What challenges are associated with measuring the progress of Vision 2030?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Husameddin Al Madani, Former Director-General, National Centre for Performance Measurement: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Interviews & Viewpoints | Turki Al Hokail, CEO and Board Member, National Centre for Privatisation (NCP): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
What are the aims of the Kingdom’s privatisation programme, and how can it assist in diversification?
Articles & Analysis | Global migration patterns changing as a result of growing anti-migration sentiment from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
As the world’s nations and businesses become increasingly interconnected, so too does the flow of global migration. According to the OECD’s “International Migration Outlook 2018”, in 2017 some 258m people resided in a country other than the one they were born in and more than 5m foreign-born persons settled in OECD countries. The flow of...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's draft public-private partnership law could boost economic activity by addressing key investor considerations from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
While firming oil prices have allowed Saudi Arabia to boost state spending, energise the economy and narrow the fiscal deficit in 2018, the Kingdom’s longterm strategy is built on driving growth through private sector activity rather than the public purse. Attracting sufficient levels of investment to bring about this change in economic model...
Articles & Analysis | Record public spending in Saudi Arabia expected in 2019, along with continued support for the private sector from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Saudi Arabia’s budget for 2019 set a record-high expenditure level of SR1.11trn ($295.9bn), a rise of SR76bn ($20.3bn) over the previous year. The expansionary stance means the government is able to boost its current spending, which rose by 4% to SR860bn ($229.3bn), and thereby maintain its commitment to education, health care and social...
Articles & Analysis | Regional integration among emerging economies and new multilateral agreements bolster international trade from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Global trade faces protectionist headwinds that are dampening the outlook for growth in the coming years. According to the World Trade Organisation, trade volumes grew by 4.7% in 2017 and are expected to have moderated slightly to 4.4% in 2018 and dip to 4% in 2019. Although this means growth will fall below the 4.8% average recorded since...