UAE: Federal support for northern emirates


Risk Management
Issue 1077 - 21 Mar 2019 | 4 minute read

Northern emirates infrastructure: Federal Vice President, prime minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) unveiled infrastructure spending worth nearly Dh18bn ($4.9bn) during a series of visits to the northern emirates in late February/early March. This was interpreted as part of a wider ‘carrot-and-stick approach’ to the often over-looked region. In late February, MBR visited Ajman and Umm Al-Quwain to announce Dh11bn on road and infrastructure projects.

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