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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : Civil war costs Yemen $14 bn in damage and eco**mic losses *


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08-17-2016, 06:54 PM
WASHINGTON: The cost from damage to infrastructure and eco**mic losses in Yemen's civil war is more than $14 billion so far, according to a confidential report that highlights the effort needed to rebuild the country, where more than half the population is suffering from malnutrition.

"The conflict has so far resulted in damage costs (still partial and incomplete) of almost $7 billion and eco**mic losses (in **minal terms) of over $7.3 billion in relation to production and service delivery," said the May 6 joint report by the World Bank, United Nations, Islamic Development Bank and European Union.

The internationally recognized Yemeni government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi is battling the Houthis in a bitter civil conflict, and is also facing the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militant group.

The 16-month civil war has killed more than 6,500 people, displaced more than 2.5 million and caused a humanitarian catastrophe in a country with a per capita gross domestic product the World Bank last estimated at only $1,097 in 2013.

The Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment report is an internal working document that is **t being publicly released.

"These preliminary findings are **t only partial, but also evolving" because the conflict is ongoing, the report said. The assessment, it said, was conducted between late 2015 and early this year.

A survey by Yemen's education ministry cited by the report showed that of 1,671 schools in 20 gover**rates which suffered damage, 287 need major reconstruction, 544 were serving as shelters for internally displaced persons, and 33 were occupied by armed groups. Based on a sample of 143 schools, the estimated cost of the damage was $269 million.

Citing the Ministry of Public Health and Population, the report said 900 of 3,652 facilities providing vaccination services were **t operating in early 2016, leaving 2.6 million children under 15 at risk of contracting measles.

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