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Middle East
Country risk analysis, forecasts, rankings, industry research and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 14 markets across the Middle East region
Industry Reports
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Read More Bahrain Autos Report
38 pages    Pub date: 2 October 2008     Quarterly
BMI ’s latest Bahrain Automotives Report casts doubt on the Kingdom’s plans to become the first large volume car-producing nation in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), with a memorandum of understanding for a Malaysian-Bahraini joint venture signed in Q405 failing to get off the ground by mid- 2008. Uncertainty sur...
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Read More Bahrain Commercial Banking Report
   Pub date: 15 October 2008     Quarterly
Business Monitor International's Bahrain Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Bahrain.
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Read More Bahrain Food & Drink Report
55 pages    Pub date: 17 October 2008     Quarterly
Following a period of relative quiet, Bahrain’s mass grocery retail (MGR) sector is set to experience a wave of activity, with two major retailers announcing expansion plans, as discussed in BMI ’s recently published Bahrain Food & Drink Report for Q4. The first is international major Auchan , which announced i...
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Read More Bahrain Freight Transport
40 pages    Pub date: 28 February 2008     Annual
Although temporarily held up for political reasons, in 2007 APM Terminals Bahrain, a subsidiary of Danish shipping company Maersk, was proceeding with its contract to operate and expand the country’s main ports. A royal decree of November 2006 privatising the operation of Mina Salman port and the new Shaikh Khalifa bin Sal...
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Read More Bahrain Information Technology Report
35 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Annual
Market Overview The prospects remain good for the IT sector with the total size of the IT market expected by BMI to increase from US$27mn in 2005 to around US$400mn by 2012 as the country continues its economic diversification drive. With an IT market CAGR of around 8% over the forecast period, the Ki...
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Read More Bahrain Infrastructure Report
37 pages    Pub date: 5 December 2007     Annual
The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago of almost 40 islands and is centrally located between the Persian Gulf countries. The island nation was among the first in the Gulf to export oil. However, its oil resources are fast depleting and could run out in a couple of decades. BMI forecasts that the construction industry in ...
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Read More Bahrain Insurance Report
61 pages    Pub date: 10 September 2008     Quarterly
In Q308, the key change is that we have incorporated much more information about the companies that are operating across the regions of which each country is a part. We have sought to make it much clearer who is operating in each country and under what name(s). Perhaps equally importantly, our profiles make it plain which ...
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Read More Bahrain Oil & Gas Report
84 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
In this report, we forecast that Bahrain will account for 0.39% of Middle East regional oil demand by 2012, while providing just 0.10% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional ...
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Read More Bahrain Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
65 pages    Pub date: 16 September 2008     Quarterly
The Bahraini pharmaceutical market – evenly split between the private and the public spheres – was worth an estimated US$58.3mn in 2007, which is small by both regional and global standards. Although the market is forecast to experience GDP-beating growth, driven by a growing non-communicable disease burden and a continued...
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Read More Bahrain Telecommunications Report
56 pages    Pub date: 10 October 2008     Quarterly
In the first three months of 2008, Bahrain’s mobile market saw the addition of a further 117,000 mobile customers, which pushed the country’s mobile penetration rate to over 151%. With quarterly growth amounting to 10.5%, Bahrain’s mobile market continues to surpass expectations. Mobile growth in Q108 was more than double ...
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Read More Iran Agribusiness Report
   Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only     Quarterly
The Iran Agribusiness Report provides industry strategists, service companies, company analysts and consultants, government departments, trade associations and regulatory bodies with Business Monitor International's independent, 5-year commodity supply and demand forecasts, medium term commodity price forecasts and competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness companies in Iran.
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Read More Iran Autos Report
68 pages    Pub date: 1 October 2008     Quarterly
Iran’s state-dominated investment climate will continue to suffer from economic sanctions, a problem that will soon start to weigh on long-term growth in the automotive sector according to BMI ’s latest Iran Automotives Report. The business environment continues to be adversely affected by the uncertain political bac...
