The Impact Of Economic Development On Financing Infrastructure Projects In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.

Contents

Abstract 4

Introduction 6

1. Brief Introduction about kingdom of Saudi Arabia:7
1.1. History 7
1.2. Geography 8
1.3. Society.9
2. The Impact of one-resource economy on financing infrastructure projects: 10
2.1. Definition of 'Resource Curse' 11
2.2. The explanation of Resource Curse11
2.3. Resource curse examples 11
2.3.1. Nigeria 11
2.3.2. Brazil13
3. The Economic development main factors that impact the process of financing infrastructure projects: 14
3.1. Brief Introduction beyond the economic development14
3.2. Oil Industry 15
3.3. Non-Oil Industry 18
3.4. Agriculture Sector.19
3.5. Trade Analysis for 2004. 22
4. The Main Infrastructure sector: 26
4.1. The past and what beyond thefuture 26
4.2. Saudi Arabia's Five Year Development Plans 30
4.3. New industrial cities. 37
4.3.1 Saudi Industrial PropertyAuthority (MODON) 38
Conclusion 39
Reference 40Introduction


A paradoxical situation in which countries with an abundance of non-renewable resources experience stagnant growth or even economic contraction. This is what can be defined as a resource curse. The resource curse occurs as a country begins to focus all of its energies on a single industry, such as mining, and neglects other major sectors. This Thesis was carried out...