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UAE The United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country created for two purposes; the first is to provide a strong federal-based government in order to protect the traditions and uniqueness of the six different Emirates, while pooling resources in order to protect the territory and profits of the nation. It is a very young nation, only having declared independence in 1971 from Oman. The Emirates has a unique position in the world, being a small country with a population of 5 million, yet residing on the oil-rich Arabian Peninsula that exports the world its primary fuel source; oil. In recent years, two cities in particular, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, have tried to spread their influence beyond the oil market, and have created cities intended for doing business worldwide.

There are many social problems within the UAE, but have been controlled for in a way to protect the political elite. Unlike a country like Syria or Bahrain, which have a minority religious group controlling a general populace of a majority religious group, the UAE is of one type of Islam, Sunni. In addition, the UAE utilizes a massive workforce from South-East Asia, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, and even the United States and the European Union. This use of foreign labor is not cheap, but it guarantees the strong union holding the UAE together by not allowing foreign...

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This does not mean that equality exists within the foreign labor force, however, as the workforce is paid extremely low wages to work in very high demand environments, what in the West we would call "Indentured Servitude," or rather working in order to pay off debts (required to gain voyage to the UAE) and at the end of a year's contract earning a measly amount of money compared to Western construction workers. In terms of social concerns, the UAE has retained an ancient system that will only work in the modern world as long as the finances of the Emirates are as high as they have been due to the influence of oil.
The United Arab Emirates has retained strong growth in the years since the recession deeply rocked the economies of the two wealthiest emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the latter of which requiring a financial bailout from the former. The constant need for oil around the world helped to stabilize the UAE before most other economies, and truly the country has bounced back in force. Construction continued throughout the financial crisis, and more projects have been approved in…

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"UAE records large BoP surplus in 2010." Emirates 24/7. 11 Mar. 2012 <http://www.emirates247.com/business/economy-finance/uae-records-large-bop-surplus-in-2010-2011-05-11-1.391417>.

"United Arab Emirates." CIA WorldFactbook. 11 Mar. 2012 <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html>.
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