Saudi Arabia - KAIA Desalination Project
The King Abdulaziz International Airport Desalination Project is International Finance Corporation's (IFC) first advisory project in the desalination sector. The airport is the main international...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - Hajj airport terminal
The millions of religious pilgrims who visit Makkah and Madinah every year will spend less time waiting in line and experience better quality services at the 'Hajj' Terminal at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz...
View ArticleArab development assistance : four decades of cooperation
This study provides an overview of Arab official development assistance (ODA) over the past four decades. Trends in volume, composition, and direction are discussed in chapter two and the...
View ArticleDoing business 2011 : Saudi Arabia - making a difference for entrepreneurs :...
Doing Business 2011: making a difference for entrepreneurs is the eighth in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing...
View ArticleEducation for employment : realizing Arab youth potential
This report aims to find a way forward. It shows that the private sector can be a powerful force for positive change by complementing public efforts to ensure that the region's youth gain the right...
View ArticleKingdom of Saudi Arabia - Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes...
Good corporate governance ensures that companies use their resources more efficiently, protects minority shareholders, leads to better decision making, and improves relations with workers, creditors,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - Madinah Airport
Madinah, Saudi Arabia, is a major destination point for pilgrims and a designated center for knowledge-based industry in the country. The Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, which...
View ArticleTrade at a glance
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a...
View ArticleFrom political to economic awakening in the Arab world : the path of economic...
The forces unleashed by the Arab political awakening have the power to be transformational. One critical parameter of success will be whether the Arab political awakening is accompanied by a...
View ArticleTrade at a glance
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a...
View ArticleEconomics of climate change in the Arab World
This Economics of Climate Change in the Arab World is presents detailed case studies on the impacts of climate change in the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen that were...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - Macro-fiscal context and health financing factsheet
This report gives 14 indicators that describe a country's macro fiscal environment to identify constraints or opportunities for health systems financing. A country with a 10 percent unemployment rate...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) core...
The present document is the assessment of the systemically important payment systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) based on the CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - Basel core principles for effective banking supervision :...
This assessment of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency's (SAMA) compliance with the basel committee's core principles for effective banking supervision was conducted by a mission to Saudi Arabia during...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia - International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)...
The regulatory framework for the securities market in Saudi Arabia has significantly developed since the enactment of legislation to regulate the capital markets. The Capital Market Authority (CMA)...
View ArticleNatural disasters in the Middle East and North Africa : a regional overview
Disasters are increasing worldwide, with more devastating effects than ever before. While the absolute number of disasters around the world has almost doubled since the 1980s, the average number of...
View ArticleDoing business 2014 : Saudi Arabia - understanding regulations for small and...
This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Saudi Arabia. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the...
View ArticleDoing business 2014 : Arab World
This regional profile presents the Doing Business indicators for economies in Arab World. It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator and data for the...
View ArticleDoing business 2014 : Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
This regional profile presents the Doing Business indicators for economies in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It also shows the regional average, the best performance globally for each indicator...
View ArticleDoing Business 2015 : going beyond efficiency - Saudi Arabia
This economy profile for Doing Business 2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Saudi Arabia. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies...
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