In Saudi Arabia today a classic confrontation between Islamic fundamentalism and modernism has brought the Saudi banking system virtually to a state of paralysis. The debate is between those upholding the traditional Islamic prohibition against charging interest on loans and those who wish to see a modern banking system capable of generating credit to support economic development. Drawing on personal experience, interviews, and unpublished primary sources, Peter Wilson tells a dramatic story of powerful personalities, clashing cultures, and often mysterious institutions with a journalists’ eye for the telling anecdote as well as for the statistical evidence.
The origins of the Kingdom's banking system; the 12 Saudi banks; bad loans - the problem begins; the Saudi stock exchange; reporting, auditing and internal controls; joint ventures and waning commitments; the great experiment - Saudiization; the Kingdom's three basket cases.
Douglas Schenck, Peter Wilson, McDonnel Douglas Corporation) Schenck, Douglas (Information Analyst, Information Analyst, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Wilson, Peter (Senior Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Douglas A. Schenck, Peter R. Wilson
Wilson Long, Peter Colin Wilson, David Long, David Long, Peter Wilson, Ottawa) Long, David (Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Carleton University, London School of Economics) Wilson, Peter (Lecturer in International Relations, Lecturer in International Relations
WILSON REVERMANN, Wilson Revermann, Martin Revermann, Peter Wilson, University of Toronto) Revermann, Martin (, Associate Professor in Classics and Theatre Studies, University of Sydney) Wilson, Peter (, William Ritchie Professor of Classics
MURRAY, Murray, Penelope Murray, Peter Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Warwick) Murray, Penelope (, Oxford) Wilson, Peter (, University Lecturer in Classics and Fellow of New College
WILSON KOWALZIG, Wilson Kowalzig, Barbara Kowalzig, Peter Wilson, Paris) Kowalzig, Barbara (Associate Professor of Classics and History, New York University, and Associate of the former Centre Louis Gernet (now ANHIMA), University of Sydney) Wilson, Peter (William Ritchie Professor of Classics