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Yemen - Development Policy Review

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-14T16:41:52Z
dc.date.available2012-06-14T16:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.description.abstractYemen is the second poorest country in the Middle East and North Africa region, with 42 percent of its population counted as poor in 1998. GDP has stagnated at around US$530 per capita in real terms since 2002. Unemployment, estimated at 11.5 percent in 1999, is expected to have worsened as the population has climbed at 3 percent a year and the labor force has burgeoned. Extreme gender inequalities persist. Malnutrition is so severe that Yemeni children suffer the world's second worst stunting in growth. And natural resources are increasingly constrained. Two-thirds of Yemen's known oil reserves were depleted by 2003, and production has already begun to decline and will plummet by 2012 if no new reserves are discovered. Freshwater is also increasingly scarce: per capita availability in Yemen is about 2 percent of the world average and projected to diminish by a third in the next 20 years because of the expected increase in population. Compounding these economic, social, and resource problems are Yemen's policy and institutional failings, which have prompted donors to cut aid. Yemen received a meager US$13 in development assistance per capita in 2004. In 2005, the Development Assistance Committee cut International Development Association (IDA) 14 (2006-08) allocations to Yemen by nearly a third, and the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation suspended Yemen's eligibility for assistance because of its worsening corruption, regulatory quality, and fiscal policies. The main challenges to Yemen's growth are the impending rapid decline in oil revenues, the weak capacity of governance institutions, the pressures of high population growth, and the worsening scarcity of freshwater. The country has yet to come to grips with the imminent oil decline and its consequences. The Government is concerned about governance problems and is recently attempting to speed up reforms. The last two challenges-high population growth and water crisis- are long recognized by the government, but reforms have been slow.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9436149/yemen-development-policy-review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/8023
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8023
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectADULT EDUCATION
dc.subjectADULT LITERACY
dc.subjectARMED CONFLICT
dc.subjectBASIC EDUCATION
dc.subjectBASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectBOTH SEXES
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectBUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
dc.subjectCERTIFIED MIDWIFE
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILDREN PER WOMAN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
dc.subjectDEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDROPOUT
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectEDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subjectEDUCATION OF GIRLS
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFEMALE ADULT ILLITERACY
dc.subjectFEMALE LITERACY
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY CONTROL
dc.subjectFERTILITY DECLINE
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATE
dc.subjectFIGHTING CORRUPTION
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN AID
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subjectFOREIGN POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER PARITY
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE COMPONENTS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE QUALITY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SYSTEM
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICIES
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHIGH POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectILLNESSES
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUITIES
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL QUALITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
dc.subjectINTERNAL CONFLICTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIMITED RESOURCES
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectLOCAL BUSINESS
dc.subjectLOCAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLOWER BIRTH RATES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectMATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF POPULATION
dc.subjectMODERNIZATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION COUNCIL
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATION POLICY
dc.subjectNATIONAL STRATEGY
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARY SEATS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectPEACE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLITICAL COMMITMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL FREEDOMS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOOR GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION ACTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION POLICIES
dc.subjectPOPULATION POLICY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPREGNANCIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectREGULATORY QUALITY
dc.subjectREGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectRESOURCE DEPLETION
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL GIRLS
dc.subjectRURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCARCE RESOURCES
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY POINTS
dc.subjectSLOWING POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRESS
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL LIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectYOUNG MEN
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.titleYemen - Development Policy Reviewen
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:45:39.973769Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Development Policy Review (DPR)
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9436149/yemen-development-policy-review
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9436149
okr.identifier.report43600
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryYemen, Republic of
okr.sectorHealth
okr.sectorGeneral public administration sector
okr.sectorGeneral industry and trade sector
okr.sectorGeneral finance sector
okr.sectorGeneral education sector
okr.themeTax policy and administration
okr.themeMacroeconomic management
okr.themeExport development and competitiveness
okr.themeDebt management and fiscal sustainability
okr.themeAnalysis of economic growth
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.unitSocial & Economic Development Gp (MNSED)
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