Yemen

Yemen's crude output is set to slip below 300,000 b/d by this year on the back of falling rates from the biggest producer, Canada's Nexen's at blocks 14 and 51, where natural oil... 2008-04-01

The north-western Sa'ada province appears restive again, with the Qatari-led diplomatic initiative to resolve the dispute last year proving to be a less than adequate sticking plaster.... 2008-03-20

BMI View: The government faces rising dissent in the south, on top of a northern rebellion. Meanwhile, the president has lost a key ally with the death of his parliamentary speaker... 2008-03-20

BMI View: Yemen's economy is still cosseted by high oil prices, but this is unlikely to sustain for much longer. Rising Gulf investment and the onset of gas exports are the only bright... 2008-03-20

BMI View: Yemen is battling inflationary demons. It has not yet reached crisis proportions, but price rises have the potential to trigger domestic conflict and the authorities lack... 2008-03-20

Recent comments from Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Majawar indicate that Yemen is hoping to join the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) by 2015. Majawar said that Yemen is following the... 2008-01-03

We forecast real GDP to expand by 4.4% in 2008 - up from a projected 3.3% a year earlier - on the back of expansion in the non oil sector and high oil revenues

BMI is concerned about the worsening ties between Sana'a and Washington. Yemen was prompted on 5 December to deny reports that an al-Qaeda fighter convicted of taking part in the... 2007-12-14

The region covered in this publication scores reasonably well in our new business environment ratings, with an average overall score of 49.6, slightly higher than the world average... 2007-10-03

President Ali Abdullah Saleh has announced a reform initiative related to constitutional amendments that aims to 'create a full presidential system'. The ten point amendment plan... 2007-09-28