in term of entrepreneurial wealth acceleration. dubai compares only only with singapore as rsie of former british colonies -
the emirates are literally built on desert coastlines which makes for quite unique lifestyles - history has chnaged the guld region multiple times; eg with completion of suez canal and later nationalisation by egypt; with becoming the world's epicentre of oil production and the geopolitical and cultural stress points including some of the world's sharpest divisons in the roles of men and women -interesting some of the great techsavvy eople in the uae are women - see eg the uae represnetative on gordon brawns education commission 2016
dubai has /is staging 2 of the 4 most exciying educational tarnsformation summits - varkey million dollar teacher to 2019; dubairewitred2021 from 2021 during learning week of explo- see also qatar wise, and hong kong yidan
unlike much of the emirates dubai has little ownership of oil but is a destination for wealthy Arabs and a hi-tech hub as well as tourist epicentre- leading industries of the future is a goal dubai aims to win both for itself and the emirate region (which needs a post-carbon strategy)
Asian Rising model coastal Belt Capital Roadsters - see Economist 75-77
like singapore as well as maximising its posirion on world trade maps, it developed a super airport staraegy (there is also a great filim on founders of modern dubai bench,arking tokyo)
unlike sinagpore which I first while it places like the old raffles hotel were still historuc properties; my hirst vist to duba was in its fyily co,posed state
a new to me twosut - dubai's world trade cenntre is a huge conference centre which is alsed used to choose scientist/subhects dubai aims to inward brain drain
seeing some of teh early daolaogues of how could youth ne icluded in dubai expo was fascinating
I am so glad that dubai loks as if it will achieve a compete 6 motyh expo oct 2021 -march 2022 and pass expo relay on in good shape to japan 2025
