Saudi Arabia: Explaining one of the world's largest Sovereign Wealth Funds

Why does Saudi Arabia have a Sovereign Wealth Fund?

Why has the Public Investment Fund become so important to the Kingdom? What are the key challenges facing the Saudi economy?

An overview of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
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References:

Karen E. Young (2020). Sovereign risk: Gulf sovereign wealth funds as engines of growth and political resource, British Journal of Middle Eastern studies. Volume 47.

Matthew Gray (2011). Towards a theory of late rentierism in the Arab states of the Gulf. Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Qatar.

Stephan Roll (2019). A Sovereign Wealth Fund for the Prince. Economic Reforms and Power Consolidation in Saudi Arabia. German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin.

Mark Thatcher (2013). National Policies Towards Sovereign Wealth Funds in Europe: A Comparison of France, Germany and Italy Policy Brief. Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States. Mark Thatcher, Professor of Comparative and International Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics, London.

Andrew England and Arash Massoudi, Never waste a crisis’: inside Saudi Arabia’s shopping spree (25 May, 2020), Financial Times, Retrieved from: https://www.ft.com/

Andrew England and Ahmed Al Omran, Saudi Arabia transfers $40bn to back wealth fund’s spending spree (29 May, 2020), Financial Times, Retrieved from: https://www.ft.com/

Public Investment Fund Program 2020 Commitments. (n.d.) Retrieved June 3, 2020, Retrieved from Vision 2030 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia website: https://vision2030.gov.sa/en/programs/PIF

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