Analysis

SAMA ANNUAL REPORT

Saudi GDP to Grow at 1.8%, Central Bank Says in Annual Report

• SUSTG Team
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• 11. 14. 2016

The figure is higher than the IMF forecast of 1.2%.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  Saudi King Salman Congratulates Trump

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 9. 2016

  Saudi King Salman on Wednesday congratulated Republican Donald Trump on winning the US presidency.

• Saudi Austerity

  

  CEDA Cancels $267 Billion in Projects

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 8. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's powerful Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) has cancelled projects valued at up to 1 trillion Saudi riyals ($266.7 billion).

• Saudi-Egypt

  

  Halt in Saudi Oil Shipments to Egypt Latest Indication of Worsening Relations

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 7. 2016

  State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco halted shipments of oil products to Egypt indefinitely, the latest indication that Egypt-Saudi relations are worsening since a visit by Saudi Arabia's King Salman to the country in March.

• Real Estate Investment

  

  Saudi CMA Approves Rules for Exchange-Listed Real Estate Funds

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 31. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's capital markets regulator approved rules for exchange-listed real estate funds on Sunday, as part of efforts to ramp up investment in the kingdom's housing market.

• Housing and Real Estate

  

  Will Saudi Spending Cutbacks Slow the Kingdom’s Push for Middle Class Home Ownership?

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 26. 2016

  Saudi Arabia’s state spending cuts will pressure people's ability to buy their own homes and could push housing prices in some segments down by nearly a third, according to a report in Reuters.

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  Saudi Arabia combats desertification while also reforesting coasts

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 24. 2024

  The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) of Saudi Arabia was established in 2014 by the Council of Ministers to manage and invest in the country's vegetation cover and combat desertification.

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  Gidori, a New Private Golf-Focused Community and Destination at NEOM, Announced with A Focus on Lush Landscaping

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 11. 2024

  The Board of Directors of NEOM has announced Gidori – an exclusive private golf community set amidst the breathtaking coastal hills of the Gulf of Aqaba – as the latest addition to NEOM, the evolving regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, according to a press release.

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  Israel, Gaza, and a region with shifting power dynamics with columnist Hussein Ibish

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 4. 2024

  In Episode 125, the hosts welcome veteran columnist and analyst Hussein Ibish onto The 966 for his third appearance on the program to unpack the implications of Israel's brutal war in Gaza and the shifting regional and global power dynamics since October 7th.

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  Dr. Basma Al-Buhairan, from Saudi Arabia’s C4IR and the Saudi RDIA, talks tech development, transformation in KSA with The 966

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 15. 2023

  In Episode 115, The 966 hosts are back in their normal seats and with a special guest, Dr. Basma Al-Buhairan, Managing Director for the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), who joins The 966 to talk about tech adoption and the Center's role in enabling Vision 2030's success.