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Saturday Jan 28, 2023
‘Saudi First’ aid policy marries geopolitics with economics
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
When Mohammed al-Jadaan told a gathering of the global political and business elite that Saudi Arabia would, in the future, attach conditions to its foreign aid, the finance minister was announcing the expansion of existing conditionality rather than a wholly new approach.
Coined ‘Saudi First,’ the new conditionality ties aid to responsible economic policies and reforms, not just support for the kingdom’s geopolitics.
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