Kuwait looks eastward.
Kuwait is importing workers from non-Arab countries east of Arabia such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka at a rate of 1,000 a week to work as laborers, servants, drivers, and electricians. Prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, most of the work in the country was done by 1.4 million no...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 321; pp. 41 - 42 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
November 30 1991
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