The UAE’s strategy based on diversification and high technology is sustaining economic growth. While other oil-producing countries are struggling to cope with the fall in oil prices, investments in diversification over the course of the past four decades have cushioned the United Arab Emirates from the worst of the fallout. Decisions made by the UAE leadership to use hydrocarbon revenues to develop new, high technology sectors have successfully positioned the country as the most resilient, diversified and innovative economy in the region.