In this Market Profile video, OBG explores Saudi Arabia’s health care transformation in 2025, highlighting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals. The video, produced in partnership with Hayat National ...

On reinforcing investor confidence by developing a functioning interbank market and deepening financial intermediation To what extent are international precedents and multilateral guidance informing ...

Oman is leveraging its strategic location on the Arabian Peninsula to enhance its infrastructure as part of its broader economic diversification goals. Significant investment is being made in ...

To boost local production of pharmaceutical goods and medical devices, Oman unveiled plans in 2020 to establish new pharmaceutical factories that would help ease reliance on imports, increase national ...

How do banks support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? SAID ABDULLAH AL HATMI: Oman’s banking sector recognises SMEs as vital to the country’s economic growth and ...

Côte d’Ivoire’s transport sector has attracted significant attention in recent years, due to the extensive infrastructure projects that are under way throughout the country, concurrently enhancing air ...

After years of planning the Philippines’ universal health care (UHC) system is operative, strengthened by collaboration and the expertise of the private sector. The mandate to expand preventive and ...

Saudi Arabia’s economy is diversifying under Vision 2030, with strong growth in the digital economy and government-led giga-projects. While oil activity slowed in 2023, tourism income surged 38%, ...

Côte d’Ivoire aims to establish tourism as the third pillar of its economy with a target of attracting 5m foreign tourists per year and creating 700,000 jobs in the sector by 2025. These targets seek ...

Saudi Arabia has undergone significant reforms to foster growth and diversification. While some initiatives were delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic, progress in areas such as the digital economy ...

The government has prioritised education reform in recent years. Since 2017 it has passed several initiatives aimed at improving education availability and quality. The provision of free senior high ...

The government has identified the development of the transport and logistics sector as key to job creation and economic diversification. The authorities have enacted several reforms to encourage ...