Analysis

• EDUCATION

  

  Why Technical and Vocational Training is an Urgent Need for Saudi Arabia’s Future

  John Sfakianakis  |  3. 17. 2014

  Higher education and technical and vocational training are still so far from the requirements of the labor market and specifically in the private sector.

• TRANSPORTATION

  

  A Plea to the Saudi Ministry of Transportation: Save the Lives of Thousands of Saudis

  John Sfakianakis  |  3. 11. 2014

  In all countries there will always be drivers willing to violate the traffic laws, but the only way to control them is achieved through the reinforcement of the traffic patrols and raising fines for offenses and penalties that cannot be solved with money.

• HUMAN RESOURCES

  

  High Performance Government and MILE: Delivering on the Promise of eGovernment

  Bill Connor  |  3. 3. 2014

  In a country with 185% mobile device penetration and some of the highest levels of Web usage in the world, how do Saudi officials deliver on the promise of eGovernment?

• EMPLOYMENT

  On Saudi Employment, The Numbers Do Not Lie

  John Sfakianakis  |  1. 5. 2014

  During the past few weeks the public’s attention has been focused on the labor market, and much has been said about providing jobs for Saudis.

• FISCAL POLICY

  

  For Saudi Arabia, Change in Fiscal Policy Should Come Sooner than Later

  John Sfakianakis  |  12. 28. 2013

  The Saudi private sector has benefited for several decades of government support through spending and lending, protection, and huge amounts of investment, at still the public sector is the main engine of employment.

• EDUCATION

  Restructuring Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

  John Sfakianakis  |  12. 23. 2013

  Education in Saudi Arabia is still not sufficient to match the requirements of the labor market, especially for the Saudi private sector.

• FILM

  

  Fahad Nazer: You should go see ‘Wadjda’; but for greater insight into Saudi Arabia don’t miss these BBC documentaries

  Fahad Nazer  |  12. 16. 2013

  Haifaa Al Mansour’s “Wadjda” – the first feature length film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and directed by a Saudi woman – has received critical acclaim and has even generated Oscar buzz as a possible nominee for best foreign language film

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  Riyadh Air Sponsors Spanish Football Club Atlético de Madrid in 3 Year Deal; Jerseys Unveiled

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 10. 2023

  Saudi Arabia's newly launched airline, Riyadh Air, will sponsor one of Spain's leading football clubs, Atlético de Madrid, the company said today in a press release as it unveiled a new design for the kits players will wear on-field.

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  Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House joins The 966

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 4. 2023

  American journalist, author, media executive, and pulitzer prize winner Karen Elliott House joins The 966. Elliott House discusses her recent work, a paper entitled 'Saudi First', for the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as well as her experiences traveling to and from Saudi