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来源类型 | Working and discussion papers |
规范类型 | 工作论文 |
Counter-terrorism, de-risking and the humanitarian response in Yemen: a call for action | |
Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy and Camilla Cimatti | |
发表日期 | 2018 |
出版年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | This working paper explores the impact of financial de-risking on the humanitarian response in Yemen and sets out pathways towards economic reconstruction. |
摘要 | Over recent years, a growing fear of terrorism and a desire to combat financial crime have seen some banks close the accounts of customers or withhold services from people or regions that they associate with high risks related to funding terrorism, money laundering or other forms of financial crime. Individual Yemenis, Yemeni non-profit organisations and businesses have been adversely affected by bank de-risking regulations, which have weakened Yemen’s banking sector and contributed to its marginalisation and financial exclusion. De-risking has also had serious implications for the humanitarian sector in Yemen. This study explores the nature and impact of de-risking on humanitarian organisations in Yemen, and the degree of financial access humanitarian organisations enjoy. In the context of one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, the study highlights the urgent need to address the adverse effects of de-risking on the humanitarian and business communities in Yemen. De-risking, as this study demonstrates, has not only targeted individuals in Yemen, but has also prevented Yemeni NGOs from receiving much-needed funds for humanitarian assistance, especially following the outbreak of the war in March 2015. De-risking is also starving Yemeni businesses of access to letters of credit and, in turn, reducing their capacity to trade – and even survive. It sets out four proposals designed to address local and international blockages to the humanitarian response in Yemen, as well as identifying pathways towards economic reconstruction. |
主题 | humanitarian ; counter-terrorism ; financial regulation ; Yemen ; Middle East and North Africa |
URL | https://www.odi.org/publications/11020-counter-terrorism-de-risking-and-humanitarian-response-yemen-call-action |
来源智库 | Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/510225 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy and Camilla Cimatti. Counter-terrorism, de-risking and the humanitarian response in Yemen: a call for action. 2018. |
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