In this Market Profile video, OBG explores Saudi Arabia’s health care transformation in 2025, highlighting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals. The video, produced in partnership with Hayat National ...

On reinforcing investor confidence by developing a functioning interbank market and deepening financial intermediation To what extent are international precedents and multilateral guidance informing ...

In recent years the greater activity and growth in the real estate sector has contributed to Ghana’s continued economic expansion. Private entities own more than 70% of properties in the local ...

Amid Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine and tensions in the Middle East, Taiwan Strait and elsewhere, global military expenditure increased 6.8% to reach $2.4trn in 2023 – the highest level ever ...

Qatar is channeling its hydrocarbons wealth into long-term economic transformation, with diversification accelerating after the FIFA 2022 World Cup. In 2024 non-oil sectors accounted for over 60% of ...

Qatar’s education and research sector continues to evolve under the strategic oversight of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), aligning with Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030 and the ...

Oman is diversifying its economy, reducing reliance on hydrocarbons by expanding sectors like agriculture, fisheries, banking and manufacturing. Strategic reforms, infrastructure investment and a ...

GCC countries have been actively pursuing workforce nationalisation policies to reduce their reliance on expatriate workers and create sustainable employment opportunities for their growing local ...

Institutional changes and various diversification efforts are propelling the country’s economy forwards. At the confluence of the Gulf and Arabian Sea, Oman occupies a strategically important location ...

In January 2025 Oman exported its first shipment of copper concentrate in 30 years, a major symbolic step in the revitalisation of the sultanate’s mining sector. Government-owned mining company ...

After years of planning the Philippines’ universal health care (UHC) system is operative, strengthened by collaboration and the expertise of the private sector. The mandate to expand preventive and ...

Kuwait’s upstream oil activities and crude oil exports are the central pillars of the country’s economy. In recent years the government has embarked upon an economic diversification drive to reduce ...