This he did, and I well remember him saying to the manager, "Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like a common servant."

The report notes that there was a decrease in tariff protection following the implementation, in 2003, of the common external tariff of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of which Bahrain is a member.

Such models may become more common; in November the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education recommended that residency-style programmes become the norm.