VOL. XLIII

No. 05

31-January-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Foreign Direct Investment In Saudi Arabia: Stimulating Structural Changes And Global Integration

by Said A.al-Shaikh

The following article on foreign direct investment in Saudi Arabia, written by Mr. Said A. al-Shaikh, Chief Economist, National Commercial Bank, Jiddah, was published originally in Arabic in the Saudi Economic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1999. Reprinted with permission.

1. Introduction

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played an...