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After Eight Years of Gridlock, Kuwait Finally Passes a New Debt Law

Apr 16, 2025 | 15:10 GMT

The law will enable external borrowing to finance the country's deficits and Vision 2035 investments, but Kuwait's growing reliance on debt markets to increase capital expenditure could eventually prove problematic.

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