The Manpower Problem in Kuwait
By: Shamlan Y. Alessa
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- 5; Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- Volume 5
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781315159706
Subjects: Manpower policy; Labor supply; Emploi; Politique gouvernementale; Marché du travail; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Labor & Industrial Relations
Description: "The period since the Second World War saw a spectacular transformation of the Kuwaiti economy, making it one of the world's major oil states with one of the highest per capita incomes. This rapid transformation, however, has brought with it attendant problems. This book, first published in 1981, examines the critical issue of the Kuwaiti labour force: some three-quarters of it is expatriate labour, and the Kuwaiti portion suffers from a high illiteracy rate. Dr Alessa isolates the various factors responsible for Kuwait's manpower problems, and puts forward a number of original solutions."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Pre-oil Kuwait; Geography; People; The economy; Summary; 2 Manpower in Kuwait; Kuwait's economy after the discovery of oil; Population and the labor force; The labor force in Kuwait; Distribution of the labor force by economic sector; Distribution of the labor force by major occupational group; Distribution of the labor force according to educational attainment; Summary; 3 Foreign manpower; The pull factor; The push factor; Profile of the foreign labor force in Kuwait.; title: Legal and economic conditions of the foreign labor forceUncertainty in Kuwait; Summary; 4 Education and manpower; Higher education; Problem of teachers; Vocational and technical education; Vocational training in the oil sector; Summary; 5 Toward manpower planning in Kuwait; Reforming the civil service; Reforming the educational system; Vocational and technical education; Women's participation in the labor force; Reforming the Nationality Law; Manpower Center; Organization of the Center; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.