Kuwait offers projects and processes as it reaches out to investors

Kuwait is not going to change decades-old habits overnight, but that doesn’t mean it cannot enact positive change – especially as its fractious National Assembly seems less inclined than usual to block reformist economic policy, as a senior envoy in Kuwait observed. Aware of its reputation for laggard project progress, Kuwait is seeking to redefine itself as a private sector-oriented, foreign investor-friendly destination, on the back of streamlined investment laws and public-private partnership (PPP) legislation that Kuwaiti officials claim is a first in the region.