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- Title
Assessment of economic diversification in Saudi Arabia through nine development plans.
- Authors
Banafea, Waheed; Ibnrubbian, Abdullah
- Abstract
Abstract: This paper aims to assess the efforts of the Saudi government in diversifying its economy. A descriptive analysis was used to evaluate the efforts the Saudi government exerted to enhance economic diversification through nine development plans covering 45 years (from 1970 to 2014). Two measures of economic diversification were applied, instability of private gross domestic product (GDP) and its relation to oil price instability, and relative contribution of private and public sectors to GDP. The research concludes that Saudi government has succeeded in moving towards economic diversification in the last two development plans compared to the previous seven development plans, although the economic diversification was a slow‐paced process. The performance of the private sector is still low which calls for a prompt intervention from the Saudi government to improve the legislative environment, competition, and attracting big international companies to enter Saudi market and raise the level of efficiency of the private sector and achieve its main goal of being less dependent on oil sector and its revenue.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; ECONOMIC development; PORTFOLIO diversification; ECONOMIC development projects; GROSS domestic product; SAUDI Arabian politics &; government
- Publication
OPEC Energy Review, 2018, Vol 42, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1753-0229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/opec.12116