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Doha 4th best GCC city to live in: Survey
Doha: For the first time ever, Doha has appeared in the Mercer global Quality of Living survey, which was released yesterday.Doha - which ranks 110 and is the fourth best city to live within the GCC region - is continuing to attract global attention and has been included in Mercer's quality of living report because of its increasing importance as a base for expatriates.
Elsewhere in the GCC, Dubai ranked 75 and Abu Dhabi took the 83rd spot in the list. Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively are the GCC's best quality of living cities.
Bassam Gazal who heads Mercer's survey practice across the Middle East, said: "Doha has become a centre of attraction for expatriates coming from different parts of the world. This is due to efforts exerted by the government to improve the quality of living in the city and turn it in to a city of choice."
Baghdad (221) remains at the bottom of the table, though its index score has increased slightly (from 14.4 to 14.7 in 2010). A lack of security and stability continue to have a negative impact on Baghdad's quality of living.
Mercer conducts the ranking to help governments and multi-national companies compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments. To ensure expatriates are compensated appropriately and an adequate hardship allowance is included in their benefits package, companies seek a clear picture of the quality of living in these cities.
The rankings are based on a point-scoring index. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, with an index score of 100. Mercer's Quality of Living index list was revised and now covers 221 cities compared to 215 last year, which means direct trend comparison will not be possible until 2011.
The new selection includes prominent capitals and other major cities from across the world in Mercer's database and better reflects where companies are sending their expatriate employees in the current business environment.
© The Peninsula 2010
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