2009 Supplements
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KAUST
The making of Kaust: The vision behind Saudi Arabia's science university
Saudi Arabia’s universities do not boast a long history. While the universities of Al-Karaouine in Morocco and Egypt’s Al-Azhar are both more than 1,000 years old, Riyadh’s King Saud University was only established in 1957, and Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University 10 years later.
Gulf Wastewater
Gulf wastewater: A regional projects guide
With the population of the GCC growing at a rate of about 3.4 per cent a year, there is increasing pressure on the region’s wastewater treatment plants, many of which are working well above their design capacity.
Guide to Executive Education in the Gulf
Training business leaders: A guide to executive education in the Gulf
MBA courses are flourishing in the region as interest in executive education grows and foreign business schools invest in Middle East bases
Middle East Ports 2009
The Middle East ports dilemma
Tapping into international trade has for years been at the heart of efforts by Middle East and North African countries to develop their economies, helped by the fact that some of the most important global trade routes, such as those between Europe and Asia, traverse the region.
Abu Dhabi Tourism
Abu Dhabi tourism: The emirate's vision for a world-class industry
For anybody supplying goods and services to the tourism sector, Abu Dhabi is a rare opportunity in an otherwise depressed global industry.
Sustainable Development in the Gulf
Changing attitudes: Sustainable development in the Gulf
In little over a month, more than 190 governments will meet in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to agree a successor to the 12-year-old Kyoto Protocol and find a way to cut their greenhouse gas emissions further.
The Bahrain Report
The Bahrain report: Delivering the 2030 vision
Bahrain is a country that needs to punch above its weight. Surrounded by oil and gas-rich neighbours, but with little energy resources of its own, it has had to find alternative ways to develop its economy.
Gulf Healthcare Report
Gulf Healthcare Report 2009: Improving the health of a region
Healthcare spending in the GCC will grow fourfold over the next 17 years to more than $60bn a year. The multi-billion-dollar spending programmes planned by the region’s governments are a dramatic response to decades of underinvestment in healthcare infrastructure, from hospitals to primary healthcare centres.
Scotland and the Gulf
Emerging links: Scotland and the Gulf
As Scotland pushes for greater economic and political independence from the UK, it has put the Gulf at the heart of its growth strategy.
Rail in the Middle East
Gulf rail comes of age
The opening of the $28bn Dubai Metro on 9 September is a defining moment for the region’s transport sector. Dubai’s flagship infrastructure project marks the beginning of an era of long-term investment in rail transport across the region; one that will provide a step change in the quality of communications between and within the region’s rapidly growing cities.
Qatar - Education City
Education City: The foundation for Qatar's future
Education City, on the western outskirts of Doha, is the manifestation of a long-term vision to transform gas-rich Qatar into a diversified, knowledge-based economy by 2030.
Abu Dhabi Petrochemicals
Abu Dhabi Petrochemicals: The emirate's vision for a world-class industry
In this special supplement, MEED provides a detailed picture of Abu Dhabi’s petrochemicals vision, and the business opportunities for both local and international companies to become involved in helping the emirate achieve it.
Middle East - Confronting the Downturn
Confronting the downturn: How the Middle East is reacting to global economic turmoil
Economies across the world have been hit hard by the global financial crisis, which has spread from the banking industry to affect almost all business sectors.
South Korea and the Middle East
Strengthening ties: South Korea and the Middle East
Given the prominence today of South Korean companies such as Samsung Engineering, Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Daewoo Engineering & Construction in the Middle East, it seems unbelievable that just 10 years ago, the country’s contractors were struggling to establish any sort of foothold in the region.
GCC Aluminium
Building an industry: Aluminium's place at the heart of the GCC economy
Despite the fall in aluminium prices on the global commodities markets over the past 12 months, building an integrated aluminium industry makes good sense for the Gulf’s governments.
Qatar Research Hub
Centre of excellence: Qatar's vision to become a research hub
The inauguration in March of the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) is a major milestone in the development of the Qatari economy.
Qatargas II
Leading the world: Qatargas II reshapes the global gas industry
The arrival of Tembek, a 216,000-cubic-metre-capacity liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, at the UK’s South Hook terminal on 20 March marked the start of a new era for the world’s gas industry, and for Qatar.
Middle East Oil & Gas Projects - 2009 and Beyond
Sustaining growth: Middle East oil and gas projects in 2009 and beyond
It has been a tough year for the region’s oil and gas projects sector. Just 12 months ago, oil prices were rising exponentially and the region’s producers were being pushed to boost output to ease energy supply fears and bring down fuel costs.
Saudi Arabia: Defying the Downturn
Defying the downturn: Saudi Arabia in 2009 and beyond
In the coming years, Saudi Arabia will cement its position as the Middle East’s economic powerhouse. Not simply because of its size, although this is a key factor, but also because of a series of far-sighted reforms introduced in recent years by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.
Engines of Growth
Engines of Growth: The Middle East's most important companies
Six years of incredible growth in the Gulf came to a shuddering halt in the final quarter of 2008, when the full impact of the global financial crisis and the subsequent slowdown in the global economy hit the region.
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