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“55 years is a long time… we started with Arab countries and then moved on to non-Arab countries in Africa and Asia. You know what happened with the Arab Spring in different countries such as Syria, amongst others, where Kuwait Fund started with developmental aid, particularly in terms of building physical projects to enhance the economies of countries that we support.”
“In our sector, the investment sector, and through being a specialized, client-driven, asset management investment bank, our focus is on building and continuing to maintain our strong leadership position. Part of that is the trust that is bestowed upon us by our clients and our various stakeholders.”
“Overall, we feel that the non-oil economic growth is going to outperform the oil economic growth. OPEC has implemented production cuts in order to stabilize oil prices, and Kuwait will be adhering to those cuts. That will have an effect on the real GDP growth because Kuwait is such a highly energy dependent economy. It all depends on how the oil markets behave.”
“The government is now concentrating on our cultural sites. We recently completed the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre, which houses an opera center and different convention centers. By the middle of this year, we expect to open another cultural and scientific center, called Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre.”
“Everywhere we used to see challenges that needed solutions, and for all the problems in the world, there are solutions. We wanted to start giving solutions to the people and to charge them for it.”
“Corruption is rife, Kuwait jumped up 20 places in the ranking for corruption. Unfortunately up to now, democracy has not been helping the development of Kuwait as it used to in the 60s, 70s and partially in the 80s.”
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