Dubai team facilitates field visits of World Bank

The Dubai government team assigned to develop business activities headed by the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) supervised field visits for the World Bank team, who were in Dubai to meet government officials. The initiative, which is carried out in co-ordination with the Emirates Competitiveness Council, comes in line with team’s efforts to contribute to the preparation of suggestions and hence improve the UAE’s competitiveness and ranking in the annual World Bank ‘Doing Business 2010’ report

His Excellency Mr Sami Al Qamzi, Director General of DED, said: “The concerted efforts of the Dubai various government teams in cooperation with the Emirates Competitiveness Council have contributed to strengthen the UAE’s position internationally. This will be reflected on the development of businesses and the UAE’s ranking in the annual report prepared by the World Bank.”

During the visit to Dubai, the World Bank team headed by Dalia Khalifa, Senior Strategy Advisor, Doing Business Project, visited DED, Dubai Municipality, Dubai Land Department, Dubai world, Directorate General of Dubai Civil Defence, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Customs, Dubai Courts, and the Department of Legal Affairs.

The Dubai government team contributed in fulfilling the requirements of the ‘Doing Business 2010’ report of the International Finance Corporation and World Bank, and the country’s position had improved by 14 ranks to No 33 in the report.