Analysis

VISION 2030

New KAPSARC Paper Examines Economic Diversification Under Saudi Vision 2030

• SUSTG Team
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• 4. 14. 2021

A new paper published by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Saudi Arabia examines the Kingdom's advances in economic diversification so far under Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 social and economic reform plans, launched in 2016.

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• Oil

  

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• Security

  

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• Tourism

  

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• Oil Markets

  

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• Oil

  

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