Saudi Arabia: As IMF warns over budget target, Vision 2030 faces deep challenges


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Issue 1037 - 26 May 2017 | 9 minute read

Riyadh has been gently criticised by the International Monetary Fund over its plan to deliver a balanced budget in the next few years, which the IMF believes could harm the economy’s growth prospects. The idea of a balanced budget by 2019 or 2020 forms the centrepiece of the government’s Fiscal Balance Programme, which is part of the wider Vision 2030 strategy drawn up by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) and his expensive array of international consultants.

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