History of Kuwait: The people and Ruling system, The Economy, Travel and Tourism

History of Kuwait. The people and Ruling system, The Economy, Travel and Tourism. In the summer of 1990, Kuwait had an estimated population of 2,155,000. The most dramatic division in this preinvasion population was that between the national population of Kuwaiti citizens and the larger population, more than 60 percent of the total population, of foreign workers. The percentage of foreigners in the population grew steadily after World War II, following the rise in oil revenues and the consequent government development programs with their sudden need for substantial labor. The labor market came to consist increasingly of foreigners for a number of reasons. The most important factor was the small size of the indigenous population and, in the early years, their low level of education. As oil revenues and government investment in education produced a generation of highly educated Kuwaitis, they began to replace foreigners at the highest levels of employment, but even this highly educated population was small

Author: Ollie Griffiths
Publisher: Blurb
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9781714640997
ISBN10: 171464099X
BISAC Categories:
- History | General
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Travel | General

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