VOL. XLVI

No 5

3-February-2003

YEMEN

AFESD Lends Yemen $101Mn For Marib-San'a Power Line

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has signed a loan with Yemen worth KD30mn ($101mn) to help finance the construction of a 400kv power line between Marib and San'a to carry electricity from a gas-fired power station to be constructed in the Marib region. Marib is the second largest oil producing region in the country with around 18% of total production (MEES, 29 April 2002). The loan,...