Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 23

6-Jun-2011

oman

Oman Reveals Plan To Spend Up To $15Bn On Infrastructure And Projects By 2020

Oman is planning to invest up to $15bn on new infrastructure and petrochemical projects in the southeast of the sultanate by the year 2020, creating many jobs in the process, the countrys recently appointed Minister of Finance Darwish al-Balushi said in late May. Political and social unrest spread through much of the region since the start of the year, and...