ABSTRACT
Driven by the vision of His Royal Highness (HRH) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and prime minister and ruler of Dubai, Dubai’s seminal goal is to achieve longlasting prosperity for the emirate. Dubai (the most densely populated city within the UAE) and Abu Dhabi (the capital of the UAE) are the two commercial and cultural centers of activity within the UAE. The UAE has a high-income economy and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, ranking approximately 19th in the world at the time of this writing. The country also enjoys a sizable annual trade surplus.
