NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY 32B; SOUTHERN YEMEN (ADEN); THE ECONOMY

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY PUBLICATIONS The basic unit of the 'NIS is the General Survey, which is now published in a bound -by- chapter format so that topics of greater per- ishability can be updated on..an individual basis. These chapters Country Profile, The. Society, Government and Politics,. The Economy, Military Gaog- raphy, Transportation and Telecommunications, Armed Forces, Science, and Intelligence and Security, provide the primary NIS coverage. Some chapters, particularly Science and Intelligence and Security, that are not pertinent to all countries, are produced selectively. For small countries requiring only minimal NIS, treatment, the General Survey coverage may be bound into one volume. 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Research was sub- stantially completed by March 1973. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 Page 2. Development 12 3. Manpower 12 D. International economic relations 13 1. Foreign trade 13 2. Balance of payments 14 3. Foreign aid 16 Glossary 18 FIGURES Page 4. Manufiefuring and construction 8 a. Nlanufachuing 8 b. Cotutmction 8 a. 11nnestic trade 9 C. Eeonomie policy and development 9 L policy 9 a. 1l':iblic finance 10 b. Monetary and banking institutions 11 c. Monetary policy 11 Page 2. Development 12 3. Manpower 12 D. International economic relations 13 1. Foreign trade 13 2. Balance of payments 14 3. Foreign aid 16 Glossary 18 FIGURES B Page Fig, 1 Land use and economic activity (map) 2 Fig. 2 Principal crops chart) 4 Fig, 3 Fish prodnction, exports, and imports 13 Fig. 10 (chart) 15 Fig. 4 British Petroleum refinery photos) 7 Fig. 5 Petrolchun refining (table) 8 F1 q, 6 Major manufacturing output chart) 9 Fig. Government budget table) l 1 B APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 Page Fig. 3 Three War Development Plan (chart) 12 Fig. 9 Commodity exports and reexports (table) 13 Fig. 10 Imports by commodity table) 15 Fig. 11 Estimated retained imports table) 15 Fig. 12 Direction of trade chart) 16 Fig. 13 Balance of payments table) 1; APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 The Economy A. Economic appraisal (U 1'enn�n :%Ic1l)�I Ill- III- ople i1�Inl/lit of 1'etnell IVI). It. V �is oue of the 111110 Iackaatcf stal(�s in 11114. Middle F.rl. Its Laid an-if of III.IMtII sepl:ue rnih�s voll%is11s rtlainl% of inho.pitahlr t4.ttain :Ind is poor in mineral n oortv,. The c,o tltn clinlat4. is oppr4.ssive mid :Ind. and tnlrl ill its I.a million I>,�ople are unskilled and illiterate. The Iocatioll of the poll of \den nlar Ihv tmttth lot the lied Sea made it a tenter of international trade for centuries. It is ill(- eapit ll :In(I largt,st cil% in Ih comilry. Its veonoim- litmv%er. i% if-. snddenl disrupted in IW I)%- tiro major e%etlts �the closiii 'f the Suez Canal as a result of the Arab- Israeli %%ar. and the ,nutting of indep>,�ndent h% the failed Kingdom. Former trade routes through the Suez (::u1al %c4.n� abandoned. anti shipping through Aden fell precipitously. %%'ith indepelidence. U.K. fill and military expetl(Iitif res were cut back, further undermining th(� ec�ononly. The P.111I.Y.'s economic life is divided sharply between the urban and nlral communities. Since indePend4.tice, mane foreign residents have Ieft Aden. and mane 1'etnenis have whittled to the hinterland. Nonetheless, Aden remains the cetter of economic activity, hased on its domination of the sur% foreign trade and on its role as the commercial huh of the surrounding countryside. The Waal economy consists largely of subsistence farming by peasants and grazing by noinadic tribesmen. Cotton is grown for export in small areas in the southwestern plains near the coast. With the diminution (if its once flourishing trade sector, Yernen (Aden) depends to an increasing extent on agricti4tire and if small manufacturing sector for I'C1 lilt 1 Ill IC t: rlrH i f gollf I 1 1o. Con 1�ttlrlN�rll r1tntn.Inds fuu tl"rrw" Alilll to 1afr% Iml its Iraic desr Infrnu nt plan to 4 1011%ett Ov t.omll., frhrtn a �4.4.11,111~�- 1 +tienllyl to a ptllnctinn -orir nl1�tl eernon fh4. 4.I.In� ion of avicnitclw i� liniled b% lilt. �car0h of :Ir:lhll� land :Ind of Tll sell snfficient in au+ of Its low-ic IONA relluin nu nts. and t roll iehls Illtc�trl.lh� %%ills %ariati ill rainfall. Political instabilil%. all unskilled labl-r force. .Intl an unfa%orallle imestuu�nt climate f1 +r fomigil enttelrrlItelm limit the chance, of (11.