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October 2020

The humanitarian crisis, now aggravated by COVID-19, persists, leaving many Yemenis dependent on relief and remittances.

A doctor measures the temperature of a driver in the city of Taiz, Yemen.
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High malnutrition rates have drawn global attention, highlighting the five-and-half-year civil war's impact on its population.

A group of Yemeni children playing in Al-Dhihla village, Anss District, Dhamar Governorate.
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Marina Wes

Country Director, Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti


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Oct 07, 2020

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.

Sep 01, 2020

Yemen Monthly Economic Update

Yemen Monthly Economic Update is a monthly publication that analyzes Yemen's socio-economic developments in the preceding month. The monthly update is prepared by the World Bank's macroeconomics team.

Jul 15, 2020

Building for Peace: Reconstruction for Security, Sustainable Peace, and ...

The World Bank and the German Development Cooperation have joined efforts to take a fresh look at reconstruction, development, and the transition to sustainable peace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and ...

Jun 17, 2020

The Fallout of War: The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

The Mashreq region has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade.

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