Sunday 16 May 2010

Kuwait Plans 5 Billion-Dinar Investment in Economy This Year

Kuwait plans to invest about 5 billion dinars ($17.2 billion) in its economy in the 2010-2011 year, according to the secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development.

“Oil investment will be 2.212 billion dinars and non-oil will receive 2.8 billion dinars,” Adel al-Wuqayan said in an interview in Manama today.

Kuwait, the fifth-biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, expects investments of more than 30 billion dinars in its economy over four years, he said. Investments from the private sector are estimated at 15.4 billion dinars, and the government will contribute 14.7 billion, according to al-Wuqayan.

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