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The Disaster of Yemen’s Flash Floods: Impact of and Local Responses to the Torrential Rains and Flooding in 2020

The Disaster of Yemen’s Flash Floods: Impact of and Local Responses to the Torrential Rains and Flooding in 2020

2021 Report Khalid al-Akwa and Tobias Zumbrägel / CARPO Aden, Al-Hodeidah, Hadhramout, Hajjah, Lahj, Marib, Sana'a

Report analysing flooding and the responses by local authorities and international (humanitarian) organisations in seven Yemeni governorates: Hajjah, Aden, Sana'a, Lahij, Hadhrwamawt, and Al... 

Entrenched Power: The Houthi System of Governance

Entrenched Power: The Houthi System of Governance

2022 Report Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen / Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies Al-Hodeidah, Al-Jawf, Al-Mahweet, Amanat Al Asimah, Amran, Dhamar, Hajjah, Ibb, Raymah, Sa'adah, Sana'a

Report on the modalities of Houthi governance, focusing particularly at the supervisory system and networks of power at the national level, but with a discussion of governorate... 

Improving Relations between Central State Institutions and Local Authorities

Improving Relations between Central State Institutions and Local Authorities

2021 Report Abdulghani al-Iryani, Casey Coombs, Salah Ali Salah / Sana'a Center, DeepRoot and CARPO Aden, Al-Hodeidah, Amanat Al Asimah, Amran, Dhamar, Hajjah, Ibb, Marib, Raymah, Sa'adah, Sana'a, Shabwah

White Paper on the relationship between local authorities and central governments in Sana'a and Aden respectively, including a set of recommendations.... 

Yemeni Traditional Tools for Disputes Resolution and the Role of women and Men

Yemeni Traditional Tools for Disputes Resolution and the Role of women and Men

2018 Survey Dr. Mohammed Al-Najar, Dr. Abdulmalik Eissa, Nuoraia Shujaa Addin, Al-Hassan Al-Qotary / Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF) Aden, Al-Hodeidah, Hadhramout, Ibb, Marib, Sana'a

Survey on the traditional tools used to settle disputes in Yemen, including tools used by women which may be used in future; and the extent to which... 

Defeating al-Qaeda’s Shadow Government in Yemen: The Need for Local Governance Reform

Defeating al-Qaeda’s Shadow Government in Yemen: The Need for Local Governance Reform

2019 Policy Brief Daniel Green / The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Abyan, Aden, Al-Baydha, Capital City of Sana'a, Ibb, Marib, Sana'a, Shabwah, Taiz

Counterterrorism focused report that analyses the appeal of AQAP in relation to local governance failures in Yemen. It also includes an analysis of local... 

Solar-Powered Irrigation in Yemen: Opportunities, Challenges and Policies

Solar-Powered Irrigation in Yemen: Opportunities, Challenges and Policies

April 29, 2021 Report Musaed.M Aklan, Helen Lackner Sana'a

This study examines the current trend of solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) use in Sana’a Basin, identifying the pros and cons of this approach. It presents the perspectives... 

Changing local governance in Yemen: District and governorate institutions in the areas under Ansar Allah’s control

Changing local governance in Yemen: District and governorate institutions in the areas under Ansar Allah’s control

Featured 31 Dec 2020 Report Joshua Rogers Al-Hodeidah, Amran, Capital City of Sana'a, Dhamar, Hajjah, Ibb, Raymah, Sa'adah, Sana'a

Report on the ways local governance is changing in the areas under Ansar Allah’s control. Focuses on Ansar Allah's takeover of local institutions, renewed... 

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