VOL. XLIV

No 35

27-August-2001

KUWAIT

Kuwait Reveals Budget Details For New 12-Month FY2001-02

Details of Kuwaits 2001-02national budget, approved on 27 June, have now become available for publicscrutiny with the publication of disaggregated figures in the official gazette,Kuwait al-Yaum, on 29 July whichreveal conservative spending (still dominated by capital rather than currentexpenditures) despite potentially two years of healthy surplus. The figures confirmthat the government projects annual...