Halvdelen af pengene stiller Saudi Arabien med for at sikre stabilitet hos sin fattige, sydlige nabo, hvor en politisk overgang til mere demokratiske tilstande skal foregå over de næste halvandet år – og hvor 40 pct. af alle unge er arbejdsløse.
RIYADH, 4th September, 2012: The international community rallied behind Yemen’s Government of National Reconciliation Tuesday, pledging 6,4 billion US dollar to support the Arabic country’s urgent stabilization and development needs and to assist its ongoing political transition over the next 18 months.
Donors committed to help the government deliver urgent services to the neediest, create jobs, and stabilize the economy in Yemen, where 10 million people have no food security, more than half of the population lives on less than two dollar (ca. 12 DKR) a day, and unemployment has reached rates as high as 40 percent among young people.
Saudi Arabia, which set a generous level of assistance by pledging 3,25 billion dollar to its southern neighbor ahead of the meeting, is hosting the two-day donors’ conference in Riyadh, which has gathered more than 280 participants representing 27 bilateral donor countries and 36 regional development and international finance institutions.
Also attending are observers representing Yemen’s private sector and national, regional, and international non-government organizations.
In preparation for the conference, the Yemeni´s and their donors developed a Mutual Accountability Framework (MAF) outlining their respective responsibilities in the urgent task of improving living conditions for Yemeni citizens and laying the foundation for future growth.
This was welcomed in Riyadh as an indispensible guide to structure international support for Yemen’s economic recovery plan, the Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development, about which development partners expressed confidence today.
“In response to the extraordinary challenges it faces, the Government of National Reconciliation has proposed this very ambitious plan for economic recovery which will need our support,” (danskeren) Inger Andersen, World Bank Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, told the conference.
The World Bank pledged to add 400 million dollar in new resources over the coming two years to its existing program of 700 million in commitments to ongoing projects in Yemen.
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