Page 27 - What Kind of Yemen ?

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Research shows

that unemployment in
Yemen reached 30% in
2012: This figure increases
even more when one con-
siders the families, which
these people are responsible for. It
is impossible to speak of manufac-
turing or productivity in a country
with such high unemployment lev-

els.
Imbalances between income
and expenditure are not only a
problem at the individual level, but
also at the national level. Yemen's
exports stand at $850 million, but
imports at $1.5 billion; that natural-

ly has an adverse effect on the coun-
try's balance of payments.
In order to close this gap and
get back to a normal flow of life, the
Yemeni government has also start-
ed looking for foreign assistance.
Yet even if foreign assistance were
to be found, it is inadequate,
because the interest repayments

give rise to even greater problems
such as increases in prices and
taxes.
The assistance given to coun-
tries today, and particularly to
those under difficult economic con-

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