Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (pictured) has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development projects through the kingdom's PIF sovereign wealth fund. But the world's top oil exporter has had to rein in some of its ambitious plans over the past year as low oil prices and production continue to hit an economy still heavily reliant on hydrocarbon revenues.
"We're already at that stage where projects are being prioritized. So I think we've already reached that." Monica Malik, chief economist at ADCB, told Reuters.
NEOM, a Red Sea urban and industrial development nearly the size of Belgium that is due to house nearly nine million people, is central to the prince's Vision 2030 plan to create new engines of economic growth beyond oil.
The crown prince originally announced NEOM in 2017 as a 26,500-square-km (10,230-square-mile) high-tech development with several zones, including industrial and logistics areas.
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