Challenges to creating an Arabian Gulf knowledge economy

Wiseman, Alexander W.; Alromi, Naif H.; Alshumrani, Saleh

doi:10.1108/s1479-367920140000024002

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“…This was a strategic investment by the senior leadership of the health sector that proved successful by dropping the mortality rate for severe respiratory failure patients significantly, thereby increasing chances of patient survival [19]. In addition to that, robotic surgery in Qatar has developed over the past few years with more doctors meeting the skills criteria to carry out robotic surgery besides performing more conventional surgery using the most up-to-date technologies [20]. As a result, more people were encouraged to come and visit Qatar in pursuit of high-quality medical services [21].…”

Section: Healthcare Ecosystem In Qatarmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Overview of the Medical Tourism in Qatar: Where Do We Stand?

AlBaz

2024

Saudi J Health Syst Res

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Background: Since the early 2000s, the Qatari Government has been proactively trying to provide world-class healthcare for its population free at the point of use. The Qatar National Vision 2030 advocates developing a medical tourism industry, which would continue to provide world-class healthcare for its citizens and residents, provide high status employment, and expand its sustainable economic base. Summary: Currently, the outbound medical tourism appears to be higher than the inbound tourism in Qatar, but this trend may be reversed in the future given the publicity generated by the recent FIFA World Cup and the large number of people who visited and learned about Qatar as a safe and developed destination in the Middle East. In this review, an in-depth understanding of the complexity of medical tourism per se and, in particular, the complexity of medical tourism as a distinct niche market within the Qatari context is described. Key Message: Considering the tangible and intangible infrastructure, Qatar boasts a very high potential to place itself among the top medical tourism destinations in the region.

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Section: Healthcare Ecosystem In Qatarmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Overview of the Medical Tourism in Qatar: Where Do We Stand?

AlBaz

2024

Saudi J Health Syst Res

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“…For hydrocarbon-based economies like those in the GCC nations, the transition to a post-industrial society presents functional, structural, and cultural challenges (Wiseman et al 2014). GCC nations are bestowed with natural resources, predominantly oil and natural gas.…”

Section: The Gcc and Knowledge Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy borrowing and developing knowledge economies in GCC countries: a critique from a Human Capital Theory perspective

Abu-Shawish

Romanowski

Amatullah

2021

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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Globalization presents Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with opportunities for economic growth and transformation, as many of these nations face economic challenges such as the need for a diversified knowledge-based economy because of the finite resource of hydrocarbons. This requires the development of human capital providing workers with new and advanced skills and competencies. Education has become increasingly important on national agendas in the GCC, leading to an increase in transferring educational reforms often founded on Human Capital Theory (HCT). This article examines how HCT is embedded in the development of knowledge economies and reforms in many GCC countries and identifies the possible differences between western understandings of Human Capital Development (HCD) and GCC nations. In particular, the article addresses cultural preservation, specifically identity and language, against the backdrop of HCD in the GCC nations. Discussion centers on HCD from a local perspective raising concerns about HCT as a guiding educational theory in the GCC. This is followed by several suggestions for policymakers to consider when developing an education system that includes the skills deemed necessary for economic development while simultaneously preserving national identity and the Arabic language.

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“…In order to facilitate such knowledge transfers, recent studies stressed on the role of national innovation and mass education systems in this regard (Weber, 2011a(Weber, , 2011bWiseman, Alromi, & Alshumrani, 2014). Parcero and Ryan (2016) highlighted a number of necessary reforms for Qatar and UAE to realize leadership aspirations in the knowledge economy; for example, investing in attracting and maintaining top researchers, creating genuine research culture with the participation of nationals, and establishing research-based education systems.…”

Section: Technology Import and Knowledge-based Economy 331 | Integration In Technology-intensive Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological modernization and responses for a low‐carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Al‐Saidi

Elagib

2018

WIREs Climate Change

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Low-carbon development is a challenging endeavor for many fossil fuels exporting nations around the world, and is especially important in light of the recent Paris Agreement on climate change. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been adopting innovations and policies in order to diversify their economies and decrease environmental degradation. After decades of high demographic and economic growth, balancing ecological concerns and the need for more dynamic growth have now become cornerstones of those countries' national, urban, and infrastructure planning strategies. This review article introduces the ecological modernization in the GCC region through innovations and reforms. Such a pathway might be a viable model for other oil-and gas-rich economies. The review outlines the current model in the GCC region for achieving a low-carbon future through interventions in the built environment, deployment of renewables, technological investments, and gradual integration in knowledge-intensive global industries. On the other hand, the review points to mixed results with regards to megaprojects and the still existing barriers to adoption of renewables. The obstacles in addressing large environmental footprints and fossil fuel dependency are evaluated. Overall, modernization policies in the Gulf region are still emerging, are rather supply-side focused, and are implicitly driven by the idea of technological primacy. At the same time, in an effort to develop local capacities, policymakers seek to promote comparatively high-potential sectors and maintain the region's global image as a crossroads of trade and modernity.

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Challenges to creating an Arabian Gulf knowledge economy

Cited by 24 publications

References 67 publications

An Overview of the Medical Tourism in Qatar: Where Do We Stand?

An Overview of the Medical Tourism in Qatar: Where Do We Stand?

Policy borrowing and developing knowledge economies in GCC countries: a critique from a Human Capital Theory perspective

Ecological modernization and responses for a low‐carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

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