{"id":5617,"date":"2023-04-21T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2023-04-21T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:52:39","slug":"how-saudi-arabias-new-special-economic-zones-signal-that-the-kingdom-is-open-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/how-saudi-arabias-new-special-economic-zones-signal-that-the-kingdom-is-open-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How Saudi Arabia\u2019s new special economic zones signal that the Kingdom is open for business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"estimated-read-time\">Tempo de leitura:<small> 1 minuto<\/small><\/p> \n<p>The launch of four special economic zones with incentives for international companies marks a milestone on Saudi Arabia\u2019s path to becoming a global business and investment powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The significance of the announcement was summed up by&nbsp;Khalid Al-Falih, chairman of the Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority and Saudi minister of investment, who said: \u201cThese four special economic zones offer the chance for foreign investors tohave a stake in the world\u2019s fastest growing economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the International Monetary Fund predicted that Saudi Arabia would this year become one of the world\u2019s fastest growing economies on the strength of sweeping pro-business reforms and a sharp rise in oil prices and production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many ways, SEZs embody the Kingdom\u2019s rise and mission to become not only a leading global economy but also a key international business hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Vision 2030 economic reform program aims to increase the contribution of foreign direct investment, which touched a record $19.3 billion in 2021, from 0.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2016 to 5.7 percent by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new SEZs are a major step toward achieving that goal. An invitation by the Kingdom to potential investors in the SEZs&nbsp;describes the Saudi economy as \u201can investment powerhouse at the center of global trade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2289801\/saudi-arabia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><small> 1 minuto<\/small> The launch of four special economic zones with incentives for international companies marks a milestone on Saudi Arabia\u2019s path to becoming a global business and investment powerhouse. The significance of the announcement was summed up by&nbsp;Khalid Al-Falih, chairman of the Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority and Saudi minister of investment, who said: \u201cThese four special economic zones offer the chance for foreign investors tohave a stake in the world\u2019s fastest growing economy.\u201d In August, the International Monetary Fund predicted that Saudi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/how-saudi-arabias-new-special-economic-zones-signal-that-the-kingdom-is-open-for-business\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue lendo<\/span>\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-adm_hb2018","post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5622,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions\/5622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrazpe.org.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}