The State of Qatar: A Financial and Legal Overview

The State of Qatar: A Financial and Legal Overview

The Qatari economy is in a transition period. The economy's vulnerability to oil-price fluctuation, as well as the finite nature of oil revenues, has led the government to exploit Qatar's significant reserves of natural gas and to promote investment in the non-oil sector of the economy. Al...

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Veröffentlicht in:Middle East policy 2001-09, Vol.8 (3), p.110-125
Hauptverfasser: Al-Khatib, Fawzi, Al-Abdulla, Sultan M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Banking industry
Banks
Commercial banks
Councils
Crude oil prices
Democracy
Economic aspects
Economic Development
Economic indicators
Elections
Energy economics
Exports
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
International Trade
Liberalization
Liquefied natural gas
Local elections
Natural gas
Natural gas reserves
Oil
Petroleum industry
Petroleum production
Political Development
Production capacity
Qatar
Regulation of financial institutions
Securities markets
State budgets
Statistics
Transition economies
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Zusammenfassung:The Qatari economy is in a transition period. The economy's vulnerability to oil-price fluctuation, as well as the finite nature of oil revenues, has led the government to exploit Qatar's significant reserves of natural gas and to promote investment in the non-oil sector of the economy. Al-Khatib and Al-Abdulla present a financial and legal overview of Qatar.
ISSN:1061-1924
1475-4967
DOI:10.1111/1475-4967.00031