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Interviews & Viewpoints | Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Khalb, President, Saudi Ports Authority (SPA): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia enacts reforms to improve speed and ease of goods transport from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
A raft of reforms and digital transformation initiatives in Saudi Arabia have earned the country a place among the top-10 most improved global business climates in 2019, according to the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2020” report. The country’s new rank of 62nd out of 190 countries on the report’s ease of doing business rankings marked an...
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has cast a shadow of uncertainty over parts of the global transport sector – particularly aviation – beyond those immediate issues,...
Saudi Arabia’s decision to weaken the link between hydrocarbons and economic growth, and pursue a policy of diversification has seen a wide range of projects come to fruition in the last several years. While at present the Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented plunge in oil prices are causing significant short-term uncertainty, the reforms that have been put in place in recent years should stand the Kingdom in good stead over the longer term.
The global distribution of medical goods and foodstuffs has become the primary focus of efforts to keep essential supply chains open during the coronavirus pandemic.
Articles & Analysis | Infrastructure investment and vehicle-sharing platforms boost urban mobility from The Report: Qatar 2020
Around the globe the urban transportation sector is experiencing rapid expansion, driven by economic growth and a global demographic shift towards urbanisation. Politicians, urban planners and private sector actors are working together to find new solutions for reducing congestion and increasing the speed and efficiency of urban transport....