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Bahrain is to invest $ 10 Billion aimed to enhance Bahrain’s oil production capacity and to upgrade the existing oil fields using the latest technology. Mr. Al-Mahroos talks about the benefits of the investments, upcoming projects and the investment environment in the oil industry.
Oil plays the most important role in Bahrain’s economy. Oil exports account for 80% of Bahrain’s government revenues. Furthermore, the oil industry represents 15% of Bahrain’s GDP. Oil Dependency is inevitable and oil will remain the economic and growth engine of the economy.
Mr. Manna talks about the outlook for the banking sector in Bahrain and the effects the crisis has had on the sector. According to Manna “government should not adopt the expansionary fiscal policy as the banking sector is very liquid and well capitalized, rather they should focus on providing good lending opportunities”.
Bahrain is one of the first countries in the GCC to have a society (established in 2004) to protect migrant workers, especially the ones not subject to the labor law.
Bahrain Businesswomen Society was established in 2000 with the mission to promote women into the business sphere, boards of directors etc. Currently, only 2% of the members of the board of directors are women.
The main problem of the investment banking in Bahrain and the GCC is the speed of adoption of the regulations. The regulators unlike their European or US counterparts are pushing the regulations, not allowing for a period of adjustment.
Bahrain as well as the neighbouring countries will not be able to meet the political challenges in 20 years. “There are many fatal flaws in the system” according to Dr. Mulla such as insufficient amount of consolation between different parties.
Industrial real-estate namely industrial parks, logistics and warehousing have performed very well during the crisis. Bahrain Real-Estate sector will be driven by the fundamentals and not by speculation.
BANAGAS is one of the strategic companies in Bahrain and a success story. Dr. Al Khalifa identifies the main contribution of BANAGAS to the society.
According to BMI Bank the crisis contributes to inflationary economy and lowering of the foreign direct investments to Bahrain. Bahrain has to rebuild the trust to attract FDIs.
