economic development

A Decade of Vision Kuwait 2035’s Framework and Projects

September 30, 2021 in Research Paper

Vision Kuwait 2035, its mid-range plans and annual project developments, has reached its 10 year mark in 2020. The decade of planned development, seeking to propel the State of Kuwait into a regional centre for trade and finance, was not without obstacles, from costs to project selection and feasibility. In fact, what can be seriously analysed as a development plan, only commenced in 2017, with a revival of the vision under a new slogan, “New Kuwait”.

Oil and Opportunity: An Overview of Kuwait's Development Planning History

June 30, 2021 in Research Paper

Development, at the national level, can be described as the ability of a group [population] to productively and efficiently organise itself. This paper takes a closer look at the evolution of socioeconomic development planning in Kuwait. Moreover, the research is unique in that it is the first study to consolidate both legal and literary references to describe and analyse Kuwait’s planning efforts up to and including Vision 2035.