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Mahmoud Al-Iriani Abstract This paper studies the natural resource curse (NRC) hypothesis as it applies to Yemen.
There is evidence that Yemen has in fact not been immune from the NRC symptoms as identified in the literature. The country’s economic, social and political structures have changed ever since oil was discovered. Evidence shows that the positive contribution of oil in the country’s development was far from satisfactory. There is also evidence that procyclical government policies have exacerbated the unfavorable effects of oil on the country’s development.