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Read More Iran Commercial Banking Report
38 pages    Pub date: 10 September 2008     Quarterly
Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market, and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials, tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many ...
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Read More Iran Defence & Security Report
56 pages    Pub date: 15 September 2008     Quarterly
Despite various tactical moves on either side, the fundamental conflict between Iran, on the one hand, and the US and key UN Security Council members on the other, over the former’s nuclear enrichment programme remained unchanged during the course of Q208. Six world powers (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and German...
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Read More Iran Freight Transport Report
49 pages    Pub date: 4 November 2008     Quarterly
In mid-August Turkish energy minister Hilmi Guler said he would visit Iran to press ahead with plans to build a new natural gas pipeline between the two countries, a project that had been opposed by the United States. Washington has argued that going ahead with the pipeline would undermine UN-backed sanctions against Iran ...
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Read More Iran Infrastructure Report
65 pages    Pub date: 4 December 2008     Quarterly
The major Iranian infrastructure story making international news is Iran’s quest for nuclear power. The country is currently in the process of developing highly controversial a nuclear power sector. Russia is aiding Iran with the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power station and has started delivering fuel to the facil...
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Read More Iran Insurance Report
59 pages    Pub date: 10 September 2008     Quarterly
In Q308, the key change is that we have incorporated much more information about the companies that are operating across the regions of which each country is a part. We have sought to make it much clearer who is operating in each country and under what name(s). Perhaps equally importantly, our profiles make it plain which ...
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Read More Iran Oil & Gas Report
103 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
BMI forecasts that Iran will account for 15.35% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 15.55% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional oil prod...
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Read More Iran Petrochemicals Report
57 pages    Pub date: 10 October 2008     Quarterly
BMI sees progress on the 2,400km West Ethylene Pipeline as crucial to the development of the Iranian petrochemical industry, with possible delays having repercussions throughout the production chain, according to the latest BMI Iran Petrochemicals Report. In the first four months of the 2008/09 Iranian...
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Read More Iran Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
68 pages    Pub date: 15 September 2008     Quarterly
Iran’s pharmaceutical market was estimated to be worth IRR17,278bn (US$1.87bn). Over the five-year forecast period, we expect drug expenditure to grow by an average of 14.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in local currency over the forecast period to reach IRR34,494bn (US$3.52bn) by the end of 2012. The high nominal growth is largel...
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Read More Iran Power Report
49 pages    Pub date: 31 July 2008     Quarterly
The new Iran Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 17.50% of Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional power generation by 2012. BMI’s Middle East/Africa power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (twh), representing an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. We are forecasting an i...
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Read More Iran Telecommunications Report
57 pages    Pub date: 23 October 2008     Quarterly
One of the most important developments to emerge from Iran’s telecoms market in recent months was the June announcement by the country’s state-owned incumbent operator, the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI), that a number of foreign telcos had expressed an interest in acquiring its shares once the government s...
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Read More Iraq Defence & Security Report
38 pages    Pub date: 11 August 2008     Quarterly
One of the key developments of Q208 was the strengthening of the security forces under the command of the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The process was discontinuous and involved significant risks. However, by the end of the quarter, the government was stronger, appeared to command greater authority am...
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Read More Iraq Oil & Gas Report
79 pages    Pub date: 20 November 2008     Quarterly
BMI forecasts that Iraq will account for 8.25% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 10.89% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels a day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn b/d by 2012. Regional oil product...
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Read More Iraq Telecommunications Report
53 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
We estimate that Iraq’s mobile subscriber market expanded by just over 12% in the first six months of 2008. By the end of June 2008, the number of mobile customers had risen to 15.7mn, which is equivalent to a penetration rate of 53.5%. There are already signs that growth in 2008 will be weaker than in 2007; in Q208, Iraq’...
