Privatization in Saudi has seen some slow progress in the past decade in term of IPO or public-private partnership. Sectors including airports, telecom, and power generation are most active.

In my perspective, the real challenge is the delivery rate of infrastructure and the associated required quality as government human skill is far lagging behind.

Additionally, absence of legal framework burdens the speed of delivery and it is being announced that Ministry of Planning has already formed the team to do so.

Both privatization and public-private partnership are becoming more of a need than a complimentary to achieve value-for-money, quality-of-service, and governance.