Yemen, Republic of - Coping Strategies in Rural Yemen and Policy Implications
Yemen is predominantly a rural country and poverty is by and large a rural phenomenon: 73 percent of the population, and 84 percent of the poor, live in rural areas. Between 1998 and 2005, while the percentage of poor in urban areas declined by 11....
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| Format: | Other Rural Study |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100702004450 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2868 |
| Summary: | Yemen is predominantly a rural country
and poverty is by and large a rural phenomenon: 73 percent
of the population, and 84 percent of the poor, live in rural
areas. Between 1998 and 2005, while the percentage of poor
in urban areas declined by 11.6 percentage points (from 32.2
percent to 20.7 percent); rural poverty remained at
approximately 40 percent. Poverty is estimated to have
worsened since 2005. Estimates put the number of Yemeni who
fell below the poverty line as a result of the food crisis,
followed by the financial crisis and its impact on the real
economy, by some 10 percentage points. It is estimated that
now, half of the rural population is below the poverty line.
This study purports to: (i) identify and analyze the
livelihood strategies that poor people rely upon to cope
with unfavorable environment and difficult circumstances;
and (ii) understand the factors that are intricately linked
with keeping rural people trapped in poverty or conversely
what helps them get out of it. |
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