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Read More Israel Autos Report
46 pages    Pub date: 11 March 2008     Annual
The extraordinary double-digit growth recorded in the Israeli automotive market in 2007 is not likely to last, with BMI’s latest Israel Automotives Report forecasting a downturn from 2010. Changes concerning license fee groups and reduced purchase tax over the past year, along with the recovery of the local econom...
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Read More Israel Defence & Security Report
63 pages    Pub date: 18 August 2008     Quarterly
At the end of June the US Congress approved a US$170mn increase in security assistance for Israel, as part of a 10-year US$30bn defence aid commitment to the country. A US-based pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) welcomed the decision, saying it would boost US aid to Israel to US$2.55bn ...
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Read More Israel Food & Drink Report
52 pages    Pub date: 29 February 2008     Annual
The Israel Food & Drink Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering food, drink and tobacco consumption, expenditure, sales, imports and exports; 5-year industry forecasts through end-2012 for Israel.
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Read More Israel Freight Transport Report
53 pages    Pub date: 7 November 2008     Quarterly
A new labour dispute broke out at Israel’s main ports in late August. Histradut, the main union confederation, called industrial action after it failed to convince the government to drop an item in its planned economic arrangements bill that would effectively create a loophole enabling the use of nonunion contract labour. ...
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Read More Israel Information Technology Report
44 pages    Pub date: 10 November 2008     Quarterly
Market Overview The Israeli IT market’s recent momentum should be maintained during BMI ’s 2008-2012 forecast period, despite some macroeconomic challenges. IT spending reached an estimated value of US$4.4bn in 2007. BMI projects that the local IT market will grow at a compound annual growth rate...
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Read More Israel Infrastructure Report
52 pages    Pub date: 18 September 2008     Annual
After years of slow and negative growth, Israel’s construction industry has started picking up lately. Investments in the construction industry have been increasing due to private participation in infrastructural projects. BMI forecasts an average growth rate of the construction sector of 7% during 2008-2012.
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Read More Israel Insurance Report
32 pages    Pub date: 29 July 2008     Annual
The Israel Insurance Report has been researched at source and features latest available data for annual insurance premiums and claims; assets and investments; 5-year insurance industry forecasts for Israel through end-2012 for Israel.
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Read More Israel Oil & Gas Report
77 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
The latest Israel Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 2.60% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while making no appreciable contribution to rising oil supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn...
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Read More Israel Petrochemicals Report
43 pages    Pub date: 10 October 2008     Quarterly
Israel’s petrochemical industry has witnessed an increase in profitability following a process of privatisation and consolidation, but growth will be constrained by a lack of domestically produced feedstock, according to BMI ’s latest Israel Petrochemicals Report. There are no indications that Israel wishes to...
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Read More Israel Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
72 pages    Pub date: 10 November 2008     Quarterly
Israel’s drug market expenditure was estimated at ISL6.2bn (US$1.5bn) in 2007. Over the forecast period (2008-2012), BMI expects the market to grow at an average of 3.3% year-on-year to reach ISL7.2bn (US$2.4bn) in 2012. Growth measured in US dollars should be stronger due to the likelihood of further strengthening ...
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Read More Israel Telecommunications Report
46 pages    Pub date: 24 December 2007     Annual
Strong growth has continued in the Israeli mobile market, with the country’s four operators bringing in 137,000 net additions during the first quarter of 2007. This follows a better-than-expected performance in 2006, when our original full-year forecasts were exceeded by the end of the third quarter. As it was, the market ...
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Read More Jordan & Lebanon Insurance Report
33 pages    Pub date: 17 March 2008     Annual
The Jordan & Lebanon Insurance Report has been researched at source and features latest available data for annual insurance premiums and claims; assets and investments; 5-year insurance industry forecasts for Jordan & Lebanon through end-2012 for Jordan & Lebanon.
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Read More Jordan Commercial Banking Report
   Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only     Quarterly
Business Monitor International's Jordan Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Jordan.
