Specialists about the Prime Minister's talk about growth: he means revenues or seeks to prevent international aid
English - Tuesday 25 October 2022 الساعة 09:05 am
Mocha, NewsYemen, private:
Specialists in economic affairs unanimously agreed on the difficulty of
talking about any real economic growth in light of the current situation of the country, which has been in a civil war for nearly eight years.
The specialists’ statements came in response to the statement of the Prime Minister of the Equal Government, Maeen Abdul-Malik, that the national economy for the first time this year achieved a positive growth rate of more than 2 percent, and its expectations for the next year to achieve 3 percent, during an event organized by the MAP Yemen Initiative.
The head of the Center for Studies and Economic Media, Mustafa Nasr, explained to (Newsmen), that there is a positive improvement in the level of revenue obtained, and this, in my estimation, is due to the adjustment of the price of the customs dollar to a basic degree and then the efforts to try to unify revenue channels, stressing at the same time that in light of the situation The current economic It is difficult to talk about real economic growth as long as the investment program is completely suspended.
Mustafa indicated that the Prime Minister, during his speech, relied on a report issued by the World Bank in this regard, explaining that the indicators of this report are estimated based on an improvement in the quantity of oil exported abroad and an improvement in its prices.
In turn, the journalist specialized in economic affairs, Majed Al-Daari, mocked the talk about growth in these circumstances, pointing out that these statements expose ignorance of the most important economic concepts and standards that confirm the impossibility of achieving economic stability in any country that is living in a state of continuous war and unprecedented famine in humanity.
Al-Daari said that the Prime Minister, through this media marketing, seeks to achieve a dangerous retaliatory goal that lies in impeding the provision of any external financial aid to Yemen, so that his prospective successor does not benefit from it and be able to solve any of the scandals of the failure of his government, which is unable even to pay the salaries of all the employees of its liberated areas.
Al-Daeri demanded that the prime minister be held accountable for these statements, which he described as "dangerous", as they harm the future of a country and the fate of a people already suffering from the most serious and largest famine known to humanity, according to United Nations reports.
