Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 4

23-January-2006

KUWAIT

Kuwait Oil Policy Unruffled By Amiri Succession

The death of Kuwaits Amir Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah on 15 January after a long illness will leave Kuwaits oil sector little changed, but has provided an opportunity for the ruling Al-Sabah family to reinvigorate the senior leadership of the country through the appointment of a younger crown prince, thereby securing the long-term succession. Shaikh Jabirs death after 28 years of...