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Is the Saudi Arabian Economy Productive?
Over the past few years, key macroeconomic indicators point to remarkable breakthroughs by the Saudi Arabian economy. The Kingdom’s economy maintained high GDP growth rates, a budget surplus, growth in the Kingdom’s current account, all while the ratio of public debt to GDP remained minimal. Saudi Arabia’s inflation rate remained low amidst a large influx […]
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Is Saudi Arabia Too Dependent on Management Consultants and Think Tanks?
During the past ten years, major think tanks and global management consulting firms came to different government agencies and ministries in Saudi Arabia to provide them with recommendations and plans in return for huge wages – in the millions of Riyals. This makes me wonder whether these governmental bodies and ministries are managed by those […]
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The 10 Best SPA Photos This Month – January 2014 Edition
For those that follow Saudi news closely, the state-run Saudi Press Agency is a valuable resource. Similar to the press offices of U.S. and other government offices and ministries around the world, the SPA is updated daily, and features local, national and international news from the official feed on its website in Arabic and English. […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Non-Oil Export Figures are Just Numbers on Paper
During the past few weeks, we have heard in statements from Saudi officials that Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports are increasing. In 2013 alone, the value of Saudi oil exports increased by 6.7%, while non-oil exports increased by 2.4%. From 2003 to 2012, total non-oil exports increased from SAR 350 billion to 1.4 trillion.
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Opinion: Comprehensive Reform of the Labor Market in Saudi Arabia
Besides energy subsidies and the future of energy consumption at the local level, the labor market is considered one of the key variables with respect to the economic future of the kingdom. The labor market should be an integral part of the thinking of government officials when planning at all levels, without exception. The Ministry of […]
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The Reliable Supplier: Saudi Economy Expert Explains Why the Shale Boom in the United States is Actually a Good Thing for Riyadh
In a recent article for Foreign Affairs magazine, Saudi economy expert and investment banker Dr. John Sfakianakis writes that while it may be easy to think that the shale boom in the United States is threatening to the world’s largest oil producer in Saudi Arabia, there are several reasons that more production from the United […]
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This Cool Timelapse Video of Saudi Arabia’s Capital, Riyadh Shows an Amazing Sunset (and Terrible Traffic) [VIDEO]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, is a rapidly growing metropolis – one that has benefitted greatly from soaring governmental spending on infrastructure and development. While in Riyadh last month, SUSTG created an HD time lapse video from the roof of the Council of Saudi Chambers building, looking down King Fahd road toward Riyadh’s iconic Kingdom […]
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Saudi Arabia in 2013: 25 Events That Changed the Kingdom
2013 was an eventful year for Saudi Arabia – an oasis of relative calm in an otherwise stormy Middle East region. The year saw a more assertive Saudi foreign policy, incremental advances in women’s rights, and the enforcement of controversial government policies aimed at putting Saudis back to work. It was also a year of […]
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Several Prominent Saudi Voices Continue to Express Discontent with Western Policies toward Iran, Syria
In a hard-hitting New York Times op-ed, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud wrote that while the Western-Saudi relationship friendship has lasted for decades, Saudi Arabia will pursue its own interests in the Middle East, even if they diverge from those of the Western powers.
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Walid Abukhaled to Head Northrop Grumman KSA
Deputy Minister for Industrial Affairs at the Saudi Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Walid Abukhaled, has been selected by Northrop Grumman to head its Saudi Arabia operations, the company said in a press release today. H.E. Mr. Abukhaled, who spoke in September at the 2013 U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California, was former […]
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Jordan’s Stability in Spotlight Following Iran’s Attack on Israel
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and the prospect of escalating hostilities has threatened to embroil Jordan, a key Western ally and a country regarded by Gulf states as pivotal to their own security. When the Islamic Republic fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday night, Jordan helped shoot down some that flew over its capital Amman, with Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi saying the kingdom saw the projectiles as posing “a real danger” to its territory.
