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Articles by Amal Nasser
Digital Platforms and Supply Chain Traceability for Robust Information and Effective Inventory Management: The Mediating Role of Transparency
1. Introduction The current global financial turmoil is having a profound impact on how the world economy is growing, posing hitherto unheardof challenges. It is important and urgent to set up a fully transparent and trustworthy SC platform free from the influence of organizations or people. The conventional SC mode no longer adjusts to society’s rapid progress due to lack of confidence between parties [1].
As Yemeni riyal is in free fall, worst may be yet to come
As the war in Yemen approaches its fourth year, there seems to be no shortage of suffering in the country. After the killing of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Dec. 4, the internationally recognized government, led by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, promised progress on various battle fronts, in particular to recapture Hodeidah, but little has been achieved in this regard.
Delivering $1 billion aid to Yemen faces difficulties
People infected with cholera lie on beds at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, May 14, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad) In April, donors pledged more than $1 billion in aid to finance humanitarian efforts in Yemen. The United Nations, Sweden and Switzerland organized the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, which sought to raise funds to finance the response plan of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The human cost of the siege of Sanaa
A Houthi militant stands guard on the roof of a building overlooking a rally attended by supporters of the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen, March 3, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) The Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has been in the hands of the Houthi rebel group for more than two years now.
Is more women entering Yemen's labor market really progress?
A woman walks past graffiti painted by pro-Houthi activists on the wall of the Saudi Embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa, Aug. 18, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) Yemen ranks last out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index.
Is Yemen falling into an abyss?
A man walks past a house destroyed during recent fighting between pro-government fighters and Houthi rebels in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, Nov. 26, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub) Constant fighting in Yemen is crushing its people with suffering that will change the shape of their society for many years to come. On Nov. 15, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a cease-fire agreement between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebel group.
Yemen without a functioning central bank: the loss of basic economic stabilization and accelerating famine
While all the belligerent parties to Yemen’s armed conflict have sought to leverage economic factors, the incapacitation of the central bank may represent an unprecedented escalation in this regard; the international community must act to ensure the starvation of millions of people is not employed as a tactic of this war.
Yemen Without a Functioning Central Bank: The loss of basic economic stabilization and accelerating famine
The Yemeni government’s decision in September to relocate the central bank and replace its governor has left the country without an institution capable of providing basic economic stabilization.
How Yemen’s war is now threatening international trade
The HSV-2 Swift, formerly operated by the US Navy and now by the United Arab Emirates, is seen damaged in a still from a video released by WAM news agency, after being attacked by Houthi rebels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, off the coast of Yemen, Oct. 1, 2016. (photo by Facebook/@WorkBoat) The United States has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who took over the country’s capital in September 2014, of launching multiple attacks by anti-ship missiles — two Oct. 10 and a possible third Oct.
How long can the Houthis hold on to Yemen?
A man loyal to the Houthi movement holds up ammunition as he gathers to protest against the Saudi-backed exiled government deciding to cut off the Yemeni Central Bank from the outside world, Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 25, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi) Both the Yemeni civil war and the Saudi-led intervention have lasted longer than anyone expected or wanted, a point made clear by the toll the conflict is taking on both countries.
Yemeni conflict goes back to square one
Tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement carry their weapons as they attend a gathering to show support for a political council formed by the movement and the General People's Congress to unilaterally rule Yemen, Sanaa, Aug 14, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) The Yemeni conflict is back at square one almost two years after the September 2014 Houthi rebel takeover of the Yemeni capital, 500 days into the Saudi-led war that began in March 2015 and after three rounds of failed peace talks.
Slow response to Yemen’s crisis points to government incompetence
A boy sits next to food supplies he received from a local charity in Sanaa, Yemen, June 23, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi) The Yemeni warring parties were unable to reach an agreement during peace talks held in the Kuwaiti capital between April 21 and the end of June. The negotiation sessions were suspended with the intention of being resumed July 15.
Beware of the failure of Yemen’s central bank
A view of the Central Bank of Yemen is seen in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, Nov. 15, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi) For the past 18 months, Yemen has been going through one of the most chaotic times of its modern history. Since the Houthi takeover of the capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 21, 2014, the country has been witnessing a gradual collapse of the state, which was accelerated when President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi left Sanaa for Aden and then for Riyadh.
How long can Saudi Arabia afford Yemen war?
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a foodstuff storage facility destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Jan. 6, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad) During the first Gulf War (1990-1991), more than 800,000 Yemenis working in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were forced to leave their host countries because Yemen did not provide political support to the international intervention against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
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