Oil production plays a central role in the economies of the Gulf Arab states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates) and has transformed them into high-income countries that are integrated into global energy markets. Hydrocarbon revenues finance their welfare systems, infrastructure, and public sectors. Such revenues thereby reduce these countriesā reliance on domestic taxation.
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