The Jebel Ali port in Dubai boasts of being the largest man-made harbour in the world.

迪拜的杰贝阿里港自诩为世上最大的人工港。

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Take the free zone at Jebel Ali, a deep port in Dubai established in 1985 and widely considered to be among the most successful.

迪拜深水港杰贝阿里的自由区于1985年建成，被普遍认为是中东北非最成功的自由区之一。

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Competition from new ports, such as Oman's Salalah, has not stopped growth at Jebel Ali, the Dubai container terminal and free zone that all the others have copied.

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Dubai had another presence on the floor, at the Sands Convention Center, where the Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and Dubai's Internet City banded together to promote Dubai as a business haven.

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Outside of oil and gas projects and a few specific infrastructure projects (ports like Jebel Ali and airports like Dubai), far less real economic development has happened in the oil-rich parts of the Arab world than would be expected based on their great endowment of human and natural resources.

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