Yemen's economy

Basic information

Yemen overview
(World Bank)

Economic development data profile
(World Bank)

World Bank reports on Yemen
List of reports, with links to full text

Index of documents on Yemen
in the World Bank database

Yemen in brief
General review of the economic situation, September 2001(World Bank)

IMF documents on Yemen
List of documents in the database, with links to full text.

Economic Update
World Bank quarterly bulletins on Yemen 2000-2004 (PDF)

Country Assistance Strategy for Yemen
A 52-page report, May 1999 (PDF)

Basic economic facts
(Arab Datanet)

The Yemeni riyal
Exchange rate, plus fluctuations against the dollar over threeand six months [zawya.com]

Yemeni currency
Pictures and details of current coins and banknotes.

Economic development

Key issues in the Yemeni economy
by Gerd Nonneman, Lancaster University

USAID
Overview of American programmes in Yemen, with links to annual reports

Yemen in the 1990s: from unification to economic reform
IMF Occasional Paper No 208, May 2002 (summary with details of how to order the complete text)

Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF analysis, describing the existing poverty reduction strategy, and lays out the process for future development. December 2000. (PDF file)

Reformative process in the market and state in Yemen
by Prof Mohammed al-Maitami

Efforts of Economic Program and structural adjustment
by Prof Mohammed al-Maitami

Education as a strategic deterrent in a backward society (Yemen as a case)
by Prof Mohammed al-Maitami

"If Yemen is launching a war against corruption, we are your partners"
Christopher Ward of the World Bank interviewed by the Yemen Times

Yemen unity: economic prospects
A comparison of the economies of north and south Yemen at the time of unification, by Prof. Yahya Almutawakel (Sana'a University)

World Bank Comprehensive Development Review 2000
Covers a range of economic and social issues (PDF format)

Yemen: Forging a New Consensus
World Bank, July 1999

Yemen's economic situation and its relations with Korea
by Dr. Seong Min Hong

Economic Notebook
News and statistics (1999 and 1998 only)

Oil and gas in Yemen

Oil concessions in Yemen
Map with details of blocks and companies, plus overview. (Source: PEPA). See also earlier map (circa 1997)

Petroleum Exploration and Production Authority

Ministry of Oil and Minerals

US Department of Energy
Report on Yemen. Detailed information about oil, refining, natural gas and electricity, plus a general overview of developments and prospects.

Oil and gas statistics
(US Energy Information Administration)

Oil and gas in the Yemen
by Michael Whittall (British-Yemeni Society Journal, 1995)

Bab al-Mandab
The importance to world oil trade of the strait connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, and the potential effects of its closure (US Energy Information Administration)

Oil and the non-OPEC countries (including Yemen)
US Energy Information Administration fact-sheet

Assortment of oil-related links
Korea Institute of the Mideast Economies (KIME)