Stimulating Business and Employment in Yemen
Yemen is at a crossroads. Two years
after popular unrest led to the ousting of the former
president, there is now a coalition government, and the
beginnings of a national political transition. March 2013
saw the launch of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC)
that has brought together political and civil society actors
from across the spectrum to formulate a constitution and
bring closure not only to the unrest that began in 2011, but
to decades of unresolved grievances and conflicts within
Yemen. Expectations are high and much is riding on the
outcome of the NDC, not least of which is the future
direction of the Yemeni economy. As in most developing
countries, the Yemeni private sector consists predominantly
of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) - over 97
presentage of firms (about 290,000 in number) have less than
25 employees with total estimated employment of over 600,000
workers, including approximately 30,000 women. The inclusion
of these MSMEs in Yemen's economic recovery is critical
for social stability as they represent a significant portion
of the jobs outside the public sector and a significant
source of income for segments of the Yemeni population. Even
more crucially, they also represent an important source of
potential future job growth.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Assaf, Nabila |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2013-04
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| Subjects: | BDS,
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES,
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT,
BUSINESSES,
BUYER,
CAPABILITIES,
CAPABILITY,
COMPANY,
COMPETITIVE INVESTMENTS,
COMPETITIVENESS,
CREATING JOBS,
DRIVERS,
ELECTRICITY,
EMPLOYABILITY,
EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS,
EMPLOYMENT STATUS,
ENTREPRENEURS,
EXPORT MARKET,
FINANCIAL RESOURCES,
FIRMS,
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT,
HIGH EMPLOYMENT,
INNOVATION,
INVESTMENT CLIMATE,
JOB CREATION,
JOB MARKET,
JOB SKILL,
JOB TRAINING,
JOBS,
LABOR FORCE,
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES,
MANUFACTURING,
MARKET DEVELOPMENT,
MARKET LINKAGES,
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES,
NEW MARKET,
NEW MARKETS,
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT,
PILOT PROJECT,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES,
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT,
PRIVATE SECTOR JOB,
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCT LINES,
RESULTS,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
SMALL BUSINESSES,
SMALL ENTERPRISES,
SME,
SME DEVELOPMENT,
SMES,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
TECHNICAL SKILLS,
TECHNICAL SUPPORT,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
VALUE CHAIN,
VOCATIONAL COLLEGE,
WAGE SUBSIDIES,
WORKERS,
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17612007/yemen-stimulating-business-employment
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16127
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