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Saudi Arabia aims to reduce the growth of its energy demand. This paper outlines an approach that could help the country to reduce substantively its current fuel consumption and could result in a net economic gain without increasing current end consumer prices and...Read More

It is one of the less exciting insights of political science that institutional and political fragmentation make swift and coherent economic decision-making difficult (Chibber, 2002, 2004; Haggard/Kaufman, 1995; Tsebelis, 2002). While the present article generally...Read More

This country market study of Saudi Arabia examines the trade flows between South Africa (SA) and Saudi Arabia. The major objective of the study is to identify agricultural products that have the potential to be exported to Saudi Arabia. Read More

During the past four decades the financial system in Saudi Arabia went through tremendous changes and the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of this change and development on the growth and development of the economy. Read More

Saudi economy, Saudi banking sector, peer group comparison, Saudi banking sector outlook, evaluation and recommendation. Read More

This note was prepared for the BIS Meeting of Deputy Governors of Emerging Market Economies held in Basel from 28 to 29 January 2010. It captures the experience of the Saudi Arabian banking system during the global financial crisis, which has ravaged the global...Read More

This paper on Saudi Arabia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed in September 2011. Read More

Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business...Read More

This guide provides an overview of the legal system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the principal legal factors to be considered when doing business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read More

Whether government spending can boost the pace of economic growth is widely debated. In the neoclassical growth model, it is supplies of productive resources and productivity that determine growth in the long-run. In endogenous growth models, an increase in government...Read More