Follow Up - Progress to date: Yemen
In November 2001 after the IF pilot phase, Yemen became one of
the countries to participate in the next round of IF activities.
From February to April 2002 the Ministry of Industry and Trade worked
with the IF team and task manager to prepare the Terms of Reference
for the DTIS and establish
working arrangements.
In May 2002 a team of international and local consultants worked
to conduct a diagnostic study of Yemen’s trade policy and
technical assistance needs. Draft reports were circulated for comments
to the national Steering Committee members and the IF agencies in
August 2002. The DTIS covered
the following issues:
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Macroeconomic Policy Choices
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Regulation
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Developments in Trade Policy
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Trade facilitation
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Poverty analysis
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Sector Studies (fisheries, transport, telecommunications,
tourism, labor remittances and agriculture)
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Action Matrix
A National Workshop was scheduled for September 2002, but due to
security concerns the workshop was delayed until June 21-23, 2003.
During this workshop discussions focused on the following cross-sectoral
issues:
In addition, the following sectors were discussed:
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Agriculture
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Fisheries
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Tourism
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Transport
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Telecommunications
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Labor Remittances
It is expected that the report of the workshop will include a prioritized
action matrix, a national implementation plan and proposals for
Window II funding.
Based on this report the DTIS will be revised. The final validation
of the revised DTIS at the cabinet level is expected in October
where after the government will convene a donor’s implementation
meeting.
As stipulated in its Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), the World
Bank’s trade related activities include the following areas:
The PRSP progress report is scheduled for completion by the end
of 2003. It is expected that trade will be included in this progress
report.
The Netherlands is the IF facilitator for Yemen.
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