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Economic and Social Development in Qatar (Hardcover)
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Economic and Social Development in Qatar (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Economics
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Economic and Social Development in Qatar analyses and discusses the
economic and social development in Qatar since the country's
emergence as a soveriegn State in 1971. Qatar is now a member of
the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the Arab
League, the Non-aligned Gropu, the Cooperation Council for the Arab
States of the Gulf, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), the Organisation of the Arab Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OAPEC), and as such has a significant role to play in
world affairs. The author provides a detailed and lucid
introduction to the resources, policies and system of government
which have brought about this rapid progress. Qatar has vast
reserves of crude oil and natural gas which form the backbone of
the economy, providing the main source of foreign exchange earnings
which in turn is essential for teh continued importation of capital
goods and services. Improvement in living conditions is a dominant
feature of the development policy, which expenditure on education,
public utilities, health care, improved housing, mass media and
cultural facilities taking priority. Industrial development is
directed at widening the productive base of the economy through the
establishment of natural gase based and other manufacturing
industries. This book documents the twin developments of economic
and social advancement.
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