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314 Notes

17 Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, “Oman’s Commitments
under WTO Agreements,” www.chamberoman.com/
doing_occi_opportunities7.asp (last accessed March 19, 2007).
18 Ugo Fasano and Rishi Goyal. “Emerging Strains in GCC Labor
Markets,” IMF Working Paper, WP/04/71, April 2004.
19 Ibid.
20 Al-Kibsi, Benkert, and Schubert. “Getting Labor Policy to Work in the
Gulf.”
21 Ibid.
22 DIFC FAQ, www.difc.ae/base/faq/ (last accessed May 13, 2007).
23 I am indebted to Iqbal Khan, Founding CEO of HSBC Amanah, for
introducing me to the term “embedded franchise.”
24 Hiring local staff also, of course, lets firms comply with quota
systems and other nationalization policies discussed earlier.
25 Dubai Knowledge Village Web site, www.kv.ae/en/default.asp# (last
accessed May 2007).
26 Cass Business School Web site, www.cass.city.ac.uk/mba/dubai/
index.html (last accessed May 2007).
27 Qatar Foundation Web site, www.qf.edu.qa/output/page307.asp
(last accessed May 2007).
28 Claire M. Guehenno, “Arabic Courses Draw Higher Enrollment,”
Harvard Crimson online, October 5, 2005, www.thecrimson.com/
article.aspx?ref=508807 (last accessed April 24, 2007).
29 “United Arab Emirates: Citibank UAE Wins Human Resources
Development Award for Second Year,” Citigroup Web site,
www.citigroup.com/citigroup/press/2003/030305a.htm (last
accessed March 5, 2007).
30 “GE to Open Technology Center at Qatar Science and Technology
Park,” Qatar Foundation News, December 2005, www.qf.edu.qa/
output/page1079.asp.
31 Ibid.
32 Quoted in ibid.

CHAPTER 8

1 “All That Glisters . . . Dubai,” Economist, December 16, 2006.
2 Shuaa Capital, March 2007.
3 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2007.