Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 9

01-March-2010

MEES Agenda

Yemen Develops Strategy To Meet Growing Electricity Needs

Yemen has a shortfall in electric power generating capacity and also has an inadequate electricity distribution network. Demand for electricity is significantly higher than available capacity, while only around 40% of the population could access the national power grid in 2008. The country depends on old power stations, established in the early 1990s, which...