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Transparency international world corruption index Download this data 2011 rank Country / Territory CPI 2011 Score CPI 2010 Score CPI 2009 Score CPI 2008 Score 164 Yemen 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3 164 Cambodia 2.1 2.1 2 1.8 164 Guinea 2.1 2 1.8 1.6 164 Kyrgyzstan 2.1 2 1.9 1.8 168 Libya 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.6 … Continue reading
Published by Freedomhouse.org 27th Oct 2011 Threatened by sectarian rebels in the north, a political protest movement in the south (the Southern Movement), and increased activity by the terrorist network Al-Qaeda within its borders, the embattled Yemeni government has engaged in a massive crackdown on the media since early 2009. As a result, journalists in … Continue reading
Agential Impediments to Change There is a divide between Yemen’s formal political and technocratic elite (irrespective of party membership), and the power elite (President Saleh and his inner circle), regarding the perceptions of threat facing the country: The formal elite perceive the most fundamental cause of Yemen’s problems in strongly agential terms. 75 percent of questionnaire participants nominated … Continue reading
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 An international survey shows that Russian and Chinese firms are the most likely to pay bribes while operating abroad. Berlin-based organization Transparency International issued its latest Bribe Payers’ Index Wednesday. It says Russia is at the bottom of the list of 28 countries prone to paying bribes, while China ranks 27th. … Continue reading
1- The total secrecy surrounding the production, extraction, exportation and refining of oil in the absence of any explanatory notes on how the state’s resources are being assessed in such an important sector. 2- Failure to give any clarifications is against international accounting standards and criteria on how to estimate revenues including transparency in extractive … Continue reading
Yemen scores very weakly on all indicators related to civil society organisations, media and access to information in the Global Integrity Index 2006. The Association Law forbids CSOs from engaging in any political activities and all unlicensed demonstrations have been banned by the Minister of Interior in October 2007. In 2004, about 2,500 CSOs were officially registered. Yemen’s … Continue reading
Validation Report for Yemen This is the report of the 2010 Validation of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Yemen. The report represents the first EITI validation exercise in Yemen. A consortium led by Coffey International Development, in association with PKF Accountants & Busines Advisers, conducted the validation. Yemen was designated as EITI Compliant on … Continue reading
The officer said that a portion of the goods that were donated by Gulf countries and the United Nations and were supposed to be delivered to IDPs was in fact distributed to soldiers fighting the rebels in the war zones. The mission of the goods went from easing the suffering of the victims of war … Continue reading
Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Christopher Boucek (Christopher passed away Nov. 2, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his two little girls) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C. Corruption is the root cause of Yemen’s stagnant growth, which threatens the country’s future and wastes vital resources, time, and human capabilities on a national level. … Continue reading
CORRUPTION CHALLENGES IN YEMEN http://blip.tv/play/AYKViWYA With the recent influx of international assistance to Yemen, partnerships between civil society and government oversight bodies, such as the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC), have become critical to advancing anti-corruption efforts and increasing transparency. In 2009, an anti-corruption program that involved SNACC and civil society groups was … Continue reading
Yemen exposed // فضائح النظام اليمني 