Consult Within: Analyzing the Recent Decision to Localize Consultancy Professions in Saudi Arabia

  • Focus Area Productivity and Economic Diversification Productivity and Economic Diversification
  • Type Instant Insight
  • Date 9 March 2023
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Abstract

In October 2022, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) issued a decision mandating the progressive localization of consultancy professions up to 40% by the end of March 2024. Such targeted localization (or Saudization) of specific professions is not extraordinary in Saudi Arabia.

Authors

Cian Mulligan

Cian Mulligan

Research Fellow Cian has been a member of the Energy Macro- and Microeconomics team since March 2018. Focusing on analyzing the employment…

Cian has been a member of the Energy Macro- and Microeconomics team since March 2018. Focusing on analyzing the employment benefits of the energy transition, he has authored a series of studies that shed light on issues relevant to the modern Saudi labor market in light of Saudi Vision 2030. His recent research interests include analysis of green jobs in Saudi Arabia, Saudi female labor force participation, and optimizing local content policy design. He has presented research at multiple international conferences and worked and studied in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Taiwan, as well as his native country of Ireland.

Expertise

  • Labor Economics
  • Green Jobs
  • Employment Policy
  • Local Content Policy

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