Armut in Saudi-Arabien? Wir bringen Saudi-Arabien nahezu ausschließlich mit Petro-Dollars in Verbindung. Die plötzliche
Öffnung für den Individual-Tourismus muss jedoch irgendwo begründet sein. Nachfolgend ein völlig anderer Blick auf das Königreich von Hana Al-Khamri. Danach wird MBS's Vision 2030 die Armut der Saudis nicht lindern und der Sparplan zu Umwälzungen im Königreich führen ...
Vision 2030 is supposed to transform Saudi Arabia by weaning it off oil. It proposes ambitious steps to diversify its economy by growing the private sector and scaling down the public one. The main pillar of the project is the privatisation of Aramco, the Saudi state oil company, which has garnered much attention internationally. But the less-publicised economic initiatives include privatising important public service institutions, like hospitals and schools, slashing public sector employment and increasing taxation. Currently two-thirds of employed Saudis work for the state; under Vision 2030, it is supposed to go down to 20 percent. Soon after the project was announced, MBS started to implement some of its harshest provisions. In September 2016, the government announced pay cuts for public sector employees. In 2017, it released a timetable for decreasing subsidies for fuel, natural gas, electricity and water over the next few years. In 2018, the government introduced a value-added tax of 5 percent on most goods and services. These economic decisions sent prices of basic commodities, including fuel, soaring, which not only hit hard the Saudi poor, but also affected middle classes, who have been dependent for generations on state largesse. All of a sudden, middle-income households found themselves unable to pay for housing and their basic necessities. This caused a wave of public anger and capital flight; many Saudis decided not only to transfer money out of the country but also to emigrate.
Vision 2030 and poverty in Saudi Arabia
21.12.2019 - Aljazeera
Bei der Privatisierung muss Saudi-Arabien aufpassen. Wenn sie dieses Thema zu euphorisch angehen, könnte ihnen in Jahren oder Jahrzehnten das drohen, was
momentan in Chile passiert. Nämlich ein Aufstand gegen neoliberale Politik ...
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