Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Collion, Marie-Helen - 2011
Yemen is an oil-exporting and food-importing country with the highest levels of poverty in the Middle East and North … sharply and raised the poverty rate to 42.8%, up from 34.8% in 2005/6. Poverty continues to be higher in rural areas, where … almost half the population live in poverty. …