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Saudi Arabia overhauls job localisation programme

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Saudi Arabia overhauls job localisation programme

Rare protests in neighbouring Oman over unemployment

May 26, 2021
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Saudi Arabia overhauls job localisation programme

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A vendor selling fresh produce at a market in Oman’s capital Muscat last month. (Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP/Getty)

Saudi Arabia has announced an overhaul of its Nitaqat localisation programme with the aim of creating more than 340,000 jobs for citizens in the private sector over the coming four years. Under this points-based system, which was first launched in…

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