In the year 2014, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia encountered a freshwater shortage. Despite the worldwide financial crisis, Saudi Arabia experienced growing stress on its water infrastructure and modest economic expansion due to expanding agricultural production.
The important investments in desalinization plants the country expected to find hadn't yet materialized, furthering the stress on the resources. This caselet, utilized in Darden’s “Economics of Water” elective, examines what policy reforms should be investigated in bringing Saudi Arabia's water use and agricultural production into equilibrium.
Saudi Arabia Oil for Water case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: September 30, 2014 PRODUCT #: UV6989-PDF-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about GLOBAL BUSINESS
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