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Backed by strong government support and operating in an economy that recorded some of the fastest growth in the world last year and is expected to expand by up to 18% in 2010, Qatar’s banking sector is poised to begin another period of accelerated growth.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) wide-reaching reform campaign, which rocked the banking sector in 2009, is not done yet. After removing the executive management of a number of unhealthy banks and injecting additional liquidity into the system, authorities have set their sights on further improving corporate governance by setting a tenure limit for CEOs.

Abu Dhabi’s tourism sector can look to the future with optimism thanks to a growth in hotel guests, a burgeoning meetings, incentive, convention and exhibitions (MICE) segment, new hotel inventory and third-party endorsements.

Along with much of the Ukrainian economy, the country’s crowded banking sector has been feeling the chill of the financial crisis, with a number of lenders being forced to close their doors and others taken under state control.

Indonesia’s economy is gaining momentum but the country’s industrialists remain cautious, wary of the impact of a new trade agreement they fear could see the Indonesian manufacturing sector swamped by cheap Chinese imports.