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Banking Sector Growth Outlook Assessed

September 2008 | Economic Analysis

BMI View: The Kuwaiti plan to build up the banking sector has some mileage, but a poor business environment, as well as the current liquidity crisis and unfavourable global conditions, may mean it is too late for Kuwait to compete with the more established financial centres of the region.

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