Renegotiating the ruling Bargain: selling fiscal reform in the GCC
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[1] Qatar University
Qatar University
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- Localización: Middle East Journal, ISSN 0026-3141, Vol. 70, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 321-329
- Idioma: inglés
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(A similar proposal in Kuwait was rejected by parliament.) Despite boasting the world's highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Qatar also doubled water and electricity prices with no prior notification, and suspended its public health care scheme for citizens.3 In a speech delivered in November 2015, Qatar's emir, Shaykh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, summed up the message delivered almost in unison by Gulf rulers when he declared that citizens could no longer be dependent upon the state "to provide for everything. According to the chairman of the parliamentary committee formed to quiz the ministers, "MPs want the government to realise that they are not puppets and should have a say in what should be done to tackle the financial crisis.