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Read More Jordan Defence & Security Report
50 pages    Pub date: 28 February 2008     Annual
Jordan continues to perform a regional diplomatic, defence, and security balancing act. Under King Abdullah the country remains an important US ally in the Middle East, quietly lobbying the George Bush administration to coax the main regional players towards an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, which still remains a dis...
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Read More Jordan Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
67 pages    Pub date: 4 December 2008     Quarterly
Jordan’s pharmaceutical market is small at US$339mn in 2007. Expenditure on pharmaceuticals should grow at an average of 7.2% year-on-year over the forecast period (2008-2012) to reach a value of US$480mn by the end of 2012. The prospects for GDP-beating drug market growth will be constrained by the fact that the country a...
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Read More Jordan Telecommunications Report
60 pages    Pub date: 24 October 2008     Quarterly
In our latest update on Jordan’s telecoms market, we have revised our forecast for fixed-line, broadband and mobile subscriber growth, in order to reflect new data published by the market’s main telecoms operators and by the sector’s regulator. Although we previously believed that Jordan Telecom published a separate...
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Read More Kuwait Autos Report
41 pages    Pub date: 1 October 2008     Quarterly
The Kuwaiti passenger car market is growing faster than previously thought, but sales growth is still lacklustre compared to regional peers with the rising cost of living having a deleterious impact on consumer spending, according to BMI ’s latest Kuwait Automotives Report. Figures recently published by the Au...
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Read More Kuwait Defence & Security Report
41 pages    Pub date: 11 August 2008     Quarterly
Normally, good bilateral relations between Kuwait and the United States experienced something of a setback in June, after the US Treasury Department decided to freeze the US-based assets of the Kuwaitigovernment approved charity, the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). Washington officials said that RIHS ...
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Read More Kuwait Food & Drink Report
53 pages    Pub date: 17 October 2008     Quarterly
Food security and process continue to grab the headlines in Kuwait, as the government continues to look for ways to alleviate the pressure this is placing on everyday Kuwaitis, as discussed in BMI’s recently published Kuwait Food & Drink Report for Q308. In April 2008 the Kuwaiti authorities decided to import extra food in...
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Read More Kuwait Freight Transport Report
51 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
Start-up Wataniya Airways (also known as National Airways ) said in late August that it had signed an agreement to lease three Airbus A320s from the Dutch company AerCap . The planes would be leased for nine years starting in 2010, Wataniya said, while not revealing the price it would pay. The new agreeme...
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Read More Kuwait Information Technology Report
44 pages    Pub date: 11 November 2008     Quarterly
Market Overview BMI expects the value of the Kuwait IT market to increase from US$539mn in 2008 to around US$833mn in 2012 against a backdrop of economic growth driven by swollen oil revenues and government spending. Kuwait is the (distant) third largest computer market in the high-growth Gulf region,...
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Read More Kuwait Infrastructure Report
67 pages    Pub date: 27 November 2008     Quarterly
Kuwait is overly reliant on its road sector for the transport of goods domestically and regionally. The country has a modern highway network, but will be required to keep up renovations if the sector is to continue to cater for the predicted rise in car ownership. The transportation of goods further afield is catered for b...
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Read More Kuwait Insurance Report
61 pages    Pub date: 11 September 2008     Quarterly
In Q308, the key change is that we have incorporated much more information about the companies that are operating across the regions of which each country is a part. We have sought to make it much clearer who is operating in each country and under what name(s). Perhaps equally importantly, our profiles make it plain which ...
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Read More Kuwait Oil & Gas Report
83 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
The latest Kuwait Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for 2.63% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 10.37% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to...
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Read More Kuwait Petrochemicals Report
48 pages    Pub date: 27 November 2008     Quarterly
The development of Kuwait’s gasfields will be crucial to the country’s aim of developing a competitive and diversified petrochemical industry, according to BMI ’s latest Kuwait Petrochemicals Report. The commencement of production at the gas fields in northern Kuwait in June 2008 marked an important step forward for ...
