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Special Report: Construction - Marine projects drive market

After years without significant investment in ports, many of the region's governments are now prioritising the development of their port infrastructure.
  • Published:21 November 2008 17:53 GMT
  • Author: Sophie Evans
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MEED special reports calendar for 2008

MEED publishes a special report, comprising a series of articles focusing on a certain industry sector or Middle Eastern country, every week. Here we publish our calendar of upcoming special reports for 2008.
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Special Report: GCC - Leaders prepare for crucial summit Premium Content

If all goes to plan, next month's GCC summit in Muscat will give the go-ahead for construction to start in 2010 on the long-discussed GCC regional railway.
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Special Report: Egypt - Banking sector reforms pay dividends

Egypt's housing sector offers great potential for investment-hungry mortgage finance companies.
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Special Report: Oil & Gas - Region's domestic needs hit export plans

Iran's export plans neatly encapsulate the problems faced by many of the region's gas producers. Heavily subsidised prices for domestic consumers are a big burden on the Iranian government, as they are in Egypt. But both governments have created an expectation among consumers of cheap energy.
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Special Report: Healthcare - GCC states broaden private sector role

The Levant's pedigree in medical training has benefited the Gulf for a long time.
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Special Report: Kuwait - Policy dispute stunts development

Kuwait's economic indicators should be a source of envy for central bank governors worldwide. In 2007, the country posted a budget surplus of $43bn, all the more remarkable given the $26bn deficit it amassed immediately after the 1990-91 Gulf war.
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Special Report: Saudi Arabia - Family firms enter a new era

The decision of the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul) in August to reveal the names of all individual shareholders with a stake of more than 5 per cent in any single company may not have revealed the full picture of Saudi families' strategic investments.
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Special Report: Qatar - Restructuring the financial sector

Euro-US stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext has taken a bold position in the Gulf states' stock exchange rivalry, after choosing to invest $250m for a 25 per cent holding in Doha Securities Market (DSM).
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Special Report: Power & Water - Gulf developer rankings

Rising demand for electricity, coupled with chronically inadequate physical and financial infrastructure, means the region's emerging markets have enormous potential for private power developers.
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Special Report: Real Estate 100 - The Gulf's top developers

For Dubai's major real estate developers, the UAE is no longer big enough. MEED's list of the Gulf's 100 biggest property developers may focus solely on the GCC market, but the largest companies on the list are now exploring opportunities outside the Gulf.