An optimized model for substitution of expatriate workforce in a Gulf-Council country: the Kuwaiti case

"This article is based on data from a research project carried out during 1992-1994 to achieve a replacement mechanism and a model for the substitution of expatriate labour by Kuwaiti nationals. Since Kuwait can readily enforce its Kuwaitization policy in the public sector, the presented model aims at reducing the share of non-Kuwaitis in that sector over five years. Published data on distribution of the workforce in the public sector by nationality indicate that the non-Kuwaiti share of the total workforce is 38 per cent. The majority of [migrant] workers are unskilled or semi-skilled and engaged in production, commerce and services. Sex ratios are unbalanced and workers exhibit a high rate of literacy...." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)     

体验“监狱”生活

正听起来显得讽刺和悲伤——"监狱"成了现代人体验自由的下一站。这是发生在韩国的事情。在洪川郡坐落着一座名为"内心牢笼"(Prison Inside Me)的"监狱",不过这里并非对刑事罪犯开放,而是提供给对生活有束缚感的上班族、大学生、公司老板和全职妈妈。外观上看来,这里更像一个工业园区。此处的