How will the recently launched Qatar e-Government 2020 Strategy facilitate a more conducive business environment and reduce red tape?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Turki Mohamed Al Khater, Chairman and Managing Director, United Development Company: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2015
Given the ongoing growth in the expatriate labour force, to what extent have developers shifted from selling properties to leasing them?
Articles & Analysis | Qatar's retail space set to expand from The Report: Qatar 2015
With Qatari residents benefitting from one of the world’s highest levels of GDP per capita, and enjoying the resultant disposable income, demand for new retail space has reached historic highs. The retail segment is set to welcome more than 1m sq metres of net leasable area (NLA) before 2020, adding much-needed space to a fast-growing market,...
Articles & Analysis | Qatar's infrastructure projects aim to consolidate growth story from The Report: Qatar 2015
In 2014 Qatar’s real estate market officially surpassed its 2008 highs, with rapid expansion driven by a growing population, shrinking average household sizes and a shortage of available units in the residential sector. This expansion has not been painless, with rental and land price inflation putting the market, and wider economy, at risk of...
Articles & Analysis | Qatar grapples with rising inflation in construction from The Report: Qatar 2015
As already seen in Qatar’s real estate segment, inflation is becoming a challenge to future growth. Although it has yet to reach the same highs as in 2008, inflation has been rising in recent years, with contractors facing escalating labour, land and materials costs as the state rolls out wave after wave of infrastructure builds. Although the...
Articles & Analysis | Qatar implements new measures to improve working conditions from The Report: Qatar 2015
The construction industry is one of the largest employers in Qatar, with the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics reporting that sector employment stood at 547,504 in 2013, spread across 2483 registered construction businesses. Of these, 93.6%, or 512,430, were employed at 928 companies with more than 50 employees, while 35,074 were...