VOL. XLIII

No. 46

13-November-2000

KUWAIT

Kuwait Forms Committee To Oversee Economic Reform

The Kuwaiti cabinet announced on 5 November that it had formed a special committee headed by the countrys Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, to oversee economic reforms. The committee also includes other ministers and private sector figures, according to the official KUNA news agency. The move was reportedly inspired by the publication of a report by the...