Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar and delves into Qatar?'s feudal work-sponsorship system, showing that an economic great leap forward is not necessarily accompanied by modernization, despite superficial emblems; that prosperity and democracy need not go hand in hand; and that being a US ally may be totally unrelated to any notion

Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Qatar --- Catal --- Catar --- Chatar --- Daulat Qaṭar --- Dawlat Qaṭar --- Država Katar --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Katar --- Emirat Katar --- Emiratu de Qatar --- Estado de Catar --- Estato de Qatar --- Estau de Catal --- Ètat du Qatar --- Gwladwriaeth Qatar --- Katala --- Katar --- Kʼatár Bikéyah --- Katari Riik --- Kataro --- Kratos tou Katar --- Medinat Ḳaṭar --- Qatarin valtio --- Qatarko estatua --- Staat Katar --- Staat van Katar --- Stad Katar --- Stad Qatar --- Stát Katar --- State of Qatar --- Steat ny Catar --- Κράτος του Κατάρ --- Κατάρ --- Катар --- Дзяржава Катар --- קטאר --- מדינת קטאר --- دولة قطر --- قطر --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- Economic policy. --- Foreign economic relations. --- E-books

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This Selected Issues paper focuses on policies to drive diversification for Qatar. Diversification is important for a large commodity exporter like Qatar: it helps manage temporary shocks and prepare for sweeping changes to the economic setting. Qatar’s large financial holdings can help diversify revenues. Both structural reforms to improve the business environment and sector-specific policies can support diversification of activity and exports. Sector-specific policies should build on existing economic strengths in areas with room for exports and innovation. Emphasis should be placed on developing expertise in specific clusters. Export markets and competition provide crucial mechanisms to ensure discipline. Further diversification is important to help Qatar manage temporary shocks and prepare for far-reaching shifts to the economic context. Well-targeted, structured, and sequenced policies to encourage specific sectors can also play a role in diversifying Qatar’s economy. Export markets and competition should be deliberately used to hold recipients of support accountable. Policies to encourage specific sectors have resulted in little more than inefficient import substitution in many countries. Avoiding this outcome requires discipline: support should be withdrawn in the absence of progress.

Qatar --- Catal --- Catar --- Chatar --- Daulat Qaṭar --- Dawlat Qaṭar --- Država Katar --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Katar --- Emirat Katar --- Emiratu de Qatar --- Estado de Catar --- Estato de Qatar --- Estau de Catal --- Ètat du Qatar --- Gwladwriaeth Qatar --- Katala --- Katar --- Kʼatár Bikéyah --- Katari Riik --- Kataro --- Kratos tou Katar --- Medinat Ḳaṭar --- Qatarin valtio --- Qatarko estatua --- Staat Katar --- Staat van Katar --- Stad Katar --- Stad Qatar --- Stát Katar --- State of Qatar --- Steat ny Catar --- Κράτος του Κατάρ --- Κατάρ --- Катар --- Дзяржава Катар --- קטאר --- מדינת קטאר --- دولة قطر --- قطر --- Economic conditions. --- Description and travel. --- Budgeting --- Exports and Imports --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- Economic Development --- Fiscal Policy --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General --- Trade: General --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt --- Budgeting & financial management --- Public finance & taxation --- International economics --- Development economics & emerging economies --- Expenditure --- Exports --- Fiscal policy --- Budget planning and preparation --- Fiscal rules --- International trade --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Budget --- Expenditures, Public --- Prices

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Political science --- Science politique --- European Union --- Research --- Europe --- Study and teaching --- Etude et enseignement --- BPB0907 --- Union européenne --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- 334.150.0 --- Europese unie --- Politieke wetenschap --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden --- Research. --- politikas zinātne --- valtio-oppi --- ciencia política --- политички науки --- politične vede --- scienze politiche --- nauki polityczne --- politológia --- politisk videnskab --- ciência política --- politieke wetenschap --- политичке науке --- političke znanosti --- political science --- politische Wissenschaft --- politologija --- politologie --- shkenca politike --- politoloogia --- πολιτική επιστήμη --- știință politică --- политическа наука --- xjenza politika --- statsvetenskap --- политичка теорија --- Politologie --- statskundskab --- politikatudomány --- politické vědy --- státověda --- Politikwissenschaft --- ştiinţe politice --- politicologie --- statskunskap --- teorie politiky --- politoloģija --- политикологија --- politikos mokslas --- правно-политички науки --- Europese Unie --- Europska unija --- União Europeia --- Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση --- Európska únia --- Európai Unió --- Europäische Union --- Europos Sąjunga --- Evropská unie --- Европска унија --- Unjoni Ewropea --- Европейски съюз --- Europeiska unionen --- Euroopan unioni --- Eiropas Savienība --- Unión Europea --- Evropska unija --- Unia Europejska --- Unione europea --- Uniunea Europeană --- Den Europæiske Union --- Европска Унија --- Euroopa Liit --- an tAontas Eorpach --- Bashkimi Europian --- Sąjungos institucija --- Sąjungos teisė --- právo Únie --- νόμος της Ένωσης --- Savienības tiesības --- wet van de Unie --- legge dell'Unione --- Europæisk Union --- unionslagstiftning --- atto dell'Unione --- AE --- loi de l'Union --- EU --- e drejta e Bashkimit --- ЕУ --- lege a Uniunii Europene --- Union law --- eolaíocht pholaitiúil --- Political science - Study and teaching - European Union countries --- Union européenne

