Top Arab Cities 2010
By Trends • Jun 1st, 2010Top Arab Cities in Economy & Business
The positive performance of economies driven by oil wealth positioned Gulf cities on top. Doha ranked first with high results in the indexes of competitiveness, economic freedom, per capita income and unemployment rate, while ranking 22nd worldwide in the transparency index Education plays a key role in economic growth and is a solution to the obstacles facing development Getty/ Gallo Images Top Arab Cities 2010 May 2010 | TRENDS 105 released by Transparency International, a key indicator in gaining the confidence of any city markets and an essential pillar in the investment climate pyramid.
Manama ranked second while Abu Dhabi ranked third and Riyadh fourth after ranking fifth last year. Dubai ranked fifth and Muscat sixth while ranking fourth in the transparency and economic freedom index and second with its unemployment ratio. Jeddah ranked seventh, followed by Kuwait, which ranked first in economic inflation and cost of living, tenth in the transparency index, and seventh in the ease of doing business index.
Tunis ranked ninth followed by Amman then Beirut which held the 11th position. Rabat preceded Casablanca (ranking 12th) while the 14th position went to Cairo, followed by Alexandria which preceded Algiers.
Damascus and Aleppo respectively held the 17th and 18th positions, and Khartoum was on the bottom of the list in all indexes except for unemployment and cost of living.
Top Arab Cities in Health
The cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai held the first position in the ranking of Top Arab Cities in the provision of medical and health services, followed by Kuwait (in light of its good performance in infant mortality rate, expected mortality rate and environmental laws). Doha ranked fourth while Manama took the lead of Arab cities for the number of doctors for every 10,000 persons. Riyadh and Jeddah held the sixth position, preceding Amman which ranked seventh.
Muscat ranked ninth while ranking first in environmental laws. The tenth position was held by Beirut which preceded Tunis, while Cairo and Alexandria both ranked 12th, Damascus and Aleppo both ranked 14th and Rabat and Casablanca both ranked 16th, although they outranked Arab cities in the pollution index according to the Tourism Competitiveness Report. Algiers and Khartoum came in the 18th and 19th positions as these two cities suffer from a high rate of infant mortality, decrease of expenditure on individual’s health and weakness and rigidity of environmental laws.
