Strategic Projects Accomplished

• Kuwaiti manufactured products’ penetration in the EU market.
  
• The impact of financial liberalization on the Islamic banking industry.
  
• A roadmap for Kuwait’s industrial development.
  
• Developing quantitative planning tools.
  
• Restructuring the industrial incentive system in Kuwait.
  
• Evaluating the impact of subsidy reform policies in the State of Kuwait.
  
• A plan for energy conservation and management of electricity demand for Kuwait.
  
• Millennium challenges and merging in the Kuwaiti banking sector.
  
• Organizational structure and functions of the export development center.

International Challenges on Economic Development for the GCC Countries Conference, Jan 29-31, 2005. Kuwait

Organized by TED, the conference aims at bringing together leading international, regional, and local economic development policy scholars and decision makers to discuss vital issues facing the GCC countries.

Conference themes:

The impact of energy-related environmental agreements on the economies of the GCC; Evaluating subsidization policies in the GCC countries; Energizing the private sector; The Euro-Gulf Association Agreement and economic integration in the GCC region; The impact of international economic agreements on the GCC countries; Labor market issues in the GCC countries.

Economic Surveys

Recently, the following surveys were conducted by the division:

• Consumer Price index
  
• Social Welfare Index
  
• Business Confidence Index