Toward knowledge-based economy of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1. The Background of the 2011 KSP with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The strategy of national economic management for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been focusing on ‘knowledge-based economy’ in the last couple of years. As it is well reflected, the KSA requested for the KSP research on a knowledge-based economy of the KSA with the four specific topics for further study as a form of the demand survey. The purpose of this project is to share with the KSA Korea’s experience regarding the knowledge economy. The KSP research team expects that the Korean development experience related with the knowledge economy, particularly the technology development schemes in the early stages of development, will provide useful guidelines for KSA’s preparation for promoting a knowledge economy development plan. (The rest omitted)