Two years ago, when the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) was upgraded from “frontier” to “emerging” market status, many rightly heralded this as a major step forward for the state’s capital markets.
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Economic update | Qatar: Move on Up
21 Jun 2016
With an expanded space and a growing portfolio of programmes, the Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) is an established fixture in Qatar’s burgeoning start-up culture.
Home to 3.6m people spread over 19,016 sq km, Malaysia’s most southerly state, Johor, has long played a key political and economic role in the country’s development. On the Strait of Malacca and sharing a border with Singapore, it has the country’s busiest trans-shipment hub and benefits from its position at the crossroads of some of the world’s most important trading routes. Over the past...
Moves by Ghana to expand port capacity are helping to reduce processing times and costs, although congested intermodal connections still limit throughput.
This chapter explores Brunei Darussalam’s tax regime, focusing on key areas that include tax breaks for businesses, incentives, the withholding tax regime and deductible expenses. It also contains a viewpoint from Shazali Sulaiman, Partner, KPMG Brunei Darussalam; and Chairman, Brunei Darussalam International Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
This chapter contains a guide to the Sultanate’s best hotels and apartments, telephone numbers for ministries, embassies and other important institutions, and useful information for first-time visitors to the country.