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Dubai Ranked Top Middle East City
of the Future

DUBAI — Dubai is at the top of the league in the Middle East Cities of the Future ranking by fDi magazine, scoring the highest points for economic potential, business friendliness, infrastructure and quality of life.

Dubai scored 471, the highest amongst 20 cities in the region evaluated, with Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Manama, Riyadh and Ras Al Khaimah in the next five places.

Produced by the Financial Times group, fDi is one among the premier publications for the business of globalisation and is regarded as one of the most trusted sources of information for companies involved with international expansion.

The Middle East Cities of the Future were ranked according to 76 criteria listed under economic potential, business friendliness, tax and other costs, human resources, quality of life, infrastructure and foreign direct investment. Dubai ranked the highest in four of these categories.

Reacting, Sami Al Qamzi, Director-General of the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED), said, “The top score of Dubai in the Middle East Cities of the Future ranking is a testimony to the concerted approach of the DED, under the guidance and leadership of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to create a high-growth environment and boost the economy by implementing strategies to attract foreign investments to the emirate. The result for Dubai is based on an evaluation of 76 parameters that, in essence, cover the entire aspects of the economy.

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