UAE tops Arab world in future readiness

Published

23rd September 2021

Greater digital adoption could help emerging economies generate as much as $3.4 trillion of economic value by 2030

The UAE’s high performance reflects the vision of the country’s leadership to “prepare for the future and embrace innovation as the cornerstone of comprehensive development", said Ohoud bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future.

Accelerating digital transformation has played a critical role in ensuring business and services continuity during the Covid-19 pandemic, providing a new array of innovative services, she added.

This month, the UAE announced the Principles of the 50 and Projects of the 50 initiatives as part of its sustained efforts to promote country's future readiness.

Other Arab countries in the Future Readiness Economic Index's top 100 include Qatar (35th), Saudi Arabia (41st), Kuwait (65th), Jordan (73rd), Lebanon (88th) and Egypt (89th).

The report attempts to provide countries with a way of measuring future readiness and serve as a guide to strategy and policy decisions. It focuses on four main pillars - institutions and infrastructure, technology, talent and innovation.

Each main pillar includes 15 sub-pillars that monitor government competencies, such as the ability to prepare for the future, embrace digital transformation, invest in human capital, attract talent and invest in research and development.

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