VOL. XLI

No. 02

12-January-1998

YEMEN

Yemeni Budget Passed As Structural Reform Bites

More wrangling between the governing General People's Congress(GPC) of President Ali Abd Allah Salih and the opposition Islah party marked the passageof the Yemeni budget for the year commencing 1 April 1998. Islah withdrew its deputiesfrom parliament in protest at the budget, saying that it heralded a fourth round of priceincreases on basic goods which would particularly harm the poor. However analysts say...