The Middle East

Qatar’s health care sector is undergoing vigorous change, for both good and bad reasons. The good news is that Qataris are living longer. The bad is that more are living with lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. To meet this challenge, the government has been making sizeable investments in health care:...

One area of research in which Qatar is forging ahead these days is that of medical and health sciences. Behind the mass of new studies and projects now ongoing in the state lies Qatar Foundation (QF), although a number of other institutions are also deeply involved in this multi-application research.

In recent years Qatar has seen a renewed focus on tourism. “In the past, a prosperous tourism sector was not a top priority. Most resources were being devoted to other areas like energy, health and education,” Hassan Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim, strategy development director at the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), told OBG. “Now that’s changed. As...

Since its first commercial launch in 2001, the spread of third-generation, or 3G, mobile networks has redefined how people use the web, providing broadbandvelocity access to consumers on the go. Global uptake mushroomed in response: subscriptions rose from 268m in 2007 to 2.1bn in 2013, an annual increase of 40%, according to the International...