Analysis

NUCLEAR POWER

Saudi Arabia Takes Significant Step Toward Formal Tender for Peaceful Nuclear Power Plants

• SUSTG Team
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• 10. 31. 2017

Saudi Arabia has sent a request for information (RFI) to international suppliers to build two nuclear power plants, a first step towards a formal tender, three sources told Reuters.

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  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Makes Rare Public Speaking Appearance at Conference in Riyadh, Announces New Megacity

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 24. 2017

• Public Investment Fund

  

  Keeping Track of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s Expanding Footprint

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 19. 2017

  Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has created a handful of new companies in several sectors in the Kingdom while investing in many others, injecting capital and a new competitor in the housing, energy, waste and recycling, tourism, transportation sectors and more.

• Social Reform

  

  Goldman Sachs Head Lloyd Blankfein Visits Saudi Arabia, Calls Changes in Kingdom ‘Striking’

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 29. 2017

  "Just back from Saudi Arabia. Social and economic change is striking. Long way to go but new generation is 'driving' reform," Blankfein said.

• Women's Rights

  

  With Historic Decree on Saudi Women Driving, An Economic and Social Game-Changer

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 27. 2017

  Saudi women and champions of equal rights around the world embraced a decision by Saudi Arabia's King Salman to allow women to drive for the first time, a landmark royal decree that will change the Kingdom's economy and society in countless ways.

• Vision 2030

  

  ‘NTP 2.0’ Keeps Key Policies and Privatization Plans in Place, Report Says

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 8. 2017

  Revision to Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Plan (NTP), dubbed 'NTP 2.0' that was released a year ago will keep key policies of fiscal reforms and a massive privatization program in place, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

• Eid Al-Adha

  

  Eid Mubarak from the SUSTG Team

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 1. 2017

  The SUSTG team wishes our readers and Muslims around the world a happy and blessed Eid season.

• Hajj 2017

  

  With Hajj Beginning on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia Welcomes Millions from 178 Countries

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 28. 2017

  Saudi Arabia is making final preparations and welcoming millions of pilgrims into its borders for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which begins Wednesday and lasts until September 4.

• Saudi-China

  

  Looking East, Saudi Arabia Plans $20b Investment Fund with China, Al-Falih Says

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 24. 2017

  Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said that the Kingdom and China plan to establish and operate jointly a $20 billion investment fund, sharing costs and profits on a 50:50 basis, according to a Reuters report based on comments from the minister.

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  Kushner Flies to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 23. 2017