Macroeconomic Forecast Yemen

We are forecasting double-digit inflation in Yemen in 2011, driven in part by high food prices. Yemen's growing population, dry climate and the dominance of qat production in agricultural areas mean that the country is increasingly reliant on food imports to feed its population and, therefore, vulnerable to fluctuations in the price of commodities on the global market.

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