth in the past decade. At the end of 2011, Qatar’s internet user penetration rate clocked in at 81.6%, far ahead of the Arab states’ average of 29.1% and the global average of 34.7%, according to the UN’s International Telecommunications Union. The financial...
“Sustaining prosperity over the long term requires wise management of exhaustible resources to ensure that future generations inherit ample means to meet their aspirations,” reads Qatar’s National Development Strategy 2011-16. It calls for improving productivity and efficiency in the energy and power sector to maximise the value derived from the...
The importance of the sea cannot be overstated for Qatar. In ages past, the curved sails of dhow trading vessels dotted Gulf waters as merchants helped supply the historical trade routes that developed between the Middle East and Asia. Although Qatar Gas Transport Company’s (Nakilat) gigantic liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have since...
The Qatari government’s strategy to diversify the country’s economy and industrial base is likely to rise or fall on the back of the investment environment it creates on the ground. While major steps have already been taken in this direction, the government recognises the need to do more to create the incentives that will attract new and dynamic...
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