Yemen
Political Risk
BMI view: An increasingly bold Jihadist campaign and a growing threat posed by northern Shi'a rebels is asking questions of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government. Worsening economic...
2008-06-12Economy
BMI View: Yemen's economy has been badly impacted by global economic trends, and even high oil prices can provide only a temporary palliative, although the prospect of liquefied natural...
2008-06-12Economy
BMI View: Despite some success last year in curbing inflation, Sana'a has few monetary tools at its disposal to contain the latest bout of inflationary
2008-06-12Economy
BMI View: The fiscal situation will worsen as the government raises spending to deal with the economic crisis and Sana'a needs to secure new sources of revenue to ease the
2008-06-12Political Risk
BMI View: With Qatar recently playing a critical role in the Doha Deal, the agreement signed between rival Lebanese factions, we expect the country to continue to take advantage of...
2008-06-03Economy
Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi recently said that Yemen could soon accede into the some of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agencies, a move that would be a significant step...
2008-04-25Economy
While we expect real GDP growth to slow down to 2.6% in 2008, on the back of a 12.6% decline in the oil sector, growth will pick up again in 2009 to hit 3.4%. This will be mainly...
2008-04-25Economy
We are forecasting an aggregate real GDP growth rate of 5.9% this year, both for the Gulf region (including Iran, Iraq and Yemen), and for the GCC. Next year the GCC will maintain...
2008-04-04


