MEED Yearbook 2008/09
Cover Story
MEED Yearbook 2008-09: The world's economic powerhouse
By every statistical measure, 2008 has been a bumper year for the Middle East. The regional economy expanded strongly, by about 6 per cent over the year. Record oil prices, which averaged slightly above $100 a barrel for the year, delivered another year of record budget surpluses to the region’s oil producers.
Rest of supplement
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Mushrif Trading & Contracting
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Qatar Petrochemicals Company
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Aldar Properties
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Xenel Industries
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Maaden's Abdallah Dabbagh on privatisation
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The Crown Prince: Why Bahrain needs economic reform
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Yousef Hussein Kamal on tackling inflation in Qatar
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Opec's El-Badri on the euro and oil dinosaurs
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Sponsors in the Gulf explore financing options
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Saving monetary union in the Gulf
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Why the Gulf is going nuclear - the case for atomic energy
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News: 2008 in brief
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Capital markets enter period of consolidation
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Banking: Sponsors expand the finance pool
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Demand uncertainty hits petrochemicals producers
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Power and water developers hold out for lower bids
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Construction industry braces for the slowdown
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Falling oil prices force projects rethink
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Projects market reaches a turning point
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The year the Gulf boom stalled
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