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Saudi Arabia is facing a growing unemployment necessitating some radical rethinking of its current ‘localisation’ policies, and has introduced the Nitaqat or quota system which classifies local companies in different colour code zones according to the percentage...Read More

The historical socio-economic and political conditions of Saudi Arabia are an essential aspect of understanding a woman’s position in Saudi society. The persistence of women’s exclusion from public life in contemporary Saudi Arabia is one of the most heated debates not...Read More

Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2008 Read More

This study examines the impact of socioeconomic status and school resource indicators on 8th grade math and science achievement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The analyses reported here show that the Kingdom’s national averages in most of these areas in 2003 fell...Read More

The analysis identifies the major achievements made by the Saudi government in the field of public education for girls. It also probes the issues which are hampering the development of girls’ education and women’s active involvement in the labor market. Finally, it...Read More

A survey method was adopted to conduct this research by applying two research instruments: a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The aim of this survey research is to explore the perceptions of the manufacturing skills training offered in Saudi industrial...Read More

This study analyzes the distribution of sex ratio at birth in a Saudi population using data collected from the birth database of an urban teaching hospital and to assess the potential effect of the gulf war on it. Read More

Studies of fertility behaviors of pastoral groups in general and Arab Bedouins in particular are very scarce, largely due to the difficulty of collecting information about them, in addition to their shrinking numbers.  Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present...Read More

Population trends, indicators of demographic transitions, population structure, and population policy profile of the KSA. Read More

Through observation, anecdote, extensive interviews, and analysis Karen Elliot House navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens find themselves trapped and reveals the mysterious nation that is the world’s largest exporter of oil, critical to global stability, and a...Read More