Economy, Society & Culture in Contemporary Yemen

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1. Evaluation of Socio-economic Development in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
2. Problems of Development Planning in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
3. Agricultural Development in the Yemeni Tihama: the Past Ten Years
4. Land Usage and its Implications for Yemeni Agriculture
5. Irrigation and Land Use in the Ma’rib Region
6. Economic Aspects of the Qat Industry in North-West Yemen
7. Fiscal and Budgetary Policies in the Yemen Arab Republic
8. The Development of the Banking Sector in the Yemen Arab Republic
9. Consumption in the Yemen Arab Republic
10. Social and Economic Change in the Rural Distribution System: Weekly Markets in the Yemen Arab Republic
11. The Impact of Emigration on Social Structure in the Yemen Arab Republic
12. Emigrant Remittances and Local Development: Co-operatives in the Yemen Arab Republic
13. Labour Emigration and Internal Migration in the Yemen Arab Republic — the Urban Building Sector
14. Changing Attitudes Towards Health: Some Observations from the Hujariya
15. Aspects of Education in the Yemen Arab Republic
16. The Development of Primary Education and its Problems in the Yemen Arab Republic
17. Low Enrolment of Students at the Faculty of Education and its Effects on the Second Five-Year Plan
18. Cultural Development in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
19. The Conservation of the Urban Architectural Heritage of Yemen
20. The Economic Importance of Tourism in Yemen
21. Tourism: a Blessing or a Curse?
Glossary of Arabic Words Not Explained on First Appearance
List of Contributors
Index