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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mazen Batterjee, Vice-Chairman, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Articles & Analysis | Refreshing efforts: Improving desalination technology to meet water demand from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
With little rainfall, scarce and depleting groundwater and high consumption per capita (see overview), Saudi Arabia is heavily reliant on desalination for water provision. As a consequence, the Kingdom is now the largest producer of desalinated water in the world and is investing heavily in new plants to keep up with demand,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Hani Mohammed Aburas, Mayor of Jeddah from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
What are the municipality’s priorities for addressing the issues of illegal settlements in Jeddah?
Articles & Analysis | Digging deeper and deeper: Offshore blocks continue to be a significant part of exploratory efforts from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
Despite possessing some of the largest crude reserves in the world, retaining the crown as the world’s preeminent oil exporter is not always easy. As the Kingdom’s own domestic consumption constitutes an ever-larger portion of its national crude output, the country’s oil producers are becoming involved in a continuous search for...
Articles & Analysis | Projects ahead: New initiatives and privatisation aim to create competition from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
While Saudi Electric Company (SEC) remains majority state-owned, several initiatives are under way to bring private investment into the sector. Investment is already flowing in the form of independent power projects (IPPs), with some already up and running, and other major projects in the pipeline for the near future. The...
Articles & Analysis | Starting small: Small business is central to diversifying the domestic economy from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2013
A key component of Saudi Arabia’s continued economic diversification strategy calls for strengthening the role of the most prolific segment of the private sector – small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Already growing at a healthy rate, SMEs can provide valuable employment opportunities for a rapidly growing and young...