Oman to get more than a third of revenues from non-oil activities in five-year plan
Published 06 Apr,2021 via Arab News - Economy DUBAI - Non-oil activities will contribute more than a third of Oman’s total government revenues by 2025, a government official said.
The target forms part of the “10th Five-Year Development Plan” (10th FDP) which was launched partly in response to the impact of COVID-19 and driven by the need to reduce the country’s reliance on oil.
Undersecretary Nasser bin Rashid Al-Maawali said the ministry has chosen particular sectors to drive the five-year diversification plan, taking into consideration the sector’s “competitiveness, its ability to provide job opportunities for citizens, its sustainability and its ability to support other sectors,” The Times of Oman reported.
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