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...added that per-capita federal funding has decreased in recent years...
...fact, much power will probably remain within the Chamber of Commerce, where Kuwait's so-called 14 families, the country's business elite, congregate to debate policy. It is this oligarchy that many young Kuwaitis find unacceptable. Although per capita income for Kuwait's 1.5 million people is $15,000 a year, there have been complaints, largely from academics, that 95% of the wealth goes to only 5% of the population...
...price boom in 1973 began barely two years after seven gulf emirates-Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah-set aside tribal quarrels to form a loose federation. The cornucopia of oil money has yielded perhaps the highest per capita income in the world for Emirates citizens (in excess of $100,000 a year) and created a cradle-to-grave welfare state. But the Emirates face the most serious population imbalance in the region: of a population of 900,000, fully 80% are foreigners...
East Germany leads the Warsaw Pact in per capita meat consumption (86.2 kg), a revealing economic indicator in the Communist world. Thought to have the strongest economy in the bloc, East Germany is the only member to set a higher growth target for this year (4.8%) than last (4.3%). Economic planning has loosened a bit, helping to compensate for capital deficiencies, limited natural resources and a small labor force. Slavish in its devotion to Soviet aims, East Germany billets some 285,000 Soviet troops. The archconservative regime of Party Chief Erich Honecker tolerates little dissent, though a few minor work...
Although it boasts the region's highest per capita income ($1,650), the country ran up a formidable $650 million trade deficit last year, mainly because of spiraling oil bills. The result has been declining growth, rising food prices and increased labor unrest. Warns Economist Angel Rodríguez Echeverria: "Unless we resolve our economic problems, Costa Rica could become vulnerable to the troubles of other Central American countries...