In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights the accelerated transformation of Oman's transport sector. Anchored by Oman Vision 2040, the sector contributed 7% to GDP in 2023, with aims to ...

Substantial public investment in a range of infrastructure projects has driven growth in Qatar’s construction and real estate sector in the decade preceding 2025. The development of several transport ...

With a robust digital infrastructure and a young, tech-savvy population, Qatar is well positioned to become a leading centre of financial innovation. The country’s financial authorities have taken ...

Despite the ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds experienced by the global economy, one area of the international financial system that has shown steady progression is digital payments.

Qatar’s long and short-term socio-economic development plans are focused on achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There are 17 SDGs covering social, environmental, ecological, ...

Ongoing investment in Qatar’s transport sector has transformed mobility across the country over the past decade. Backed by long-term strategic planning, the government has focused on developing a ...

Impact investment – which is purposely designed to generate tangible social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns – presents promising risk-adjusted prospects. This type of investment ...

Qatar’s financial development plans increasingly highlight the importance of innovation when it comes to deepening and widening the market. As part of this approach, the country is looking at new debt ...

Qatar National Vision 2030 sees the government working to diversify the country’s economy away from hydrocarbons, in the process enhancing the knowledge-based economy. To achieve that goal, the govern ...

GCC countries have been actively pursuing workforce nationalisation policies to reduce their reliance on expatriate workers and create sustainable employment opportunities for their growing local ...

Part of Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030, the country’s long-term economic development framework, is fostering innovation and creativity and creating a robust system for funding scientific research.

Qatar’s education and research sector continues to evolve under the strategic oversight of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), aligning with Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030 and the ...