VOL. XLII

No. 31

2-August-1999

KUWAIT

Kuwaiti Finance Minister Calls For Reform

Following the release of a KD4.25bn ($13.84bn MEES,19 July) budget that contains few fiscal advances, Kuwaits Finance Minister,Shaikh Ahmad 'Abd Allah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has called for implementation ratherthan procrastination in the field of economic reforms. Speaking to the KuwaitiArabic daily al-Watan on 24 July, Shaikh Ahmad said, referring to thegovernments economic reform plan, that "we are saturated with...