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Beyond Oil Economy
KSA
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Saudi Arabia’s economy is one of the largest in the world.
Saudi Arabian oil was first discovered in commercial quantities at DAMMAM
oil well No. 7 in 1938.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, and has one
quarter of the world’s known oil reserves – more than 260 billion barrels.
About 90 percent of government revenue deriving from oil.
Oil industry in KSA
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During the decade of 2003 to 2013, it almost doubled in size on the back of
a protracted oil boom.
Sustained Oil- based growth industry since last decades.
During 2003- 2013 long upturn, oil prices almost quadrupled from an annual
average of about $30 per barrel in 2003 to a sustained peak of about $110
in the period 2011 to 2013 before dropping back in 2014.
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Rise in prosperity over the past decade (an oil price from 2003 to 2013).
The world’s 19th-largest economy.
GDP doubled “Figure 1”
Household income rose by 75 percent. “figure 2”
6%Annual average GDP growth from 2003 to 2013 . “figure 3”
Education today accounts for about 25 percent of government spending,
and about 60 percent of each age cohort goes on to tertiary education, a
proportion similar to that in France and Germany.
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The number of physicians has almost doubled since 1990.
Infant mortality has dropped by two-thirds.
life expectancy in the Kingdom has risen by almost seven years to 76 years,
higher than in Hungary, Turkey, and China.
1.7 million jobs were created
Consider the world’s second-largest oil producer after the United States, and
that derives about 90 percent of its government revenue from oil.
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Saudi Arabia has a substantial number of social programs.
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What happen to Oil prices?
The prices of Oil extremely decreased internationally “2014-2015” !
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What to do ?
Diversity of national income.
Preparation and Coping .
Policies for transition
Transform the economy to become more sustainable and less oil-dependent.
to prevent economic difficulties- realize the potential of the non-oil economy
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Three important pillars for transformation:-
A more productive workforce with higher participation.
Economic reform
Sustainable fiscal management
All stakeholders, including the private sector, foreign investors, and households,
will need to be involved in this transformation
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Saudi Arabia’s intrinsic economic potential goes far beyond oil.
The Kingdom has an abundance of rich deposits of metals and minerals
including copper and gold that were first discovered some 3,000 years ago.
Red Sea beaches and archeological sites that could become domestic and
international tourist destinations
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It has a bubbling retail sector and a young middle class that is starting to
embrace e-commerce.
Concentration on the development of solar power
It has a big domestic market for manufactured consumer goods
including automobiles with next to no production or assembly of its
own.
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It is one of the world’s leading players in petrochemicals, a sector that is
attracting billions of dollars of investment by foreign companies, including
Royal Dutch Shell and China National Petroleum Corporation.
Eight sectors of the economy that could lead the way, helping to shift the
Kingdom’s economy from one that is driven by oil and public spending, to
a private-sector powerhouse .
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The sectors are Mining and Metals, Petrochemicals, Manufacturing, Retail
and Wholesale trade, Tourism and hospitality, Finance, Construction and
health care. “F-4”.
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The KSA has to confront the key external and internal challenges it faces .
Tapping into the massive potential of its economy, unleashing the private sector
to raise productivity.
Introducing a more market-oriented approach to fiscal management and
economic development.
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