It is bordered by the countries of Jordon, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, and Bahrain. ... The Saudi Arabian government considers the Quran to be its constitution and therefore the state is governed by Islamic law. ... Their basic law of government states the government's rights and responsibilities and is broken down into three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. ... His cabinet is appointed by him every four years and includes many family members as well as twenty two government ministries. ... Saudi Arabia also deeply affects the sm...

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Since the illiteracy rate was high, the government's support enabled the Arab women to join schools and then encourage them to get a better job. Education for women was introduced in the 20th centaury in Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia where as Modern education was introduced whereas in Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq it was introduced in 1829, 1835 and 1898 respectively. ... After the Arab government has started implementing jobs for women, 75 percent of the girls complete their primary school while only 50 percent of those girls finish their secondary level. ... (Al-Qazzat, A) In the United Arab...

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At the end of the 2011 fiscal year Kuwait reported oil revenues of US$44.43 billion, which accounted for 93% of total government revenues. This is no anomaly; since independence from Britain in 1961, Kuwait's oil revenues have averaged over 84% of the state's total revenues with the exception of 1991/1992 (dropping to 57%) due to the Iraqi invasion. ... Between the period of 1951 to 1996, "the government spent a total of US$13.54 billion solely on Land Acquisitions for the Public. ... In terms of national security, ever since Iraq's claim to Kuwait in the 60s, Kuwait's sec...

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Since the late 1960s the government has instituted major industrialization programs. ... The hydrocarbons sector of the industry is the main source of government revenue. ... In 1992 the government initiated an austerity program. ... The government offered tax incentives and low-interest loans to entrepreneurs. ... The Syrian government is encouraging foreign companies to explore for new oil fields near the Iraqi and Turkish borders. ...

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The United States government reports on human trafficking every year and government responses to this issue. Countries in this report are rated in 4 tiers based upon the efforts of their government to prevent trafficking. ... This can be attributed to the effort the countries government makes to prevent the problem. ... Making this continent stand out as an area with little government effort to prevent the trade of humans. ... In these areas governments are actively working to prevent human trafficking (see appendix A). ...

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OPEC consists of the participation of 11 different countries: Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. ... Most domestic oil is sent directly to refineries, but because of our dependence on foreign countries for oil, and the lesson we learned with the oil embargo of 1973 and 1974 the Federal Government set up the SPR (U.S. ... Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. ...

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