The domestic economy: Infrastructure.

The article focuses on the status of the economic infrastructure of Yemen from 2001 to the first quarter of 2008. It reports on the increase in the throughput at Aden Container Terminal (ACT) by the end of 2006 and on the growth of the cargo-handling activity at the adjacent Maalla port, which receives goods for the domestic market. Details about the acquisition of shares of SabaFon, mobile-phone company in Yemen by Batelco, a telecommunications company in Bahrain are presented.