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What Yemen Pay Can Buy
The gap between employees’ salaries and the cost of living in Yemen is widening as purchasing power erodes. In Aden, Mona and her husband earn a combined 160,000 rials, while rent alone comes to 210,000. Her salary of 78,000 rials covers just 60% of the 130,000-rial cost of a basic food basket. The government’s planned 20% increase is calculated on the basis of the salary grade’s basic rate, not total pay, so it will add only around 17,000 rials to the couple’s combined income, which will still fall short of their rent. In Sana’a, some employees receive their salaries irregularly: one gets around 35,000 rials every two or three months, while debts pile up and basic expenses go unmet. An economic expert says improving purchasing power requires currency stability, higher incomes, price controls, and securing the resources needed to ensure salaries are paid regularly.
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