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Chapter 3 The grace of Allah – Oil boom (14)
077 Searching
for wealth – Migrants rushing into Gulf countries (1/4)
By money, it was not difficult to construct infrastructure such as buildings, roads, bridges, harbors and the like. They asked the European consultant to design the building, ordered the construction works to the companies in Turkey and Egypt, and brought the cheap labor from India and Pakistan. The same was for schools and hospitals. The necessary teaching materials or medical equipment also imported from foreign countries paying by oil dollars.
Social capital was able to be prepared by money. The problem was
human resources. Human resources such as school teachers or hospital doctors
were inevitable. In Saudi Arabia and Kuwait there were too few teachers and
doctors to operate schools and hospitals. Even in Iraq the absolute numbers of
teachers and doctors were insufficient due to the rapid increase of needs.
It was essential that teachers and doctors, who are important to
communicate with students or patients, could speak Arabic. Arabic speaking
talents were required not only in the fields like education and healthcare, but
also in business field where the boom also began along with economic
development. Saudis and Kuwaitis,
however, could not keep the books nor handle cash register. Supply source of
manpower were from Egyptians, Palestinians, Lebanese and Jordanians. Oil
producing countries had the huge demand on manpower. On the other hand, there
were many job-seekers in non-oil producing countries. The demand and supply of
both parties matched each other. The job-seekers rushed to the Gulf
oil-producing countries like Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
(To be continued ----)
(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)
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