{"id":56714,"date":"2026-01-24T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=56714"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:31:04","slug":"saudi-minister-of-economy-and-planningparticipates-in-a-check-in-on-the-saudi-economy-at-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/01\/saudi-minister-of-economy-and-planningparticipates-in-a-check-in-on-the-saudi-economy-at-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Minister of Economy and Planningparticipates in \u2018A Check-In on the Saudi Economy\u2019 at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Minister of Economy and Planning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Highlights Vision 2030\u2019s Focus on Attracting Global Investments and Strengthening the Private Sector<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Stability Cannot Be Bought\u2026 It Must Be Built Through Consistent Policy and Disciplined Implementation<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Saudi Arabia Records Growth in Foreign Direct Investment Despite Global Decline, Supported by a Predictable Policy Environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Faisal F. Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning, today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting participated in a session titled \u2018A Check-In on the Saudi Economy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The session explored how reforms introduced under Saudi Vision 2030 to support economic diversificationhave attracted global investment and enabled the private sector.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In the session, His Excellency described how Saudi Arabia\u2019s deep structural reforms havecreated a stable and predictable environment for businesses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">HE saidstrong economies tend to be stable economies:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cStability is not something you can buy; you have to build itand it has to accumulate with time for it to be the right kind of stability that nurtures prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">HE Alibrahim continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cSaudi Arabia treats stability as a discipline, whether it\u2019s in policy, regulation, or in implementation and execution \u2013 it\u2019s very important&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He add:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;In 2024, FDI globally dropped 11%, while FDI in the Kingdom increased by 24%. [Stability] also shapes the quality of the investments that are coming into the Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking about the Kingdom\u2019s predictable policy environment, Alibrahim said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOne of the rarest things is that a commitment made today will be honored tomorrow. Trust shapes how we trade; it shapes how markets stay active and operational because participants can predict what\u2019s happening, and as such, stability becomes a rare currency, Stability becomes an opportunity and a competitive edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">HE added that by enabling businesses to plan ahead, reforms made under Saudi Vision 2030 support long-term decision-making in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cReform on paper is not enough \u2013 it needs to be compiled with a streamlined regulatory framework that guides and enables businesses to think long-term and navigate uncertainty with a little more confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faisal F. Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning, today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting participated in a session titled \u2018A Check-In on the Saudi Economy\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":56712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1816],"tags":[11191,6741,11192],"class_list":["post-56714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","tag-faisal-f-alibrahim","tag-saudi-vision-2030","tag-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56715,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56714\/revisions\/56715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}