TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Saudi Arabia's defence offset programmes: Progress, policy and performance
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Matthews, Roland
SP  - 233
EP  - 251
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper discusses the performance of Saudi Arabia's defence offset programmes. The Kingdom is involved in some of the World's biggest defence offset agreements and a review of the problems it has faced and the policies it has introduced provides a useful insight into that part of the international defence market where trade and development meet.  The paper reviews the origins and development of Saudi Arabia's major defence offset programmes. Saudi policies towards defence offsets are outlined before assessing the practical impact of the programmes themselves. The author concludes that Saudi Arabia's offset projects have had only a minor impact on the Kingdom's economy to date and makes a number of policy recommendations which are designed to enhance the utility of the programmes in the Kingdom's drive to enhance and diversify the technological base of its economy.<p /> 
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SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10430719608404854
ID  - ref1
ER  -