scholarly journals Rethinking Regional Development Strategies in Saudi Arabia: Planning Processes, Governance, and Implementation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Anas M. Almughairy
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Populated Region ◽  
Regional Development Strategies

The Saudi government has engaged in regional planning to develop its 13 regions, reduce disparities between cities and rural areas, and balance resource distribution. In this paper I explore obstacles to regional development in Saudi Arabia and analyze outcomes in light of principles in the literature. I first identify seminal concepts of regional planning processes, governance, and implementation. These concepts are then organized into an evaluative framework for two case studies: Riyadh, the capital region of Saudi Arabia, and Makkah, the country’s most populated region. Finally, I present results, draw conclusions from the two cases, and discuss implications for the future of Saudi regional development.

scholarly journals Strategic and statistical analysis of regional socio-economic development in the conditions of the digital environment

Upravlenie ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
V. Aleshnikova ◽  
T. Burtseva ◽  
H. Shadiev ◽  
A. Gubareva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
Statistical Measures ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Regional Development Strategies

Тhe creation and development of the digital economy in the regions of Russia is a new factor in their socio-economic development. This should be reflected in near future in the strategies of socio-economic development of regions. In the Russian Federation, at present, for developing and evaluating the implementation of the socio-economic development strategy of the region, a universal methodology has not been developed, and the standard approaches for implementing strategic planning have been adapted from the management of corporate structures.The purpose of the article is to test the methodology of statistical evaluation of the socio-economic development of the region in the digital environment. The methodological basis of the study are: the general statistical method of dynamic standards, index and coefficient analysis, the method of pairwise comparisons. The scientific novelty of the presented results are the author’s methodological developments: the system of indicators of the socio-economic development of the region in the digital environment and the regulatory assessment model. The practical significance of the research results lies in the possibility of applying the author’s assessment methodology for monitoring regional development strategies.The creation of integral statistical measures (models) for monitoring traditional and new factors of the region’s development will provide solutions to their quantitative assessment, allow clarify both the planning and implementation stages of the region’s shortcomings and problems, ensure the implementation of the principle of integrated socioeconomic development of the region, contribute to enhancing the consistency of the objectives of regional development strategies, it will allow diagnostics of the development of the digital economy and develop new strategic orientations at the regional level, which in turn will make it possible to develop organizational mechanisms for involving people in the region in resolving issues of territorial strategic development.

scholarly journals Membangun dari Pinggiran: Tinjauan dari Perspektif Ilmu Ekonomi Regional

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
D. S. PRIYARSONO
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urbanization Level ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Regional Development Strategies

Based on the experiences of various countries that were analyzed by the World Bank, regional development strategies can be classified into three classes based on the urbanization level (low, middle, high), i. e., to increase density (to create economies of concentration), to reduce distance (to develop connectivity), and to overcome division (to handle slump areas and the accompanying problems), respectively. The policy of “to develop from the periphery” can be interpreted as a strategy to increase the intensity of economic activities particularly in rural areas in order to create economies of concentration, i.e., cost savings and other benefits that are created by the concentration of economic activities in a region. This policy has been embarked simultaneously with a very big scale of infrastructures development, especially those related to transportation (roads, seaports, and airports). This article reports the results of a literature survey on regional development theories that are related with the policy. This article also discusses the Indonesian economic situations in which the policy has been implemented. In the later part of the article several research questions are formulated suggesting directions of further studies for empirically testing the hypotheses that can be derived from the research questions, especially those related with the implementation of “to develop from the periphery” policy.

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