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The Manpower Problem in Kuwait

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ID19934173
AuthorsShamlan Y Alessa (corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages154
Publication date2017-08-17
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Manpower Problem in Kuwait (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315159706
OpenAlexW612214475
Open LibraryOL44079963M
ISBN9781315159706
GOOGLE_BOOK_ID8U0xDwAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The period since the Second World War saw a spectacular transformation of the Kuwaiti economy, making it one of the world’s major oil states with one of the highest per capita incomes. This rapid transformation, however, has brought with it attendant problems. This book, first published in 1981, examines the critical issue of the Kuwaiti labour force: some three-quarters of it is expatriate labour, and the Kuwaiti portion suffers from a high illiteracy rate. Dr Alessa isolates the various factors responsible for Kuwait’s manpower problems, and puts forward a number of original solutions

Computer Science · Socioeconomic Development in MENA · Business & Economics · Economic conditions · Emploi · Government policy · Koweït · Kuwait · Labor · Labor & Industrial Relations · Labor supply · Manpower policy · Marche du travail · Middle east · Political science

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Unique citing works8
Citations per year0,2
Citation span1985 - 2011 (27)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo

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