Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 65
Looking to the future |
| Qatar Development Bank stand
Think Global Support Local
Qatar Development Bank’s successes go beyond building
up the private sector. The organisation has also become
a powerful catalyst for socio-economic development.
It has helped to empower the Qatari workforce,
increase living standards, and provide a number of
exciting investment opportunities for Qatari businesses.
Loving the local
A key part of QDB’s remit involves promoting local
products and services, as well as fostering an economic
culture of “buying local.” Every initiative, project and
programme has always been modelled around one
shared aspiration: to localise the supply chain.
Aiming global
In 2011, QDB launched export agency Tasdeer to give
Qatari businesses an edge in foreign markets. Tasdeer
provides vital funding and specialist export advice to a
host of companies seeking markets abroad.
A key instrument of Qatar’s commercial diplomacy
efforts, Tasdeer has promoted nearly 80 Qatari exporters
in international exhibitions across MENA and Europe,
and generated export deals and new international
business orders worth over QAR 720 million.
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