RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is seeking to raise $55 billion from a privatization plan, the Kingdom’s finance minister said on Thursday. Mohammed Al-Jadaan said the Kingdom had recently announced a privatization plan that includes identifying 160 projects in 16 sectors, including asset sales and public-private partnerships.
May 31st, 2021
On 3 June, the Italian G20 Presidency, together with the OECD and the D20 Long-Term Investors Club, will organise the 2021 G20 Infrastructure Investors Dialogue. The 2021 edition will gather G20 members, key private sector players, representatives from international organisations and academia to discuss solutions related to Financing Sustainable Infrastructure for the Recovery .
The event features high-level speakers, including Italian Finance Minister, Daniele Franco, and US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen. In a bid to create a strong legacy among G20 Presidencies, the event will also include the interventions of Saudi Arabia Finance Minister, H.E. Mohammed Al-Jadaan - who led the G20 Finance Track in 2020 - and the Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati who will take over the lead in 2022.
G20 members, key private sector player, representatives from international organisations and academia will meet, in a public event, on 3 June to discuss.