Internal economy of Oman

This file concerns Oman’s economy. It contains correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• Oman’s national budget for 1984
• Oman's justice system
• Oman’s intention to build two cement factories
• Oman’s intention to expand a desalination plant based in the capital region
• Anglo-Omani economic relations
• Petroleum Development Oman’s (PDO) wish to study the feasibility of providing a gas pipeline between Marmul and Salalah
• A copy of Al Markazi [a monthly publication of the Central Bank of Oman]
• A report on the recent developments in Oman’s economy. It includes reference to the growth rate; oil production; oil sales; government expenditure; inflation; banking; and Oman’s five-year plan
• The ‘Omanisation’ of the British Bank of the Middle East (BBME)
• A pamphlet introducing the Oman International Bank (OIB)
• Oman’s concern that the UK is considering linking North Sea oil prices to the spot market
• A conversation between Dr Stace Birks and R J Dalton, during which they discussed Omani society; Oman's economy; and the question of how can the Omani Civil Service be improved.

This file also includes photographs of the Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Saeed; the Chairman of the OIB Dr Omar Bin Abdulmunem Al Zawawi; and the Board of the OIB.