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The commitment and determination to human capital development is evident in the details of recent Saudi national development plans. The Ninth Development Plan (2010–2015) has had a clear mandate to develop a “knowledge based economy and consolidate the basis of an information society” (Ninth National Development Plan 2009). Half of the expenditure of the Plan’s US$385 billion was devoted to human resources development, including education and training. What impact has this kind of investment made on the efficiency of Saudi labour force?
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Mishrif, A., Alabduljabbar, A. (2018). Quality of Education and Labour Market in Saudi Arabia. In: Mishrif, A., Al Balushi, Y. (eds) Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region, Volume I. The Political Economy of the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5783-0_5
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