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Top 9 Development economics organizations based in the United Arab Emirates

RevenueBase identified 39 development economics organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 408 professional contacts across them, including 93 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.

This list covers development economics organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
39Companies
408Contacts tracked
93Verified emails
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The 9 largest development economics organizations based in the United Arab Emirates

Ranked by team size
Top 9 of 39 development economics organizations based in the United Arab Emirates, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to development economics organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), established July 15, 1971, is an autonomous national entity affiliated with Abu Dhabi government.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AIM Congress is an Initiative of the AIM Global Foundation, an Independent International Organization fully committed to empowering the World’s Economy by boosting effective…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The World Green Economy Organization (WGEO) emerged in response to the priorities and concerns identified from Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceCorniche, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“After working for ADIA and ADNOC for several years, Abdulla J.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Globesight is a leading strategy advisory firm and partner for institutions seeking to scale development impact in the Global South, with a primary focus on the Middle East, South…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help businesses in emerging markets to find sustainable and practical solutions to their challenges, we leverage the collective experience of our teams to make the world a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Strong evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-108 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kent Consulting & Events is a boutique Economic Development Consultancy based in the UAE.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to CONFIDE, where we empower governments and institutions to succeed through sound and results-oriented policies and strategies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Strong evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since 2017, GDAC has been promoting sustainable economic development and capacity-building in complex and remote African regions through investments in the aviation…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Development economics organizations based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
22.8%Verified-email coverage
10.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
48.7%Largest-city concentration · Dubai
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
17
11-50
15
51-200
3
201-500
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 39 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among development economics organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “development economics organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names development economics organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among development economics organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 93 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names development economics organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many development economics organizations are there based in the United Arab Emirates?

RevenueBase identified 39 development economics organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

ABU Dhabi Fund For Development, headquartered in Abu, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most development economics organizations?

Dubai leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (8) and Dhabi (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 93 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 39 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.