Yemen Socio-Economic Update

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - August 2016

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Various Topics

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.

WTO approves Yemen's membership after marathon negotiations

Yemen won admission to the World TradeOrganization (WTO) on Wednesday after 13 years of negotiations, making its entry into the global trade club a formality early next year.

Yemen humanitarian response plan requests US$1.8 billion

March 16th, Modaher al-Abbasi, Deputy minister of planning and international cooperation, and the Jamie McGoldrick, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, held a meeting to launch the humanitarian r...

The Human Costs of the War In Yemen

By Jason M. Breslow One year ago, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked if Yemen was about to become a failed state.We don’t have an assurance yet,” Kerry told reporters in Sri Lanka. “I would not...

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - April 2016

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Saudi Warplanes Destroy Main North Yemen Aid Port in Hodeida

Adding to the humanitarian calamity across Yemen, but felt most strongly in the north of the country, Saudi warplanes on Aug. 18 attacked and destroyed much of the primary humanitarian aid port in Ho...

In Search For A New Development Paradigm

Mr Abdallah Al Dardari - UN-ESCWA Chief Economist and Director of EDGD In October 2011, in a world economists gathering in New York, I asked Joseph Stiglitz what he thought was the optimal economic ...

Yemen Receives Just 2% Of Required $1.8B In Humanitarian Assistance

The Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan, launched in Geneva last month, is currently just 2 percent funded, according to spokesman for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Leo Dobbs.

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - Jul 2016

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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 - August 2016