
Economic and Social Development in Qatar
Zuhair Ahmed Nafi(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 7. November 2013
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-4725-0679-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0679-5 (9781472506795)
DOI
CBID179688
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Zuhair Ahmed Nafi is Head of the Projects and Studies Division in the Economics Department of Qatar General Petroleum Coroporation (QGPC), Doha.
Content
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Chapter 1 - An Overview
Chapter 2 - Domestic Savings and Capital Formation
Chapter 3 - Development Policy
Chapter 4 - Development of Hydrocarbon Industries
Chapter 5 - Development of Manufacturing Industries and Agriculture
Chapter 6 - Social Development: Social Sciences
Chapter 7 - Social Development: Infrastructure
Chapter 8 - Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
List of Figures
Preface
Chapter 1 - An Overview
Chapter 2 - Domestic Savings and Capital Formation
Chapter 3 - Development Policy
Chapter 4 - Development of Hydrocarbon Industries
Chapter 5 - Development of Manufacturing Industries and Agriculture
Chapter 6 - Social Development: Social Sciences
Chapter 7 - Social Development: Infrastructure
Chapter 8 - Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author