Rethinking Yemen’s Economy - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies

About the program

The project works to integrate policymaker agendas on local, national, regional, and international levels to reorient conflict resolution processes around economic solutions. It also provides a platform, the Development Champions Forum (DCF), for Yemeni experts and ‘Development Champions’ among women and youth to build a grassroots consensus on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, stabilization, post-conflict reconstruction, and sustainable development in Yemen. The DCF’s approach has been successfully implemented since 2017, and over the years has developed into a well-established brand.

The project is an initiative to identify Yemen’s economic, humanitarian, social and development priorities in light of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, and to prepare for the post-conflict recovery period. It aims to build consensus in crucial policy areas through engaging and promoting informed Yemeni voices in the public discourse. The aim is to ensure successful economic, humanitarian, social and development interventions in the conflict and post-conflict periods in Yemen, which will address the needs and rights of the Yemeni people and put the country on a path toward sustainable peace and development.

The “Development Champions Forum” (DCF), a platform for Yemeni experts, and the “Development Champions,” a platform for women and youth to build a grassroots consensus on peacebuilding, were launched as part of Rethinking Yemen’s Economy.

The project is implemented by the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) in partnership with DeepRoot Consulting and CARPO – Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient. It is funded by the European Union and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Yemen.

Publications

Addressing the Crushing Weight of Yemen’s Public Debt
Addressing the Crushing Weight of Yemen’s Public Debt

July 20, 2022 Main Publications

Sana’a Center Economic Unit

For decades prior to the ongoing conflict, Yemen had been vulnerable to recurring budget deficits due to a lack of meaningful fiscal reform, high recurrent expenditures – mainly public sector salaries and fuel subsidies – and an overdependence on oil revenues. While foreign debt obligations remained low, the debt market was poorly diversified, with treasury bill holders narrowly concentrated within…
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Priorities for the Recovery and Reform of the Electricity Sector in Yemen
Policy Brief: Priorities for the Recovery and Reform of the Electricity Sector in Yemen

November 11, 2021 Main Publications

Akram M. Almohamadi

Electricity is the backbone of any economy and one of the necessities of modern life. Since even before the current war, poor electricity services in Yemen have been one of the key barriers to sustainable economic development and basic service provisions, such as water supply, health care, and education. This policy brief presents an overview of the electricity sector and…
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Local Governance in Yemen Amid Conflict and Instability
Local Governance in Yemen Amid Conflict and Instability

July 29, 2018 Main Publications

Maged Al-Madhaji

Local councils are among Yemen’s most important state institutions. Responsible for providing basic public services to millions of Yemenis, local councils represent official governance and the Yemeni state for vast swathes of the population. The intensification of the Yemen conflict since March 2015 has undermined the councils’ ability to operate effectively in most areas of the country. The councils depend heavily on central government financing and, to a lesser degree, local sources of revenue such as taxes on basic utilities…
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