Planning for Development in the GCC States

A Content Analysis of Current Development Plans

Bibliographic Data

ID16908540
AuthorsMartin Hvidt (0000-0003-2148-6970, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume2
Issue2
Pages189-207
Publication date2012-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arabian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-4764 • E-ISSN: 2153-4780
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21534764.2012.735454
OpenAlexW2057197589
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

This paper analyses current development plans published by the GCC states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) in order to explore the region's future growth trajectory: what barriers to growth are foreseen and how can they be anticipated; what economic sectors and activities will be stimulated to create jobs and future income streams; will the public or the private sector drive the future economy; what type of (economic) state is envisioned in the future; and finally, what is the ideational input underpinning the planning effort? While recognizing that planning and actual implementation of policies can potentially be two very different matters, this paper limits itself to analysing what the states claim they want to do, not what they actually do. No similar analysis has previously been undertaken, but it is hoped that it will provide insight into how governments in the region officially conceive their future developmental track in both the short and long term

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Private sector · State (computer science · Underpinning · Computer Science · Engineering · International Development and Aid · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Socioeconomic Development in MENA · Finance

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