The Law vs. the Market: What Qatar and Kuwait Reveal About Women Entrepreneurship in the Gulf
Qatar has built one of the most legally equal systems for women entrepreneurs in the world. Kuwait has not. Yet in practice, Kuwaiti women lead startups at far higher rates. This article examines why legal reform alone does not guarantee economic participation, and what the contrast between Qatar and Kuwait reveals about how markets, culture, and policy interact across the Gulf.
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