This report provides a comprehensive read of UAE’s socio-political profile, investment climate and the opportunities and challenges across key sectors of the economy. The debate about whether there is enough business for two financial centers in the UAE alone: Dubai with the established Dubai International Financial Center and Abu Dhabi with the coming of the Abu Dhabi World Financial Market. Topics also include what the other five, less-famous emirates are doing, and how think-tanks like the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research are behind the development trajectory for the country and its youth. The UAE plans to get its soft infrastructure like education, healthcare and legal frameworks up to par with the development of its hard infrastructure, which is at breakneck pace. The competition between the logistics offering between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is deliberated, particularly when it comes to ports, free zones and airports. The UAE also plans to develop its agribusiness and the infrastructure around it. Another industry calling for attention is Islamic banking, as Islamic banks become major players and their systems compete with conventional banks. The UAE formed the Emirates Global Aluminum, which will be one of the top five aluminum producers in the world, coming with a value of $15 billion. All this while issues of hydrocarbon, nuclear and renewable energy take center stage in strategy discussions. Explore these topics and more inside the annual UAE report.