This study analyses the economic developments in Yemen from the 1970s to today in the context of the resource curse … (economic) analyses, I confirm that post-reunification Yemen suffers from an intense oil curse. The curse is evidenced by low … remittances from Saudi Arabia in the 1970s and 1980s. Moreover, the current instability in Yemen has its origins in rent …

reserves are being depleted. Yemen will come to rely on other sectors of the economy, some of which have potential but remain … alleviation in Yemen and to define the constraints that will need to be overcome if this potential is to be realized. In so doing …