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Law 4/2000 Concerning the Local Authority

Law 4/2000 Concerning the Local Authority

2000 Legal Text Republic of Yemen All

The full text of the Local Authorities Law 4/2000 in English and Arabic.... 

Supporting Local Governance in Yemen: Steps to Improving Relationships between Citizens and Government, Manual for Local Councilors, Civil Society Organizations and Citizens

Supporting Local Governance in Yemen: Steps to Improving Relationships between Citizens and Government, Manual for Local Councilors, Civil Society Organizations and Citizens

2010 Report MEPI Library / National Democratic Institute All

This manual was designed for local councilors and civil society organisations in Yemen. It introduces the role of local councils within the local governance... 

Changing Local Governance in Yemen The areas under the control of the internationally recognised government

Changing Local Governance in Yemen The areas under the control of the internationally recognised government

2022 Report Joshua Rogers, Monder Basalma, Katharina Jautz / Berghof Foundation Abyan, Aden, Al-Mahra, Hadhramout, Lahj, Marib, Shabwah, Taiz

Following a brief overview of local governance in Yemen since unification in 1990 for background, this report analyses the current situation in areas under... 

Climate Change and Conflict in Hadhramawt and Al Mahra

Climate Change and Conflict in Hadhramawt and Al Mahra

2021 Report Helen Lackner / Berghof Foundation Al-Mahra, Hadhramout

This report identifies the key environmental issues facing the populations of Hadhramawt and Al Mahra today, based on interviews conducted in the two governorates. It highlights that... 

Yemen’s Draft Constitution of 2015

Yemen’s Draft Constitution of 2015

2015 Report 1- Ismael Ahmad Al-Wazir 2- Dr. Jaafar Abdullah Shutah 3- Dr. Elfat Muhammed Abdul-Wail Al-Dabai 4 Dr. Ahmed Zabin Attia 5 Dr. Abdul Rashid Abdul Hafez Abdul Wasi 6- Judge/ Najeeb Abdel-Rahman Mashriyi 7- Dr. Abbas Muhammed Muhammed Zaid 8- Dr. Abd al-Rahman Ahmad Husayn al-Mukhtar 9- Dr. Muhammad Musa Al-Amri 10- Marwan Abdullah Abdul-Wahhab Numan 11- Ahmad Omar Bamatrif 12- Dr Intilaq Al-Mutawakkil 13- Dr Nihal Naji Ali Al-Awlaki 14- Dr Mouin Abdul Malik Saeed 15- Jaafar Saeed Salem Basahel 16- Dr Saeed Braik Mubarak Al-Sukti 17- Randa Mohammed Salem Ali Abdo / Constitutional Drafting Committee / constituteproject.org All

This is an unofficial translation of Yemen’s draft constitution that was finalized on 15 January 2015 by the Constitutional Drafting Committee. This unofficial translation was carried out... 

Corruption and Instability in Hadhramaut are Fueling Protest and Fragmentation

Corruption and Instability in Hadhramaut are Fueling Protest and Fragmentation

2021 Report Shaima Bin Othman / Yemen Policy Center Hadhramout

This article argues that practices of corruption and nepotism of Hadhramawt's local authority which coincide with a rise of prices, lack of services and increasing poverty levels,... 

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.... 

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