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productive base into new areas that add to resilience and provide
sustainable avenues of wealth creation.
Investing in creating the knowledge base
The Government is actively addressing knowledge and capacity
deficits that can impede development of environmentally sustain-
able management systems and a knowledge-based economy. In 1995
the Qatar Foundation began investing in education, research and
capacity development at all levels, with US$2 billion in resources.
It supports a variety of programmes based at world-
renowned international universities operating in
Education City.
In 2006 the Government committed to spending 2.8
per cent of total government revenues on research,
bringing the level of Government research support up
to that of the world’s major industrialized economies.
The Qatar Science and Technology Park, established
in 2009, promotes corporate research, technological
Plans for a greener Doha will support other environmental priorities to improve air quality, use solid waste for composting
and treat sewerage water to maintain green spaces
Image: GSDP (2012)