What regulatory changes need to be made to transform Kuwait into a knowledge-based society?
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Articles & Analysis | Broadening horizons: New developments will focus on improving quality and capacity from The Report: Kuwait 2013
As a key component of Vision 2030, the government’s long-term economic planning document, Kuwait’s education sector is poised for substantial expansion in the coming years. Indeed, improving the quality of the education on offer in schools and universities is widely considered to be a prerequisite to achieving the state’s overarching goals of...
Articles & Analysis | An apple a day: Combatting non-communicable diseases has become a priority from The Report: Kuwait 2013
Improving public health has been the overarching goal of health care development in Kuwait for over a century. The nation has had a considerable amount of success in this area. As of 2011, life expectancy in the country was nearly 78, up from the low 60s at the time of independence in 1961, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Similarly...
Chapter | Education & Health from The Report: Kuwait 2013
The Ministry of Education is moving ahead with plans to develop schools on a public-private partnership basis in order to deal with pressure from the country’s rapidly expanding youth population. Kuwait’s health care industry is also on the verge of a major period of development and expansion. The planned establishment of an independent regulatory body in the near future is a sign of market...
Articles & Analysis | Research array: State-backed initiatives aim to expand local R&D from The Report: South Africa 2013
Long Africa’s leading research and development (R&D) centre, concerns have been raised that investment was stalling and South Africa’s research competitiveness slipping, so the government is expanding R&D capacity. According to a report published in March 2013 by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), a South...
