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World in Progress: A post-oil vision for Saudia Arabia

Carsten Kühntopp | Emma Wallis
May 31, 2017

What's Saudi Arabia's future once the oil boom ends? One answer is KAEC – an acronym that stands for King Abdulla Economic City. It's currently being constructed around 120 km north of Jedda, on the Red Sea. In twenty years time, the current population of 7,000 is expected to rise to 2 million. Carsten Kühntopp met some of the people behind some this post-oil vision of Saudi Arabia

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(Reporter: Carsten Kühntopp / Presenter: Emma Wallis)