Mohammed bin Rashid briefed on roadmap for leadership in energy, infrastructure, housing and transport sectors
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has stated that the UAE has a logistical system that is the most sophisticated and efficient of its kind in the region, and it is not possible to maintain ”our logistical excellence without enhancing the quality of the infrastructure and developing the transport sector by achieving qualitative leaps that mirror our aspirations for the next stage.”
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said, “We want to achieve a qualitative leap in infrastructure, energy and transport fields as part of a vision that combines inclusiveness and integration and takes into account balance and sustainability and enhances our competitiveness regionally and globally.”
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed also learnt about the country’s pioneering rankings in the energy, infrastructure and housing sectors as the UAE has maintained its first global ranking for the third consecutive year with scores of 100 percent in all “Getting Electricity” indicators in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report.
The UAE was also ranked first regionally and 12th globally in terms of the quality of infrastructure, and was ranked first regionally and 7th globally in terms of the availability and quality of road and transport infrastructure.
“The private sector is the engine of work in the future and we will work to develop its contribution in infrastructure, energy, transportation and housing projects in the framework of an integrated partnership,” he indicated.
