The credit rating agency said Saudi government’s ongoing structural economic, legal and social reforms to improve business environment in the country will begin to bear fruit by way of higher private sector investment growth
social reforms
Latest in social reforms
Business and the Law
How Saudi Arabia, UAE are levelling the field for women in business, society
World Bank report highlights progress made in the Gulf region following reforms aimed at embracing women’s role in society
Globalisation in Saudi
Video: How is globalisation in Saudi Arabia impacting its culture?
Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, celebrated Saudi Arabia’s 90th National Day on September 23, 2020 with Ana Mohafeth, a new campaign sparking conversation around the country.
Abu Dhabi
Video: Saudi’s Prince Turki talks Iran relations & G20 Presidency
Hundreds of high-level decision makers and industry trailblazers, spanning fields from economics and philanthropy to healthcare, attended the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa summit 2020 in Abu Dhabi.
Riyadh
How Saudi shops are relaxing rules on prayer-time closures
Move comes as Riyadh decreed that some businesses can stay open 24 hours a day for an unspecified fee
Male guardianship system
‘Empowering yet terrifying’: Saudi women receive first passports
Saudi Arabia began implementing the landmark reform on Tuesday
Male guardianship system
Saudi Arabia starts to lift travel restrictions on women
Passport department reveals applications from women over the age of 21
Male guardianship system
Video: Saudi Guardianship System – how will women’s participation in the workforce affect the economy?
Women over the age of 21 can now obtain passports and leave the country without the permission of their male guardian.
affordable housing
Saudi Arabia’s housing plan tests kingdom’s reform drive
Saudi Arabia wants to reduce the cost of an average home by 2020 to five times the average annual income, down from 10 times the yearly salary in 2015
Al Qassim Region
So how far-reaching are social reforms in Saudi Arabia?
Demographic statistics help to explain this quiet evolution in Qassim, the kingdom’s most conservative region
e-visas
Instant Saudi tourist visa offered to visitors to Jeddah
Tourist visas issued as part of inaugural Jeddah Season 2019
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Opinion: Is this Saudi Arabia’s Renaissance period?
A progressive development plan to diversify the kingdom’s economy is spurring new initiatives in arts and culture
diversify economy
Saudi Crown Prince to launch $425 billion infrastructure plan
The kingdom could sign about 70 deals worth more than $54bn as it diversified economy away from oil sales to build new industries
Alawwal Bank
Saudi Arabia’s Alawwal Bank, SABB merger “on track” for H1 completion
The merger will create the kingdom’s third largest bank
divorce decree
Saudi women to start receiving divorce notice by text message
Currently, some men register divorce deeds at the courts without even telling their wives
Adwa al-Arifi
Saudi Arabia’s Football Federation appoints first women board members
Saudi Arabia’s Football Federation appointed Adwa al-Arifi and Reham Al-Onaizan and the new president is Qusay bin Abdulaziz al-Fawaz
Eng Nasser Al-Nasser
STC working to rapidly increase number of female workers
Saudi Arabia’s largest telecom company is tapping into a growing reservoir of female talent to propel it to growth