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Read More Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
61 pages    Pub date: 15 July 2008     Quarterly
In BMI’s updated Business Environment Ratings for Q308, Kuwait received an improved score of 56, which elevated the market to the enviable second position, from fifth in the previous quarter. The country’s score for limits of pharmaceutical market was boosted by the forecast strong annual growth, which is expected to be in...
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Read More Kuwait Power Report
45 pages    Pub date: 14 August 2008     Quarterly
The new Kuwait Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country will by 2012 account for 3.80% of Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional power generation. BMI’s Middle East/Africa power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (twh), representing an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. We are forecasting an ...
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Read More Kuwait Telecommunications Report
54 pages    Pub date: 16 October 2008     Quarterly
In our latest update on Kuwait’s telecoms sector, we have once again decided to raise our expectations for mobile subscriber growth. Early indications suggest that the sector grew by 2.4% in the first three months of 2008, taking the total number of subscribers to 2.841mn (94% penetration). Our newly revised forecast envis...
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Read More Lebanon Food & Drink Report
57 pages    Pub date: 29 February 2008     Annual
The Lebanese food and drink production industry has begun the long road to recovery, as discussed in BMI’s recently published Lebanon Food & Drink Report for 2008. Following the Israeli bombings in mid-2006 which devastated the country and the industry, a number of companies have started to report that production and sales...
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Read More Lebanon Information Technology Report
37 pages    Pub date: 8 February 2008     Annual
Market Overview While many uncertainties continue to surround the Lebanon IT market situation, BMI estimated its value at around US$225mn in 2007. This suggests that there has already been some recovery since the negative growth year of 2006. The events of the past two years have inevitably had a major...
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Read More Lebanon Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
55 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
In BMI ’s updated Business Environment Ranking matrix, Lebanon is ranked 11th, out of the 15 markets – now including Algeria and Kenya – surveyed in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Lebanon’s position is one place lower than in the previous quarter, mostly reflecting the modest forecast growth of its pharmace...
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Read More Oman Freight Transport
33 pages    Pub date: 17 April 2008     Annual
Arguably the single most important development in the Omani freight transport sector has been the work to complete the port of Sohar. This year saw the opening of a US$1.3bn refinery at the port, as well as Terminal B, Phase 1 of the Oman International Container Terminal (OICT). This is currently one of the largest single ...
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Read More Oman Information Technology Report
35 pages    Pub date: 15 February 2008     Annual
Market Overview The total size of the Oman IT market is forecast by BMI to increase from US$276mn in 2007 to US$413mn in 2012. The government is investing in IT as a key element of its strategy to diversify the economy, and despite some risks, a favourable economic outlook is expected over the forecast...
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Read More Oman Infrastructure Report
   Pub date: 14 October 2008     Annual
The Sultanate of Oman is modestly well-off by West Asian standards with substantial oil and natural gas reserves. Oman’s GDP in 2006 was estimated at US$27.25bn and its economy has been growing at an accelerated rate for quite some time. But although it grew at a high rate in 2006 as well, the rate of growth has been falli...
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Read More Oman Insurance Report
59 pages    Pub date: 11 September 2008     Quarterly
In Q308, the key change is that we have incorporated much more information about the companies that are operating across the regions of which each country is a part. We have sought to make it much clearer who is operating in each country and under what name(s). Perhaps equally importantly, our profiles make it plain which ...
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Read More Oman Oil & Gas Report
88 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
The latest Oman Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for just 0.67% of Middle East (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 2.54% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn b/d in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.81mn ...
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Read More Oman Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
69 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
Although Oman’s drug market remains small, even by regional standards, growth is strong, averaging over 6% per annum in nominal terms over the forecast period. However, expected high inflation in the economy in 2008 and 2009 should erode some of these gains in the short-term. Key drivers of growth include an ageing populat...
