" Every society has its visionaries: Qatar is no exception. The current economic expansion, driven by the policies of HH the Emir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, is evidence of how a well coordinated, planned social policy can change a nation and shape manifest destiny over a remarkably short period. But the physical changes in infrastructure – new highways, tall buildings, green parks and teeming shopping centers rising out of endless wasteland are only the tangible result of such visionary change; sustaining the momentum started by the dream that built them is often much more difficult and complex. "