VOL. XLV

No 26

1-July-2002

YEMEN

ESCWA Sees StarkChallenges Facing Yemeni Economy

High rates of population growth, unemployment, poverty andilliteracy, combined with insufficient skilled labor and serious watershortages are the main challenges facing the Yemeni economy, according to arecent report[1]published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia(ESCWA). The report, reviewing the progress Yemen has made under the New Program of Actionfor the Least Developed...