$ 10 billion with which the United Nations did not dig a well or set up a farm in Yemen
English - Sunday 04 October 2020 الساعة 06:50 pm
Aden, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
A new economic study criticized the United Nations' squandering of the funds provided to Yemen during the past five years, 2015-2019, amounting to about 9 billion and 941 million dollars.
The study, "The limited funding for the humanitarian response in Yemen and its repercussions on the economic and social situation," said that the United Nations focus on relief, without moving to the developmental aspects, has diminished the importance and value of the response plans in economic and developmental terms.
The study issued by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, funded by UNICEF, indicated that the sums wasted in relief, if directed to the developmental aspects, would have contributed to finding sustainable solutions and treatments for the humanitarian and development aspects.
The study pointed out that programs related to job creation and support for livelihood projects for the affected population were neglected, as well as replacing food baskets and wheat bags with productive capital means, and replacing gallons of water by digging wells for drinking and agriculture together.
It explained that what was mobilized for the humanitarian response plans for Yemen in 2015 from donors amounted to about 885 million dollars, 1 billion and 26 million dollars in 2016, 1 billion and 753 million dollars in 2017, in addition to 2 billion and 507 million dollars in 2018, and 3 billion and 770 million dollars in the year of 2019.
The study pointed out that looking at the response plans within the framework of a macroeconomic vision to develop the productive assets of workers, create job opportunities for unemployed youth, and rebuild the productive capacities of the displaced conducive to sustainable growth and strengthening economic activity.
It indicated that the implementation and management of humanitarian relief programs through international agencies and organizations - without national institutions - requires high administrative costs, sometimes reaching 30% of the volume of aid, stressing that reducing administrative costs remains a central and strategic issue in humanitarian work.
The study stressed the need to carefully consider alternative national options that are less expensive, more beneficial, and more sustainable, with the importance of coordination and partnership with international organizations.
