Special Report

Investing in Kuwait

The government’s grandiose infrastructural spending plans, alongside wide-ranging investment in energy, healthcare and education, feed into the country’s long-term development vision — New Kuwait 2035

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Economic reforms face domestic opposition

Opinions differ on how to prepare for era of falling oil receipts

Local bourse set for boost from index upgrade and oil sell-offs

Domestic stock market takes inspiration from planned Aramco IPO

Feuds test Kuwaiti diplomatic skills

Strains between state’s neighbours require ‘balancing act’

Kuwait plans for future after oil with mega-projects

Diversification is slowed by politics and bureaucracy

Kuwait’s action on green energy fails to match best intentions

The country relies on fuel oil and natural gas for the bulk of its electricity supplies

Investors in Kuwait call for land and labour

Constraints are compounded by competition from top-down neighbours

Kuwait’s royals court an arts renaissance

State seeks to restore its previous reputation as pioneer in the Gulf