NDC reviews human development indexes in Yemen
By: akram algaolahi
The National Dialogue Conference (NDC) continued on Wednesday its meetings within its first general session, which is chaired by Deputy President of the Conference Ahmed bin Farid al-Sorimah.
During its morning meeting, the Conference listened to a presentation on the United Nations’ report on the human envelopment indexes in Yemen, which was presented by the expert of planning, policy and development in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana'a, Riman Abdul Rahman Saleh.
The UNDP’s expert started the presentation with the definition of the human development concept, reviewing the developments witnessed by the development index in Yemen.
The report showed that the human development is the essential foundation, which is relied upon by decision-makers, the government method that cares for improving human resources.
The report revealed that Yemen recorded the lowest indicators in terms of the human development compared to the Arab countries, especially with regard to the gender inequality and the multi-poverty index, in which Yemen recorded a high rate compared to Arab countries.
In this regard, the report pointed that two million children are out of the scope of basic education, and that 6 million of the adult populations do not have the writing and reading skills, noting that the illiteracy rate reaches to 62 percent of the total populations.
Following the presentation of the report, the Conference members made extensive discussions and interpositions on the report.
In the second part of its morning meeting, the Dialogue Conference reviewed also a report on the water situation in Yemen, which was presented by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment for water sector, Tawfiq Abdel Wahed al-Shargabi.
The report highlighted the critical situation of the water situation in Yemen, noting in this regard to that the most important water basins are at risk of depletion.
The report warned of the danger of delay in developing urgent solutions to the water problem in the country, which may lead to the deterioration of the rural economy, food price inflation, rising rates of poverty and migration to the cities, and the deterioration of stability and social peace.
In this regard, the report called for giving the water issue the highest priority by the national dialogue conference.
By: akram algaolahi
The National Dialogue Conference (NDC) continued on Wednesday its meetings within its first general session, which is chaired by Deputy President of the Conference Ahmed bin Farid al-Sorimah.
During its morning meeting, the Conference listened to a presentation on the United Nations’ report on the human envelopment indexes in Yemen, which was presented by the expert of planning, policy and development in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana'a, Riman Abdul Rahman Saleh.
The UNDP’s expert started the presentation with the definition of the human development concept, reviewing the developments witnessed by the development index in Yemen.
The report showed that the human development is the essential foundation, which is relied upon by decision-makers, the government method that cares for improving human resources.
The report revealed that Yemen recorded the lowest indicators in terms of the human development compared to the Arab countries, especially with regard to the gender inequality and the multi-poverty index, in which Yemen recorded a high rate compared to Arab countries.
In this regard, the report pointed that two million children are out of the scope of basic education, and that 6 million of the adult populations do not have the writing and reading skills, noting that the illiteracy rate reaches to 62 percent of the total populations.
Following the presentation of the report, the Conference members made extensive discussions and interpositions on the report.
In the second part of its morning meeting, the Dialogue Conference reviewed also a report on the water situation in Yemen, which was presented by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment for water sector, Tawfiq Abdel Wahed al-Shargabi.
The report highlighted the critical situation of the water situation in Yemen, noting in this regard to that the most important water basins are at risk of depletion.
The report warned of the danger of delay in developing urgent solutions to the water problem in the country, which may lead to the deterioration of the rural economy, food price inflation, rising rates of poverty and migration to the cities, and the deterioration of stability and social peace.
In this regard, the report called for giving the water issue the highest priority by the national dialogue conference.
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