Greener Opportunities Saudi Arabia

SAGIA

Riyadh, April 28 , 2007

Attracting sufficient investment to

achieve rapid and sustainable economic

growth in Saudi Arabia, capitalizing on

the Kingdom’s competitive strengths as

the global capital of energy and as a

major hub between East and West.

Our Vision

Positioning Saudi Arabia among the

top ten most competitive nations by

2010 through the creation of a pro-

business environment, a knowledge-

based society, and by developing

new, world-class “Economic Cities.”

Our Mission

Building Pockets of

Competitiveness

Becoming the Most

Competitive in 3

Sectors

The Road to 10x103 Major Initiatives

Institutionalizing the

Competitiveness Management

Process

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National

Competitiveness

Center

We benchmark against 300 indicators

– WB, IMD, WEF.

Institutionalizing the Competitiveness

Management Process

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Creating a Global Think Tank for

Competitiveness

Inaugural Forum Riyadh November 2006:

ICT as an Enabler of Competitiveness

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Building Pockets

of

Competitiveness

Tabouk

Hail

Dammam

KAEC

Madina

JEC

The World’s First

Economic Cities

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PABMECTEC

JEC

KAEC

Medinah

ALEC

GDP

Jobs

Population

GDP/capita

Economic

cities

USD 150 billion*

1.3 million

4.5 million

USD 33,500

USD 310 billion

7.5 million

23.8 million

USD 13,000

Saudi economy

today

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Energy

Transportation

KBIs

Becoming Globally Most Competitive

in 3 Sectors

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300+ Billion US Dollars

Petrochemicals Downstream

To PetrochemMinerals Power

& Water

The ENERGY Capital of the World

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100+ Billion US Dollars

Hub Between East and West and

Launch-Pad to 250 Million Consumers

Roads Logistics Airports/

Seaports

Railways

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100+ Billion US Dollars

Building a Knowledge-Based Society

Healthcare Life Science Education ICT

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Greener Opportunities Saudi Arabia

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