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Budget revenue in FY2006/07 amounted to 42 percent of GDP, with hydrocarbon revenue mirroring rising oil prices. The current account recorded a surplus of about 31 percent of GDP in 2006. Monetary conditions were characterized by ample liquidity and strong credit growth. Qatar’s medium-term (2008–12) outlook is favorable. As of June 2007, annualized inflation was estimated to have risen to 13 percent, compared with 12 percent during 2006. Designing a credible transition plan to implement the vision of a single financial market will be challenging.

Poverty --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Government policy --- Qatar --- Catal --- Catar --- Chatar --- Daulat Qaṭar --- Dawlat Qaṭar --- Država Katar --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Katar --- Emirat Katar --- Emiratu de Qatar --- Estado de Catar --- Estato de Qatar --- Estau de Catal --- Ètat du Qatar --- Gwladwriaeth Qatar --- Katala --- Katar --- Kʼatár Bikéyah --- Katari Riik --- Kataro --- Kratos tou Katar --- Medinat Ḳaṭar --- Qatarin valtio --- Qatarko estatua --- Staat Katar --- Staat van Katar --- Stad Katar --- Stad Qatar --- Stát Katar --- State of Qatar --- Steat ny Catar --- Κράτος του Κατάρ --- Κατάρ --- Катар --- Дзяржава Катар --- קטאר --- מדינת קטאר --- دولة قطر --- قطر --- Economic conditions. --- Investments: Energy --- Exports and Imports --- Macroeconomics --- Statistics --- Industries: Financial Services --- Inflation --- Energy: Demand and Supply --- Prices --- International Lending and Debt Problems --- Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation --- Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology --- Computer Programs: Other --- Energy: General --- General Aggregative Models: General --- International economics --- Econometrics & economic statistics --- Finance --- Investment & securities --- Oil prices --- External debt --- Financial services --- Oil --- National accounts --- Commodities --- Debts, External --- Financial services industry --- Petroleum industry and trade --- National income --- Balance of payments

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Qatar has recently taken steps toward introducing a medium-term budget framework (MTBF) to enhance the predictability of spending decisions in the country. However, implementing medium-term fiscal planning requires formal procedural fiscal rules and parallel efforts to enhance the credibility of the annual budget. Given Qatar’s significant exposure to hydrocarbon price movements and its long-lasting hydrocarbon reserves, such fiscal rules would need a certain degree of flexibility and, at the same time, should be set to maintain consistency with long-term fiscal sustainability.

Monetary policy --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- Qatar --- Catal --- Catar --- Chatar --- Daulat Qaṭar --- Dawlat Qaṭar --- Država Katar --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Katar --- Emirat Katar --- Emiratu de Qatar --- Estado de Catar --- Estato de Qatar --- Estau de Catal --- Ètat du Qatar --- Gwladwriaeth Qatar --- Katala --- Katar --- Kʼatár Bikéyah --- Katari Riik --- Kataro --- Kratos tou Katar --- Medinat Ḳaṭar --- Qatarin valtio --- Qatarko estatua --- Staat Katar --- Staat van Katar --- Stad Katar --- Stad Qatar --- Stát Katar --- State of Qatar --- Steat ny Catar --- Κράτος του Κατάρ --- Κατάρ --- Катар --- Дзяржава Катар --- קטאר --- מדינת קטאר --- دولة قطر --- قطر --- Economic conditions. --- Fiscal policy --- Budget --- Petroleum products --- Liquidity (Economics) --- Assets, Frozen --- Frozen assets --- Finance --- Mazut --- Petroleum --- Hydraulic fluids --- Budgeting --- Expenditures, Public --- Finance, Public --- Tax policy --- Taxation --- Refining --- Forecasting --- Government policy --- International Monetary Fund --- Internationaal monetair fonds --- International monetary fund --- E-books --- Finance: General --- Investments: General --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) --- Portfolio Choice --- Investment Decisions --- National Budget --- Budget Systems --- Fiscal Policy --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General --- Investment & securities --- Public finance & taxation --- Budgeting & financial management --- Financial institutions --- Asset and liability management --- Financial markets --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Expenditure --- Government securities --- Budget planning and preparation --- Liquidity --- Liquidity management --- Economics --- Capital market