Yemen Socio-Economic Update

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - June 2016

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Oil prices above $50, buoyed by U.S. stock draw

Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Wednesday, with U.S. crude joining Brent above $50 a barrel after data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed a larger than expected draw on stoc...

MENA QUARTERLY ECONOMIC BRIEF - PLUNGING OIL PRICES

In the three months since most observers, including the World Bank, issued their last forecasts, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region has changed substantially. Political tensions have ease...

IMF Loan to Help Yemen Tackle Reforms, Attract Aid

On September 2, the IMF approved a $553 million loan for Yemen to support the country’s plans to strengthen fiscal and external positions, boost growth, and fight poverty by reducing inefficient fuel...

The ugly truths of Yemen's war must not stay buried in the...

By Rasha Mohamed Anguish, frustration, grief, helplessness, seething anger.A mixture of all those emotions washed over me as I stood next to Mohamed an hour after an airstrike had destroyed his hous...

Inequality, Uprisings, and Conflict in the Arab World

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) represents a puzzle. The region had been making steady progress in terms of the World Bank’s twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosp...

Parliament approves 2014 budget

The Parliament approved on Saturday the public budgets of the state for the fiscal year 2014.

Yemen: 'Some people are living on one piece of bread a day'...

Yemen, once known as “Happy Arabia”, may be heading towards famine in one of the biggest crises of our time. Of its 24 million people, over 80% are in need of assistance in order to survive.

How Oil Prices Impact Fiscal Regimes

Carole Nakhle Markets largely dictate how the relationship between international oil companies and host states will play out, with governments attempting to ensure they receive a ‘fair share’ of pet...

Yemen GDP and Economic Data

Country Report 2015 - Includes Yemen real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.

YER Exchange rate

Currency	Bid	ASK
US Dollar	250	250.5
British Pound	326.9	327.55
Euro	293.56	294.15
Saudi Rial	66.67	66.8

Source: Central Bank of Yemen
September 24, 2018

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Yemen Socio-Economic Update - June 2016