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The Two Yemens: Ideology and Variations in Socioeconomic Development

In: The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries

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  • M. A. Mohamed Salih

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The main thesis of this chapter is that ideological differences in the Least-Developed Arab Countries (LDACs) have scarcely produced significant variations in socioeconomic performance. The economy of the ‘socialist’ People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) is as shambolic as that of the ‘free-market’ Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen). Both suffer slow or negative economic growth, a balance of payments deficit and poor foreign trade performance; all culminating in staggering economic and political crises. In pursuing this argument a brief account of the history of the emergence of the two Yemens is important in defining the political background to their socioeconomic development policies and the variations in the performance of their economies.

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  • M. A. Mohamed Salih, 1992. "The Two Yemens: Ideology and Variations in Socioeconomic Development," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Kunibert Raffer & M. A. Mohamed Salih (ed.), The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries, chapter 13, pages 203-215, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12558-6_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12558-6_13
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