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Oman: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals January 2019
Oman’s healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries are small compared to some of its regional neighbours and are dominated by high levels of government expenditure, and a robust, free public healthcare service for indigenous residents. Increasing wealt...
Saudi Arabia: Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate January 2019
Saudi Arabia is facing a serious economic and political crisis at the moment, with low oil prices threatening the very foundations of the Kingdom’s system of governance and development. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has taken drastic measures to e...
Oman: Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate January 2019
Oman’s current development plan, Ninth Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) is focused on taking measures that will facilitate the business environment and speed up the process of issuing commercial licenses. This emphasis, togeth- er with the government-led T...
United Arab Emirates: Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate January 2019
According to the latest rankings released by the World Economic Forum, the UAE leads the MENA region in terms of infrastructure quality. Ranking 4th globally overall, its transport infrastructure is ranked the best in the world. The UAE has a highly...
Qatar Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate January 2019
As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Qatar has experienced rapid development across all indus- tries, thanks to the huge revenues generated by the country’s oil and gas exports. Qatar’s infrastructure, construc- tion and real estate...
Tunisia: Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals December 2018
The domestic oil and gas sector currently contributes around 4% to Tunisia’s GDP. With estimated oil and natural gas reserves of 425 mn barrels and 2.3 tr cubic feet, respectively, Tunisia’s hydrocarbon sector is not insigni cant. However, because ap...
Morocco: Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals December 2018
Morocco’s oil and gas industry has long attracted foreign interest from companies wishing to explore, drill and produce oil and gas, as well as investors looking to capitalise on the country’s resources, but, somehow, the country has not managed to p...
United Arab Emirates: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals December 2018
The UAE’s healthcare market is set to surge to more than US$ 28 bn by 2021, a rise equivalent to 60% growth. The UAE healthcare market has been growing at over 10% year-on-year since 2015, but there will be an upsurge of 15% to 25% in some industry s...