ABSTRACT
The re-created and strengthened family, village, and town ties resulting from the informal mechanisms at work in Kuwait laid the groundwork for an additional survival mechanism, the village and town fund. Since the mid-1970s, hundreds of such funds have sprung up. Their impact on the cohesion of the former villages or towns is impressive. In fact, a friendly form of competition has taken root among Palestinian villages and towns in Kuwait for the establishment of such funds.
