Analysis

SAUDI AVIATION

Surge in Flights from Saudi Airports as Kingdom’s Aviation Sector Booms

• Lucien Zeigler
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• 3. 15. 2016

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is scheduled to proceed with privatization plans as of the first quarter this year.

• Construction

  

  Construction Payment Delays Draw International Attention, Report Says

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 8. 2016

  Foreign governments are pressing both government authorities and company executives in Saudi Arabia “to ensure that local construction firms make delayed salary payments to thousands of workers, a sign of pressure on the kingdom’s economy due to low oil prices,” according to a Reuters report.

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  Saudi Arabia Eyes Privatization of Power, Opening Opportunities for International Power Companies

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 4. 2016

• 2016 U.S. Elections

  

  More than 50 Members of U.S. GOP ‘Foreign Policy Community’ Write Open Letter Calling Donald Trump Unfit for Office

  Lucien Zeigler and Richard Wilson  |  3. 3. 2016

  An open letter signed by over 50 members of the Republican foreign policy community, including former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has called Donald Trump unfit for office.

• Labor

  

  Nitaqat Effort Suffers Setback: 2015 was the ’Slowest Annual Increase on Record for Saudi Net Employment’ as Most New Jobs Still Going to Non-Saudis


  SUSTG Team  |  3. 1. 2016

  A recently released Jadwa Investment report on Saudi Arabia’s labor market found little headway being made in Saudi Arabia’s goal of increasing employment of Saudis. 


• Housing in Saudi Arabia

  

  Saudi Central Bank Announces an ‘Affordable Mortgage’ Program Intended to Boost Housing Sector

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 29. 2016

  The new rate of 15% advance payment is half of the previous requirement of 30% introduced 15 months ago.

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  ‘Saudi Student Boom’ for U.S. Colleges and Universities may be Slowing as Scholarship Program Evolves

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 25. 2016

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  State Department Approves $200m Services Contract Request from Saudi Arabia which will ‘Increase U.S. – Saudi Arabia Military Interoperability’

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 19. 2016

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  Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen Could Put Pressure on Future European Arms Deals

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 17. 2016

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  Popular King Abdullah Scholarship Program Reported to have New Restrictions along with Reduced Budget

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 10. 2016

  Founded in 2005 and one of the late King Abdullah's legacy programs, the scholarship fund has covered full tuition, medical insurance, a monthly stipend for living expenses, and an annual round-trip airfare for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students.