Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 STRUCTURE OF THE IMMIGRANT LABOUR FORCE -- 2.1 Origins of the immigrants -- 2.2 Period of residence in Kuwait -- 2.3 Educational standards -- 2.4 Age structure -- 2.5 Sex structure -- 2.6 Occupational structure of the immigrant workforce -- 2.7 Occupations of immigrant workforce in their home country -- 2.8 Occupations of the immigrant workforce in Kuwait -- 3 SOCIAL FACTORS RELEVANT TO IMMIGRANT WORKERS -- 3.1 Geographical distribution of immigrants by nationality -- 3.2 Education and the labour force -- 3.3 Social problems arising from the presence of the immigrant workforce in Kuwait -- 3.4 Housing conditions of immigrant workers -- 3.5 Social variables affecting immigrant labour -- 3.6 Egyptian immigrants in Kuwait and in Egypt -- 4 ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE IMMIGRANT WORKFORCE -- 4.1 Wages of immigrant workers -- 4.2 Skills of the foreign workforce and the appropriateness of their use -- 4.3 Financial transfers by immigrant workers -- 4.4 An assessment of the foreign workforce and its contribution to the Kuwaiti economy -- 5 THE RELATIVE STATUS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS -- 5.1 Status of immigrant workers -- 5.2 An assessment of the costs of immigrant workers to the Kuwaiti economy -- 6 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK -- 6.1 The political dimension of the immigrant workforce -- 6.2 Conclusions -- 6.3 Considerations for the future -- APPENDIX: Statistical Tables Supporting the Text -- INDEX