Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 1-2

3/10-Jan-2011

YEMEN

Yemens 2011 Draft Budget Targets Structural Reforms

The Yemeni economy faces a number of economic, social and political challenges, according to the 2011 budget statement issued by the government after approving the draft budget on 4 December. The statement noted that the world economic crisis in 2009 and 2010 continued to adversely affect the real economy as the inflow of foreign capital into the country declined. At the same...