Kuwait's Welfare System

Project holder: 

• Bruno PALIER (CEE, LIEPP, Sciences Po) 

Research team: 

• Rivka AZOULAY (LIEPP, Sciences Po) 
• Laurence LOUËR (CERI, Sciences Po)

Funding 

This research was funded by a grant from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) through the Kuwait Program at Sciences Po.

Project description: 

This research project aims to analyze Kuwait’s current social policy system, identify key challenges, and in response to these challenges, propose general reforms. The research contains two parts: the first part provides an overall description of Kuwait’s welfare system, and assessment of main challenges. The second part proposes guidelines and recommendations to develop new venues for social policies in Kuwait, with a strengthened focus on social investment for a dynamic society and economy less dependent on oil revenues.

Read the final report - May 2021 (PDF)