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Interviews & Viewpoints | Khaled Al Aboodi, CEO, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ibrahim Al Omar, Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia updates laws to strengthen trade environment from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Increasing Saudi Arabia’s attractiveness as an investment destination is a broad effort, involving a number of government entities and alterations to the regulatory frameworks. Almost all of the ministry-level strategies found in the National Transformation Programme (NTP) 2020 have a bearing on the issue of investment, and their success will...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Saleh Al Solami, Secretary General, Saudi Exports Development Authority: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Articles & Analysis | The GCC’s first parallel equity market to support business growth from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
On February 26, 2017 Saudi Arabia became the first country in the Gulf region to launch a parallel equity market – Nomu, named after the Arabic word for “growth”. The new exchange is expected to attract small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and support their growth. It could be a game-changer both for budding regional businesses and...
Articles & Analysis | Lower oil prices help increase Saudiisation rates from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
In the third quarter of 2017, 13.76m people were registered as working in the Kingdom, according to the General Authority for Statistics, with Saudi citizens making up just over 3m of the total. Foreign nationals have accounted for the bulk of the workforce for decades, and can be found in all strata of the economy, from CEOs and white-collar...