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As Yemenis start planning the reconstruction and rebuilding of their country after recent turmoil they face huge challenges in every major sphere. This book discusses the political and economic bac...
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30 September 2015

As Yemenis start planning the reconstruction and rebuilding of their country after recent turmoil they face huge challenges in every major sphere. This book discusses the political and economic background and analyses the most important issues:
the option of improved governance through a federal government
addressing the powerful and patronage networks of the previous regime
investing in Yemen's human and natural resources to compensate for falling revenues from oil and gas
maintaining rural life through reduced dependence on irrigated agriculture and investing in enhancing rain fed agriculture
addressing the issue of urban water shortage through desalination
involving women in enhancing security
the option of improved governance through a federal government
addressing the powerful and patronage networks of the previous regime
investing in Yemen's human and natural resources to compensate for falling revenues from oil and gas
maintaining rural life through reduced dependence on irrigated agriculture and investing in enhancing rain fed agriculture
addressing the issue of urban water shortage through desalination
involving women in enhancing security
Price: £85.00
Pages: 189
Publisher: Gerlach Press
Imprint: Gerlach Press
Publication Date:
30 September 2015
ISBN: 9783940924681
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics and government, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Economics, Middle Eastern history
Introduction
Noel Brehony, Helen Lackner and Saud Al-Sarhan
1. The Federal Plan in Yemen: History of an Idea and Its Current Development
Stephen W. Day
2. Hadrami Identities in Saudi Arabia
Iain Walker
3. Corruption in Yemen: Maintaining the Status Quo?
Peter Salisbury
4. Labor, Investment, and Natural Resources in the Yemeni Economy
Charles Schmitz
5. The Political Economy of Agriculture and Agricultural Policy in Yemen
Martha Mundy and Frédéric Pelat
6. Yemen Urban Water: Extreme Challenges, Practical Solutions, and Lessons for the Future from the Case of Taiz
James Firebrace
7. “Our Main Concern is Security”: Women’s Political Participation, Engagement in the Security Sector, and Public Safety in Yemen
Joana Cook
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