World Bank: Yemenis the poorest in the world
Half the kids in Yemen “suffer from malnutrition,” meaning they never get enough food for even a tiny body to live on. Day after day, week after week, year after year, everyday is a hungry day for millions of kids:
YO: A report issued by the World Bank states that the 18.5 million people in Yemen are the poorest population in the world.The WB president said that since average individual income was 460$ per year, lower income brackets mean that 18 % of the population does not receive sufficient nutrition and 46 % of 5 year-olds suffer from malnutrition. (a similiar percentage of 6 year olds never attend first grade.)
….rural communities where 75% of the population reside, despite the geographical difficulties which make agriculture hard and provision of services a challenge.
The report also said that 90% of Yemenis are lacking necessary water. Girls and women in rural areas are forced to travel long distances to obtain water. (also 70% of the people in rural areas dont have access to a doctor, no doctor at all.) The report also put the rate of unemployment in 2001 at 25%
What to do? It is painfully clear what the solutions are. Everybody knows how to improve the situtation. But when for example, the guy who is in charge of judicial reform is harassed by the top people in the government, the obstacles to just governence and a healthy economy are those people with vested interests in the status quo that have governmental power.
WB support to Yemen is based on the following:Improving the administration of the public sector by improving public resources allocation, responsibility and transparency and fighting corruption, tackling shortcomings in the civil service at central and local levels, the jurisdictional system and security forces.
All this includes political renovations especially in decentralization to help local government in building facilities and promoting skills.
Do I need to translate that?
