• Health

    OBG reviews the government and private health sectors highlighting opportunities for international medical providers to enter local markets. Overall spending, ratios of medical staff, facilities per capita and project spending plans are analysed. Health tourism also comes under scrutiny where relevant.
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The introduction of health insurance and broader reform may radically alter the health care landscape in Kuwait – and the wider GCC – over the next 5-10 years. The development of the Kuwait Health Assurance Company (KHAC) is expected to meet some of the future demographic challenges and rising costs that Kuwait will confront in its health care...

Chapter | Health and Education from The Report: Kuwait 2012

Free health care is widely regarded as a civic privilege in Kuwait. However, a growing population means that health care provision is starting to strain state finances. A new scheme is therefore underway to encourage private-sector participation to reduce the burden of state care. The Kuwait Health Assurance Company (KHAC) will be launched by 2015, with a mandate to manage the health care needs...

A sea change is taking place in Mongolia’s health sector as a solid but somewhat unresponsive model is overhauled. The reform programme is very much a work in progress, but the country is experiencing the emergence of a modern, well-funded system with a growing role for the private sector.

Mongolia’s rapid economic growth and development is catalysing the expansion and internationalisation of its higher education system. A dynamic, if fragmented, private sector has emerged over the past two decades, competing with solid public institutions. Demand is rising steadily as new job opportunities open up and disposable income rises. This...

Over the two decades since democracy and the free market were instituted in Mongolia, a steady process of health care reform has taken place. The introduction of national health insurance, administrative changes that include decentralisation and rationalisation of facilities, as well as international financial and technical support, have helped the...

A programme of investment and reform has changed the face of education in Mongolia as the sector has transitioned from a centralised, state-dominated Soviet system to a considerably more dynamic model. The government has focused resources and reform efforts on the basic educational system with international support. The private sector is also...

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