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Published Date: 12 June 2021

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Saudi Arabia

Key Figures

Capital: Riyadh

Population: 34,268,528

GDP per Capita (PPP): $49,040

GNI per Capita (PPP): $49,520

Source: 2019, World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia - Santandertrade.com

Foreign trade figures of Saudi Arabia - Economic and Political Overview - Lloyds Bank International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Saudi Arabia - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Saudi Arabia | Data (worldbank.org)

Saudi Arabia and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Saudi Arabia - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Saudi Arabia country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Consumer use of mobile banking (M-Banking) in Saudi Arabia: Towards an integrated model - ScienceDirect

Economies | Free Full-Text | The Impacts of Domestic and Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia (mdpi.com)

Does Saudi Arabia’s economy benefit from foreign investments? | Emerald Insight

Foreign direct investment determinants in an oil abundant host country: Short and long-run approach for Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

Determinants of environmental sustainability: Evidence from Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

The Interaction of Pharmaceutical Regulations in Saudi Arabia With the Presence of FDI: Facilitating FDI in Saudi Pharmaceutical Industry: Business & Management Book Chapter | IGI Global (igi-global.com)

Do Oil Rents Deter Foreign Direct Investment? The Case of Saudi Arabia - ProQuest

An analytical study of the determinants of foreign investment in Saudi Arabia" Saudi Vision 2030"

The relationship between the GDP, FDI, and non-oil exports in the Saudi economy - 1970-2019: Evidence from (VECM) and (ARDL) assessment - according to Vision 2030 | FADOL | Turkish Economic Review (kspjournals.org)

Sectoral Banking Credit Facilities and Non-Oil Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia: Application of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) -The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business | Korea Science

Non-oil economic transition for economic and environmental sustainability in Saudi Arabia: a multi-factor analysis under fuzzy environment | SpringerLink

The role of non-oil exports, tourism and renewable energy to achieve sustainable economic growth: What we learn from the experience of Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

Oil and Non-oil Export and its Impact on Economic Performance in Saudi Arabia

A New Decision-Making Approach for Riyadh makes up 50 percent of the non-oil economy of Saudi Arabia

DO NON-OIL EXPORTS FACILITATE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SAUDI ARABIA? - ProQuest

Oil sector and CO 2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: asymmetry analysis | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (nature.com)

Preparing for the new oil order? Saudi Arabia and Russia - ScienceDirect

Does geopolitical risk strengthen or depress oil prices and financial liquidity? Evidence from Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

Transformation from an Oil-based Economy to a Knowledge-based Economy in Saudi Arabia: the Direction of Saudi Vision 2030 | SpringerLink

Urbanization, Oil Price and Pollution in Saudi Arabia - ProQuest

OPEC, Saudi Arabia, and the shale revolution: Insights from equilibrium modelling and oil politics - ScienceDirect

Oil price collapse and challenges to economic transformation of Saudi Arabia: A time-series analysis - ScienceDirect

The financial determinants of corporate cash holdings in an oil rich country: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

Assessment of economic diversification in Saudi Arabia through nine development plans - Banafea - 2018 - OPEC Energy Review - Wiley Online Library

Optimizing coffee cultivation and its impact on economic growth and export earnings of the producing countries: The case of Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

Food safety governance in Saudi Arabia: Challenges in control of imported food - Alrobaish - 2021 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library

Solar energy export prospects of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy: Vol 11, No 4 (scitation.org)

Full article: Manufactured goods’ export diversification in Saudi Arabia: A spatial panel approach (tandfonline.com)

Estimating Virtual Water Trade in Crops for Saudi Arabia by Yosef Alamri, Michael R. Reed :: SSRN

Assessing energy policy instruments: LNG imports into Saudi Arabia - ScienceDirect

India's Commodity Trade with Saudi Arabia: A Panel Data Approach-Indian Journals

Determinants of Entry Modes Choice for MNEs: Exploring Major Challenges and Implications for Saudi Arabia | SpringerLink

The Endless Challenges of KIA Motors for Globalization : A Case Study on Kia in Saudi Arabia -The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business | Korea Science

BOOK REVIEW-Bruce Riedel, Kings and Presidents. Saudi-Arabia and the United States Since FDR (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

RT speaks to Saudi Arabia’s UN representative with country reportedly poised to re-engage with Syria - YouTube

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi | DW Documentary - YouTube

Saudi Women: Reform or Repression? | Al Jazeera World - YouTube

Allies or enemies? Why the US won't stop supporting Saudi Arabia | UNPACKED - YouTube

Saudi Arabia retaliates after Houthi attack on energy facilities - YouTube

Saudi Arabia announces ceasefire deal in Yemen, Houthis rebuff it - YouTube

Yemen: Houthi rebel drone kills several at Saudi coalition military parade - YouTube

Saudi coalition shoots down Houthi ballistic missiles and drones - YouTube

House of Saud: The meteoric rise of Mohammed bin Salman - YouTube

Saudi Arabia & Iran’s cold war| Start Here - YouTube

Inside Saudi Arabia's gilded prison at Riyadh Ritz-Carlton - BBC News - YouTube

Saudi Women, Unveiled - YouTube

History

A History of Saudi Arabia - Madawi al-Rasheed - Google Books

The History of Saudi Arabia - Alexei Vassiliev - Google Books

Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security - Nadav Safran - Google Books

Era of Discovery - documentary about the early history of Saudi Aramco(1984) - YouTube

The History of Saudi Arabia - Alexei Vassiliev - Google Books

Other Issues

Aramco, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. A Study of the Dynamics of Foreign Oil Policy, 1933-1950 (degruyter.com)

Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City - YouTube

Why Saudi Arabia is building a 170km line city through the desert | FT - YouTube

Saudi Aramco: The Company and the State - YouTube

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