Higher education and technical and vocational training are still so far from the requirements of the labor market and specifically in the private sector.
In all countries there will always be drivers willing to violate the traffic laws, but the only way to control them is achieved through the reinforcement of the traffic patrols and raising fines for offenses and penalties that cannot be solved with money.
In a country with 185% mobile device penetration and some of the highest levels of Web usage in the world, how do Saudi officials deliver on the promise of eGovernment?
The Saudi private sector has benefited for several decades of government support through spending and lending, protection, and huge amounts of investment, at still the public sector is the main engine of employment.
Haifaa Al Mansour’s “Wadjda” – the first feature length film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and directed by a Saudi woman – has received critical acclaim and has even generated Oscar buzz as a possible nominee for best foreign language film
Saudi Arabia has moved a roughly $160 billion stake in its state oil giant Aramco into its main sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
