Time: Why Qatar is spending $200 billion on 2022
Time: Why Qatar is spending $200 billion on 2022 Qatar will spend a whopping $200 billion on construction projects to host the 2022 World Cup, a report released this month by…
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As Qatar looks to construction to boost growth, concerns raised about sector’s performance
Qatar’s oil and gas sector is expected to grow just 0.4% this year, before shrinking by 1.1% in 2014, according to Meed‘s Middle East Economic Review 2013. This means that the country will rely…
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Report warns of potential threats to Qatar’s rosy economic outlook
Though Qatar’s oil and gas sector will all but guarantee that the country enjoys a strong fiscal year, the government faces a number of potentially daunting challenges in other economic…
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Report: For first time in 20 years, Qatar spends less than it planned
Despite spending a record $48.9 billion by the end of its most recent fiscal year in March, Qatar’s government has undershot its budget for the first time since 1990, Reuters…
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Ashghal announces upcoming one-way closure of Al Gharafa St.
To make way for the upcoming Dukhan Highway, Ashghal will permanently close the two-lane road linking Slope Roundabout to Al Gharafa Roundabout near Sidra Medical and Research Center starting Monday,…
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Reports: Construction worker killed while on the job in Bin Mahmoud
An Indian expat was killed and two other workers injured yesterday when a pile of cement cinder blocks toppled on top of them at a construction site in Doha, the…
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New light, alt road lead to Church as Mesaimeer construction picks up
UPDATE | 7pm Apologies – The map above, provided by Ashghal, contains some inaccuracies. The “Wholesale Market St” marker on the map actually points to the Industrial Area road. —…
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Qatar announces $13.2 billion in ambitious health, road projects
Qatar is moving full steam ahead on several key developments ahead of the 2022 World Cup, announcing this week some $13.2 billion (QR48.2 billion) worth of investment in its healthcare and…
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To meet project deadlines, Qatar works to woo global talent
Qatar has an ambitious agenda to meet over the next 10 years. The country, which plans to pump some $200 billion into infrastructure development, including the construction of a new…
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