Diverzifikace ekonomiky Kataru

Time is a very relative concept, and the speed of its passage increases when one has to be proactive in the face of time constraints and at the same time plan actions and strategies for future development. It is therefore difficult to imagine the situation of countries such as Qatar, which are entirely dependent on the wealth of ever-dwindling non-renewable resources in the form of oil or natural gas. Constrained by the amount of reserves of their natural wealth, these 'Resource-Based' countries have to prepare various diversification plans that would protect the economy from price shocks of exported commodities and in the future could at least partially cover the loss of revenues from the export of extracted and subsequently processed commodities. The main objective of this thesis is to determine how Qatar is diversifying its economy and then to assess whether these practices are effective. Thus, it will be to identify and analyze the diversification strategies set by the Qatari authorities that define where and how Qatar concentrates its investments and then evaluate and substantiate the effectiveness of these steps based on a comparison of current data with data from past years. Sub-objectives include the question of the impact of oil and gas price fluctuations on diversification, to highlight the dangers of non-diversification, or to identify the barriers to more successful economic diversification in Qatar. This thesis includes several studies from Qatar and the entire Gulf region on economic diversification and natural resource dependence. The theoretical findings that form the basis of the theoretical part of this bachelor thesis are drawn from books, articles or studies by renowned authors dealing with the diversification and development of the Gulf economies, such as Sami Mahroum, Rabah Arezki, Giacomo Luciani, Paolo Saviotti, and Matthew Gray, among others. The confrontation of these theoretical foundations with statistical data ultimately forms a comprehensive analysis of the Qatari economy in relation to its diversification.