Entrepreneurship in Qatar

Yochanan Shachmurove

PIER Working Paper Archive from Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Abstract: The State of Qatar is driven mainly by hydrocarbon revenues, which are estimated to support this tiny country for hundreds of years. The Qatari economy is becoming diversified with industries such as manufacturing, banking, social services, and tourism. Additionally, government financed health and educational services have increased rapidly. However, the Qatari government is not able to establish necessary laws and procedures which business requires. Despite recent changes, Qatari laws and regulations are not always friendly towards business ventures or foreign investment, hindering economic growth. Furthermore, enforcement of existing business regulations and rules are occasionally lacking.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; Business Ventures; Qatar; Middle East; Oil; Tourism; Natural Gas; Foreign Direct Investment; Index of Economic Freedom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 E0 F14 F16 F23 F3 G2 K33 L26 L83 O1 O53 P1 P2 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2009-07-20
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ara, nep-cwa, nep-ene, nep-ent and nep-tur
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