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Saudi’s ROSHN signs $57.3 Million agreement with Dar Al Arkan
ROSHN Group, Saudi Arabia signed a partnership agreement with developer, Dar Al Arkan for the development of residential villas in Phase 1A, SEDRA Community. The value of the agreement is SAR 215 million. The deal comes as part of the group’s efforts to further strengthen its leadership in the Kingdom’s real estate market by expanding its strategic partnerships with best-in-class entities.
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Saudi Arabia: Certain Foreign National Classifications Relaxed Under the Nitaqat Program April 15, 2024 insight-news-default
Foreign investors who are owners of private companies will be counted as Saudi nationals under the program at the rate of one foreign investor to one Saudi national. Previously, they were counted as foreign nationals. Furthermore, the MHRSD announced that other foreign nationals will be factored into Saudization percentages at lower ratios.
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Sources deny Saudi Arabia’s participation in intercepting Iranian attacks on Israel
Informed sources denied to Al Arabiya on Monday Saudi Arabia’s participation in intercepting Iranian drones during its attack on Israel on Saturday. Israeli news websites had published statements attributed to an official Saudi website stating that the Kingdom participated in the recent defense coalition that confronted the Iranian attacks. “There is no official website that published a statement about Saudi participation in intercepting attacks against Israel,” the sources told Al Arabiya.
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Donors, including Saudi Arabia, raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war
"I hope the money raised today is translated into aid that reaches people in need," said Abdullah Al Rabeeah, head of Saudi Arabia's KSRelief. On Friday, Sudan's army-aligned foreign ministry protested that it had not been invited to the conference. "We must remind the organisers that the international guardianship system has been abolished for decades," it said in a statement.
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China’s energy trade with Middle East set to surge since Beijing brokered last year’s Iran-Saudi deal, UBS says
Energy-related trade between China and the Middle East is likely to increase significantly and reshape the sector globally in the wake of the Saudi-Iran peace deal brokered by China last year, according to Swiss bank UBS.By 2030 trade between the two will have risen by US$423 billion annually, with renewables and petrochemicals accounting for US$77 billion and US$325 billion, respectively, according to Ken Liu, head of China and Hong Kong renewables, utilities and energy research at UBS Investment Bank.
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Inside The Rig: Saudi Arabia’s offshore theme park that plans to draw one million visitors
The Rig, the world’s first tourism destination on a former offshore oil platform, will be capable of hosting up to 10,000 visitors, its chief executive has said.
The adventure tourism megaproject, with 300,000 square metres of gross floor area, will have 70 attractions, 800 hotel rooms and 11 restaurants across four areas.
Divided into four rigs, the theme park 40km off Saudi Arabia’s east coast, near the Berri oilfield and Al Juraid Island, aims to attract one million visitors a year, Raed Bakhrji, chief executive of The Rig told The National.
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Alternative Work Models key to empowering Saudi Women’s return to the workplace, latest PwC Middle East survey finds
The report surveyed more than 1,200 women in countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Oman and features critical perspectives from leading regional CEOs. Key findings of the survey have also indicated that 52% of Saudi women have had their resumes rejected due to gaps in their careers, while more than 83% of Saudi women consider returnship programmes that offer a structured pathway for re-entry, including training and tailored support, to be essential for their successful reintegration into the workforce.
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Saudi foreign reserve assets climb to SAR 1.7T in March
Saudi Arabia's international reserve assets rose by SAR 88.2 billion, or 5%, month-on-month (MoM) to SAR 1.70 trillion in March, according to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). On a yearly basis, the Kingdom’s foreign reserve assets grew 4%, or SAR 62.4 billion.
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Why we can shoot down Iranian drones over Israel but not Ukraine
On Monday, reporters asked White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby why the United States and allies had shot down Iranian drones over Israel but not Ukraine. “Two different conflicts, different airspace, different threat picture. And the President has been clear since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine that the United States is not going to be involved in that, that conflict in a combat role,” Kirby said. He noted that the U.S. had provided air-defense systems to Ukraine until Congress halted aid.
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