It has been suggested that the Gulf’s model of big, state-owned businesses might not always be the best way to encourage the young entrepreneurs who could create work for a burgeoning youthful population.
It was perhaps with this in mind that a member of the Qatari royal family and the FTSE index company have been trying to encourage the creation of junior markets in the Middle East, in the image of London’s Alternative Investments Market.
The first exchange to have committed itself to opening a junior market is Qatar.
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