Yemen Socio-Economic Update

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - September 2016

Click on download icon to get the eighteenth edition of the Yemen Socio-Economic Updeate (YSEU) for September 2016

Various Topics

Yemen budget deficit to decline in 2014, IMF

International Monetary Fund has expected Yemen’s government budget deficit will decline in 2014 to 6.7 percent, compared with 7.1 percent in 2013, and next year will be 6.6 percent.

The WTO’S Bali Deal – How Balanced?

This issue of South Bulletin provides an overview of the deal made at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali in December 2013. It was hailed in some media as a breakthrough for the WTO. The outcomes ...

Yemen brings WTO membership to 160

On 26 June 2014, Yemen became the 160th WTO member, closing the 13-year long chapter of negotiating its accessions terms with WTO member countries.

Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency

Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks chan...

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...

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...

UN: Half Of Yemen Suffering Malnutrition, Famine Looms Under Saudi Blockade

More than half of Yemen’s population is suffering from malnutrition, the United Nations told MEE on Wednesday, while warning the war-torn nation faces imminent famine.

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...

Regional Economic Outlook UPDATE

Low oil prices and deepening conflicts continue to weigh on economic activity in the MENAP region. The growth prospects for most oil exporters have been revised down markedly since last Octob...

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

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Yemen Socio-Economic Update - September 2016