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Article: Freedom road for Gulf business. (Persian Gulf, includes related article on the Qeshm Island Free Area) (Cover Story)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- February 21, 1992
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Gulf states are making new efforts to lure long-term industrial investment into the region by cutting red tape and offering more incentives to foreign capital. Free zones are being established in Iran, and Bahrain is reviewing its attractions as a regional industrial and service centre. Edmund O'Sullivan reports on the initiatives being launched in the Gulf
A SHARK-SHAPED island rich in natural gas and commanding the entrance to the Gulf is the setting for the latest, and potentially biggest, effort to attract foreign investment to the region.
Qeshm, an island almost three times the size of Bahrain, is one of three free zones set up in Iran's five-year ...