Gurrib, Ikhlaas2020-02-232020-02-2320162015Gurrib, I. (2015). The relationship between the inequality-adjusted human development index and the corruption perceptions index in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) major economies. The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22201-1_4978-3-319-22200-4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22201-1_4http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/148This book chapter is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this book chapter is The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking (2016), available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22201-1_4While developed countries such as the USA will always retain the headlines, emerging markets have recently gathered attention, with countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) showing suppleness as a leader in carrying business, in an ever attractive environment full of economic activity and investment opportunities. International Competitiveness Reports speak highly of those prominent economies, not because of their oil riches and nonexisting tax schemes, but for exercising international standards set in the countries’ visions. Continuous efforts in building the economy has resulted in the UAE to be among the highest ranked globally. The World Economic Forum studied 144 countries in their World Competitiveness Index 2014-2015 report and ranked UAE sixth in terms of quality higher education and training and third globally in terms of infrastructure (World Economic Forum 2015). © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.enPermission to reuse the abstract has been secured from Springer International Publishing.Book chapterCopyright : 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland