01605cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011943 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475504590 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Kuwait : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (86 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper on Kuwait focuses on recent development in investment companies (ICs) and the business environment in the country. ICs continue to be vulnerable to swings in financial and real estate markets. They continue to have large exposures to domestic, regional, and international equity and real estate markets. Local banks' lending to ICs declined in 2010-11 owing to banks' write-offs of ICs loans. The financial situation of many ICs remains precarious, and there are 15 listed investment companies in a dire situation. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2012/151 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2012/151/002.2012.issue-151-en.xml IMF e-Library