Transcript A Review of the 4th and the 8th

A Review of the 4th and the 8th
development plans
With literature review about
development plans failures
Outline
• Introduction
▫ Background
• 4th Development Plan
• Objectives
• Challenges
• 8th Development Plan
• Objectives
• Analysis
▫ Why do plans fail ?
• How to achieve those plans (recommendations)
Introduction
• Saudi National development plans are master plans
made by the ministry of economy and planning on an
implementation period of 5 years .
• They cover different aspects including: Economy,
Housing, Education, Transportation, Infrastructure,
Education and other aspects.
Introduction
• The kingdom first established a planning agency
in 1958.
• In 1965 planning was formalized in the Central
Planning Organization
• In 1975 the planning organization became the
ministry of planning.
• Which was later transferred to the ministry of
economy and planning.
4th Development Plan
•Objectives
•Challenges
4th Development Plan
• It took place from 1985 until 1990
• The 4th development plan included new
objectives that weren't in the 3rd plan.
4th Development Plan
• Objectives:
▫ Decrease of reliance on oil as the only income
▫ Creating a more diversified economy by focusing
on Agricultural and Industrial activities.
▫ Completion of developing the infrastructure of the
country.
▫ To develop mineral resources
4th Development Plan
• The 4th development plan faced some challenges
in implementation:
▫ Due to Decrease in the price of oil .
▫ Which decreased the oil income of the kingdom to
1/3rd
▫ Which cause a fall in the expenditures
▫ Also the fluctuations in the private sector
8th Development Plan
•Objectives
•Challenges
8th Development Plan
• The eighth development plan came in with a new
vision
• It was designed to satisfy economical
developments the country is going through
• On of the main challenges was the kingdom
joining the world trade organization.
8th Development Plan
• The plan was developed under the demand for a
rise the level of services.
• One of the new objectives addressed in this
development plan was women rights
8th Development Plan
• Main Goals and Objectives:
▫ To improve the living quality by accelerating the development
process.
▫ To diversify the economy
▫ To improve national economy and prepare it to change.
▫ To enhance private sectors participation.
▫ To achieve balance in development throughout the kingdom
▫ To protect the environment and insure a sustainable
development.
Why do plans fail ?
• Not having the proper policies to guide the
implementation process.
• Weak institutional frame work .
• Lack of coordination .
• Inadequate awareness programs
Why do plans fail ?
• Lack of provision on the implementation tools
• Insufficient funding which leads to delay in
some projects.
• Externalities ( private sectors)
How to achieve those plans
• By Rationalizing the institutional framework.
• Streamlining legal provision to the nature of the
plan
• Developing institutionalized coordination
mechanism.
How to achieve those plans
• Adoption of a strategy to prioritize the proposal and
implementation framework.
• Revising the laws and policies of implementation.
• Choosing the appropriate time-frame to work
within.
• And finally meeting those work-frames on the right
time-frame to reach implementation.
• Thank you for listening