ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on foreign manpower in Kuwait, with particular emphasis being given to a discussion of the 'push' and 'pull' factors which facilitate migration. Socialization, in schools, where most of the teachers are Arabs from Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Iraq, has had an impact on the youth of Kuwait. The chapter shows that the Palestinians and Jordanians outnumber other groups in every occupation except service, agriculture and production. Iran, like Iraq, suffers from political instability and lack of economic planning, especially in the agricultural sector. By 1975 the Iranian population in Kuwait was the largest non-Arab community in the country. The chapter examines the general laws and regulations concerning the foreign labor force in Kuwait. To improve work and productivity, priority must be given to the social, economic and legal conditions of migrant manpower, which represents 75 per cent of the labor force in Kuwait.
