My Vision: Challenges in the Race for Excellence is a unique book in which His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum -Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai- examines aspects of the UAE's development experience. This young country is making every effort to achieve excellence and upgrade its status from a regional economic centre into an international hub. It is striving to excel in services, tourism, the knowledge economy and creative human resources in order to reach its ambitious development goals. The book is composed of five parts; bearing the following headings: The Pulse of Development, The Elements of the Development Industry, Development for Survival, Excellence in Development, and The Road to the Future.