With the presence of HE the President of the Republic of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Investment Opportunities in Yemen Conference was launched on Sunday 22nd April 2007 in Sana’a, Yemen, with the attendance of over 1000 top officials and leading investors from the Arab world.

Coming after the success of the Yemen Donors’ Conference that was held in London last November, the Conference on Exploring Investment Opportunities in the Yemen aimed to complement the official loans and grants that were committed at the London conference by mobilizing private Yemeni, Gulf and Arab capital towards investment in the large and varied number of projects and opportunities available in the Yemen today.

The Republic of Yemen has achieved major advances in recent years towards creating an investment friendly environment in all its economic, legislative, organizational and legal components, in addition to a substantial package of incentives and guarantees offered to foreign investors. Investors have ample opportunity to take full advantage of prospects and opportunities in the various sectors of the Yemeni economy, including the oil and gas sector, industry, tourism, real estate and the infrastructure.

The Conference on Exploring Investment Opportunities in the Yemen had been attended by a number of government ministers and top officials from Yemen and the GCC countries, business leaders and financiers, the heads of national, Arab and regional development finance institutions, and representatives of the World Bank, the IMF and United Nations development agencies.

Main topics on the agenda of the conference include:

• Economic developments, structural reform and the changing investment environment.
• Gulf Yemeni relations: from neighbors to partners.
• Status and prospects of foreign investment in Yemen.
• Investment opportunities in the infrastructure, industrial areas and free zones, extractive and manufacturing industry, energy, tourism, real estate development and housing, health, transportation, and other sectors.

The conference provides participants with the chance to meet and interact with Yemeni official and investors and to develop a clear perspective on the investment environment and business opportunities in the country. Sponsorship of the conference is open to Yemeni, Arab and international companies and institutions.

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