WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The World Bank estimated that the grant will enable 380,000 Yemenis in conflict affected areas will to access basic services such as water and improved roads.
"In partnership with the UNDP [UN Development Program], the emergency project approved today will support local institutions and create over one million working days benefiting close to 60,000 families," World Bank Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti said in the release on Tuesday.
Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government headed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels, the country’s main opposition force.
Since March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition has carried out airstrikes against the Houthi rebels at Hadi’s request.
