The total number of students in science and engineering has been steadily increasing since the mid-1980s, and the rise has been most rapid over the past decade (Chart 10).
We have recently launched an Islamic Sukuk liquidity instrument, which is a repurchase agreement that enables financial institutions, both conventional and Islamic, to access short-term liquidity against the Government of Bahrain Ijara Sukuk. At the same time, however, the primary responsibility for sound risk management and control resides with the firms themselves.