VOL. XLIV

No 32

6-August-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

NCB Highlights Potential Of Bond Market In FutureInfrastructure Projects Finance

The government of Saudi Arabiahas recognized the need for increased private sector finance in keyinfrastructure projects partly due to its growing debt burden and populationand low national savings ratio but has been slow to facilitate this processand to privatize, according to the latest issue of The Market Review AndOutlook, 27 July, of National Commercial Bank. The...