Financial and Economic Screening

1)Foreign direct investment inflow into the UAE achieved a record $10 Billion in 2005.



2)Nominal GDP was expected to grow by 24 percent which equals $161.3 billion in 2006



3)Total investments in the Emirates tourism sector will reach DH 40 billion by 2015

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1)The industrial base of former east Berlin decreased dramatically within a decade, leading to an unemployment rate of almost 20% and stagnant GDP growth rates until 2005

2)In 2006 the Nominal GDP of Berlin experienced a growth rate of 1.5%.

3)Since then the unemployment rate steadily had decreased from 20% to 14.1% however it still remains above the German 8.4%.

4)Slow growth.

Berlin