Expatriates and Their Impact on the Domestic Population in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the top destinations in the world as a target for expatriates. Much of this trend is driven by the fact that UAE businesses are willing to pay top dollar to fill various roles that cannot be sourced domestically. The expatriates will come to work in the UAE for various reasons but the relatively high salary is one of the biggest appeals for many expatriates and draws in thousands of individuals annually from all over the world. While this acts to provide value to the overall economy in the UAE by furthering economic development, it also has a number of ramifications for the domestic population, culturally and otherwise. This analysis will consider what implications that the large and growing expatriate community has for the national residents in the UAE.
Introduction
The United Arab Emirates is a federation that consists of seven monarchies which are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain. These governments have recently been pressured to respond to demands from the population for reforms through events such as the "Arab Spring" as well as other social concerns that have arisen. They have recently undertake reforms by initiating a one point six billion dollar program to build infrastructure in the poorer northern emirates, creating more jobs for the domestic population, and increasing the number of people who are allowed to vote in the September 2011 elections for the Federal National Council (2013 Index of Economic Freedom, N.d.). Furthermore, the governments' must balance these pressures with their goals of making the territories more economically free and open to foreign investment.
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