Yemen in the 1990s : from unification to economic reform / Klaus Enders ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81).

Preface vii
List of Abbreviations
viii
Overview
1 (2)
External Environment: Politics, Oil, and Debt
3 (12)
Political Developments: Unity, Gulf Crisis, Civil War, and Democracy
3 (2)
Yemen's Emergence as an Oil Producer
5 (6)
External Debt
11 (4)
Macroeconomic Policy During 1990-99
15 (11)
Crisis, Controls, and Stagnation: Macroeconomic Policies During 1990-94
16 (4)
Reform and the Return of Stability and Growth During 1995-99
20 (2)
Preserving the Oil Wealth: A Long-Term View of Yemen's Fiscal Policy Stance
22 (4)
Microeconomic Reforms
26 (21)
Foreign Exchange Regime and Foreign Trade Reforms
26 (4)
Tax Reform
30 (2)
Public Expenditure Reform
32 (5)
Reform of the Regulatory Environment
37 (3)
Privatization
40 (1)
Financial Sector Reforms
41 (6)
Poverty and Social Safety Net Policies
47 (5)
Pensions
47 (1)
The Social Welfare Fund and Other Cash Transfers
48 (1)
The Social Fund for Development
48 (2)
Informal Safety Nets and Development Support Organizations
50 (2)
Economic Performance from 1990 to 1999
52 (29)
Growth and Employment
52 (8)
Inflation
60 (2)
Poverty and Social Indicators
62 (6)
Saving, Investment, and External Vulnerability
68 (5)
Annexes
Tourism Sector in Yemen: Problems and Prospects
73 (4)
Summary of the Tax System as of end-June 2000
77 (4)
References 81 (1)
Statistical Appendix 82

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