As the single largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa, and home to an estimated 16.1% of the world’s proven oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is a key player in the region and around the world. Since it was officially founded in September 1932, the Kingdom has poured its considerable resources into a series of large-scale...
Since Saudi Arabia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation in December 2005, the government has made significant progress towards developing and maintaining policies that favour an open legal and business environment amenable to foreign capital investment. Many of the Kingdom’s economic sectors have been opened to foreign investment such...
Although traditionally seen as a region of high carbon emissions, the Middle East is gradually taking steps toward change, pushing for greater use of renewable energy. Saudi Arabia is among those governments in the region that are setting ambitious targets for renewable energy use – in early 2012 the Kingdom, along with Kuwait, and Oman,...
In February 2012, for a brief moment, the eyes of the contemporary art world turned to Saudi Arabia. Seven years since its foundation, and after blockbuster exhibitions in London, Venice, Berlin, Istanbul and Dubai, Edge of Arabia, a Saudi-focused contemporary arts initiative, hosted its first exhibition in Jeddah.
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