Catalina Espinosa
Research expert covering society, economy, and politics for Europe and the EU
Foreign workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council
The workforce of the Gulf Cooperation Council has been shaped by the increased economic prosperity deriving from crude oil and other hydrocarbon products since the early 1960s, as well as the Gulf countries final independence from the United Kingdom in 1971. In order to utilize the revenue from oil to establish and modernize those new states, a workforce from abroad was needed to tackle those tasks.
