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Article: KUWAIT: BILL TO ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES FROM CIVIL SERVICE TO PRIVATE SECTOR.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- July 19, 2000
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According to Al-Quds newspaper, in April 2000 the Kuwait Parliament approved a bill for the encouragement of transferring employees from the Civil Service to the private sector. The newspaper provides figures on Kuwaiti human resources. The population of Kuwait totals 2.2 million (65% of whom are foreign nationals). The workforce of Kuwait totals 212,000, 95% of whom are employed in the Civil Service. Government expenditure on Civil Service wages and salaries in 1999 came to more than half of the ...