@article{hbkup:/content/journals/10.5339/connect.2012.9, author = "Ibrahim, Ibrahim and Harrigan, Frank", title = "Qatar’s economy: Past, present and future", journal= "QScience Connect", year = "2012", volume = "2012", number = "1", pages = "", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2012.9", url = "https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/connect.2012.9", publisher = "Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)", issn = "2223-506X", type = "Journal Article", eid = "9", abstract = "Abstract In this review, the story of Qatar’s economic emergence is told chronologically, beginning with Qatar’s independence and the discovery of the North Field gas reservoir in 1971 and ending with the steps that Qatar is now taking as it transitions towards a more diversified and innovative economy.", }