Analysis

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
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• 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.

• Jadwa Investment

  

  Little Upside in Latest Jadwa Saudi Chartbook

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 2. 2016

  Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment’s latest monthly chartbook overviewing the Saudi economy contains mostly negative economic data on consumer spending, activity, government accounts, and inflation.

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  With affordable housing in short supply, new JV set to provide mortgage loans to low and middle-income Saudis

  Lucien Zeigler  |  1. 29. 2016

  A new joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) has received approval to provide loans to low and middle-income Saudis, in what could be a much-needed boost for access to mortgages in the Kingdom.

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  U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Council of Saudi Chambers Kick-off U.S.-Saudi Arabia CEO Summit

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 25. 2016

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  FM Al-Jubeir: Most Effective Way to Solve Regional Crises ‘Through our close partnership and alliance with the United States of America’

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 15. 2016

  “[W]e’re going to be continuing our conversation. And we agree – first of all, the alliance, the friendship between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains a linchpin of our efforts in the region; it’s important."