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Read More Oman Telecommunications Report
55 pages    Pub date: 24 October 2008     Quarterly
In July 2008, Oman launched the sale of a 25% stake in Oman Telecommunications ( Omantel ), in a deal which the government hopes will boost the state-controlled firm's competitive position. The government, which owns 70% of Omantel, said it was possible that the incoming investor would be granted voting rights in the ...
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Read More Oman Tourism Report
   Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only     Quarterly
The Oman Tourism Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering tourist expenditure, government expenditure on tourism, foreign direct investment projects, domestic airline revenues, passenger arrivals and departures.
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Read More Qatar Commercial Banking Report
   Pub date: Not Yet Published - Pre-order Only     Quarterly
Business Monitor International's Qatar Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in Qatar.
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Read More Qatar Freight Transport
33 pages    Pub date: 18 March 2008     Annual
Qatar is becoming the world’s largest liquid natural gas (LNG) exporter – and has decided that to deliver those exports it needs the world’s largest LNG tanker fleet. In 2006 and 2007 the country has been on a massive LNG-ship acquisition programme. The Qatar Ship Acquisition Team (QSAT) has been focusing on the vessels it...
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Read More Qatar Information Technology Report
42 pages    Pub date: 11 November 2008     Quarterly
Market Overview Qatar’s IT market is projected to grow to a value of around US$550mn by 2012, on the back of reinvested oil revenues and ambitious government’s initiatives to diversify the economy away from hydrocarbons. Qatar’s IT market may only rank fourth in the Gulf for size but we expect Qatar’s IT mark...
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Read More Qatar Infrastructure Report
   Pub date: 23 October 2008     Annual
The State of Qatar is one of the wealthiest nations in West Asia and currently boasts the highest per capita level of GDP in the world. The prosperity enjoyed by the country can largely be attributed to oil and gas production, which constitute over 60% of Qatar’s GDP. As is evident, Qatar is heavily dependent on the produc...
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Read More Qatar Insurance Report
28 pages    Pub date: 4 February 2008     Annual
The last two years have seen a spectacular boom in Qatar’s insurance sector, with gross premiums rising by 50-60% annually. This has not, however, produced a bonanza for the shareholders in the five listed Qatari insurance companies that dominate the industry. This is partly because claims and expenses have also been surgi...
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Read More Qatar Oil & Gas Report
91 pages    Pub date: 19 November 2008     Quarterly
The latest Qatar Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for just 1.02% of Middle Eastern (ME) regional oil demand by 2012, while providing 5.75% of supply. Regional oil use of 8.24mn b/d in 2001 rose to 10.61mn b/d in 2007. It should average 10.86mn b/d in 2008 and then rise to around 11.8...
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Read More Qatar Petrochemicals Report
56 pages    Pub date: 10 October 2008     Quarterly
Financial results for Qatari firms in the petrochemicals sector demonstrate how the country is able to leverage its competitive edge to boost margins, while competitors struggle with the impact of rising crude prices, according to BMI ’s latest Qatar Petrochemical Report. In H108, Industries Qatar (IQ) ...
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Read More Qatar Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
51 pages    Pub date: 4 December 2008     Quarterly
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Read More Qatar Power Report
48 pages    Pub date: 18 August 2008     Quarterly
In this report, BMI forecasts that the country will account for 1.77% of Middle East/Africa (MEA) regional power generation by 2012. BMI’s MEA power generation estimate for 2007 is 1,117 terawatt hours (TWh), representing an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. We are forecasting an increase in regional generation to 1...
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Read More Qatar Telecommunications Report
53 pages    Pub date: 5 November 2008     Quarterly
It was announced at the end of June that Qatar’s second mobile network operator, Vodafone Qatar , had been officially awarded its licence to operate within the country. Vodafone revealed that its shareholders, Vodafone Group of the UK and its local partner the Qatar Foundation , would pay QAR7.716bn (US$...