Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 23

6-Jun-2011

QATAR

Qatar To Spend $4Bn On New Infrastructure Projects

Qatar plans to spend some QR15.2bn ($4.2bn) on new infrastructure projects and is studying how to increase the role of the private sector in the 2022 football World Cup, Qatari Prime Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim Al Thani told a forum of businessmen in Doha last week. Shaikh Hamad noted that Qatar has started to restructure its government sector in order to meet current and future...