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Abu Dhabi - Oil and Beyond (Paperback)
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Abu Dhabi - Oil and Beyond (Paperback)
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Abu Dhabi is a new economic superpower that will soon wield
enormous influence across both developing and developed worlds. The
principal emirate of the United Arab Emirates federation commands
over 8 percent of global oil reserves, has nearly $1 trillion in
sovereign wealth funds to invest and is busily implementing a
thoughtful economic master plan. It has also pumped huge amounts of
money into culture, sport and infrastructural development in an
attempt to eclipse even its ubiquitous UAE partner-Dubai-as an
international household name. Abu Dhabi will host the Formula One
Championship decider in 2009, is opening the world's first Ferrari
theme park, has a rapidly expanding airline and is setting up
satellite branches of the Guggenheim and Louvre museums. Gulf
expert Christopher Davidson's book charts the emirate's remarkable
trajectory from its origins as an eighteenth-century sheikdom to
its present position on the cusp of preeminence. Abu Dhabi's
impressive socio-economic development, he offers a frank portrayal
of a dynasty's dramatic survival, demonstrating the newfound
resilience of a traditional monarchy in the twenty-first century
and its efforts to create a system of 'tribal capitalism' that
incorporates old political allegiances into modern engines of
growth. Finally, he turns his attention to a number of problems
that may surface to impede economic development and undermine
political stability. These include an enfeebled civil society and
invasive media censorship, a seemingly unsolvable labor
nationalization paradox, an under performing education sector, and
increasing federal unrest.
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