To what extent have the measures put in place by the ministry alongside the private sector to encourage sustainable job growth been successful?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mofarrej Al Haqbani, Minister of Labour: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Articles & Analysis | Drivers and change in GCC-Africa investment from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
The push amongst GCC states to invest in Africa came about in earnest following the 2007-08 global food price crisis, and in those days targeted agricultural land and strategic commodity production. Agribusiness, sovereign wealth funds and other agri-investment vehicles were the main players at the time. Primarily state-led, the investments at...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's low debt and ample fiscal reserves provide insulation from market forces from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
The drop in oil prices that began in the second half of 2014 has raised questions about how oil-dependent economies like Russia, Nigeria and Venezuela would cope. However, in the case of Saudi Arabia, large fiscal reserves and low levels of debt have enabled the Kingdom to avert the sort of crisis triggered by oil shocks in the past. The Saudi...
Chapter | Table of Contents from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
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Chapter | Alternative Investments from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
A growing role for the private sector has brought greater investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia, with both domestic and international players taking a greater interest in the local market. With the stock exchange opening its doors to foreign investors and a recovery in the number of IPOs, significant capital inflows are expected in the short to medium term. A number of corporate and private...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
In June 2015, Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange entered a new era by opening to foreign participation, an event that has one of the most keenly anticipated financial events in the region. Yet this is only the latest step in a longer process of market reform that has seen the exchange evolve from a single-product market to an increasingly diverse investment platform. With a raft of regulatory...