Abbreviations

BOT

Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) agreements

CEO

chief executive officer

CSR

corporate social responsibility

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

GDP

gross domestic product

GFOW

General Federation of Oman Workers – sometimes General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU)

GPE

Global Political Economy

FDI

foreign direct investment

FTA

free trade agreement

FYP

five-year plan

ICV

in-country value

IFIs

international financial institutions

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IOR

India Office Records

IPC

Iraq Petroleum Company

IPE

International Political Economy

IR

International Relations

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

LCC

local community contractors

MAN

Movement of Arab Nationalists

MENA

Middle East North Africa

MNC

multinational company

MoM

Ministry of Manpower (renamed Ministry of Labour in 2020)

NCSI

National Centre for Statistics and Information

NOC

no-objection certificate

NSA

National Survey Authority

OMR

Omani Rial

OU

Oman Union

PDO

Petroleum Development Oman (PD(O) until May 1980)

PFLOAG

Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

PPP

public–private partnership

PRO

public relations officer

SDGs

sustainable development goals

SEZ

Special Economic Zone

SEZAD

Special Economic Zone Authority of Duqm

SME

small- and medium-sized enterprise

SOE

state-owned enterprise

USD

US dollars

VAT

value-added tax

WTO

World Trade Organisation