%0oping net% mdu.tric.. The British 1'etroleunl Conlpan% Ilil') oil refiner% ill Aden. "Ilich pnlcesses inlporh�d erode� accomils for nearly thr:�t�-fonrths of the %flue of industrial output. The present t;merllttent of 1'enu�n (Aden). headed b the National Front. %obscribes if) the general concept% of ;1rab natiorta ailti- impelialisn. olld socialism. Most indilstries ham- been nationalized. as ";is residential and t�oinnu�rc�ial prnpert% in the sumnn�r of 1972. ;1s a result� the flight of business and of capital has been considerable. In keeping Frith its ,\Iar\isl orientation. the P.I).R.1'. receives most of its military and ec�otlotnic� assistance from the U.S.S.11. and other Communist countries. One factor in the failure to stabilize the economy has been the guerrilla warfare that has persisted since independence along the borders with Oman. Saudi Arabia. and Yrnu�n (San'a').' In November 1972, under pressure row other Arab states, the two 1'enu�ns officially agreed to unite, but opposition from tribal and dissident groups ill both countries, as well as ideological differences with the more moderate Yellwn Tor Oiacritics on place manes see lilt- list (if names on lilt- apron of the Summary tap in the Country Profile chapter. the map itself. and the map in this text. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 Land Use and Economic Activity M Oasis J Nomadic herdvin Additional cultivated Sand desert land QCotton ll Tobacco b Olive oil processing Grams A Petroleum refining 44X Fish processing Fruits Cotton factory a Shipbuilding and repair YK o r 11 M.kall3 AEAt Aden 501759 5.77 (San'a') government, will make achievement of unity difficult at hest. The economics of the two countries arc not complementary; the principal economic advantages of the merger would appear to he the .;aving of funds now spent on border warfare and the improved prospects for increased foreign assistance if peace prevails. B. Structure of the economy 'rhe economy of the P.D.R.Y. is based largely on entrepot trade and on financial, hunkering, and other services offered at the port of Aden. Together these activities contributed about a third of the estimated $160 million gross national product (GNP) a 1972. Although they contributed a smaller share of GNP before independence (about 25% in 1966), the GNP at that time was almost double what it is now, and Li. K. military spending made up a large part of it. Production in Yemen (Aden) centers around small scale agriculture, fishing, and oil refining; combined, these activities accounted for about one third of the 1972 GNP. Local government expenditures made up about a fifth of GNP, and most of the remainder was accounted for by construction and transportation. Onc of the major goals of the Threc Year Development 2 FIGURE 1. Land use and economic activity (U /OU) Plan 0-172 -74)" is the gradual transformation of the economy from one h:.tsed on services to one based on production. (C) 1. Agriculture, fisheries, and forestry (U /OU) a. Agriculture Agriculture is severely limited by rugged terrain and meager water resources. The terrain consists of a dissected n arrow coastal plain, steep hills, rugged mountains, and an extensive interior desert plain. Less than half of the 500,000 acres of arable land is cultivated, the amount varying with the annual rainfall. Of the cultivated land, 80% is irrigated by simple impoundment devices and most of the remainder by wells. Under drought conditions. such as those that prevailed in the 1969/70 crop year, the area of cultivated land drops to as little as 150,000 acres, and crop output suffers accordingly. (Moreover, agrarian reform legislation and the expropriation of some land have set back farm production. Yemen (Aden) is not self sufficient in any of its basic foods; the country often imports more than 50% of its grain requirements. l'he fiscal year extends I April through 31 \lurch and is designated by the year in which it concludes. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 ,lgrariau 1-411"rrt1 Isla. ill Ims a14d I!);(1 limilfwl Ile/� size of Itti%all.1 oared :14�tvage hr a leltal of Ill ill-tO�4 per falnth is irtigilled land :fill X11 aches 11 1t tonifigale41 1:11141. The� hlrival Estill 14 ill tl/atl :d WPM i.about .i at-ti". A111cuah a fctt, LI111. at4" larger.` In the hill% ara%. fatm.aitet :lee I let I 1 Z :rett`*. Before the� :l9tilrian 0.1414144.. Icua141 Lltnlin� a:l� colntnon ill the coa.t:l: egic11', ahetf-a. 11141+1 of the farms in the interior higldands were aotk4-d If% thf-it owners. Under the 1966 refnrrn Isla, land ill 411 prescribed eeilungs was seeluestered he Ili. .late ftll,fi private holdin,,s. front latid held in n�ligion. trust 01141- u:uIj land). awl front lilt- holding% of fortlrt,ulla18% and amirs. In IWO. thi! land was made available to farmers through cooperative., while eraner.hip remained with the state. An estimated 650N) acre~ were (list ributed to about 190N) families. In addition. 12 state farms were� organized on public land. The government set up la agricultural cooperatives to distribute seeds and fertilizers. provide farm niachinery, and drill wells. The cooperatives ha%e been extended loans through the Yemen Natiotlal Bank, amonnting to about YD0.5 million (nugltl% USSI. million) since its establishment in :April 1970. Wost farmers follow age -old practices �with little mechanization. little or no rotation of crops. and a Ininimuln use of fertilizers. Only a small portion of cultivated land is double cropped. generally thine acres irrigated from underground water. The government has taken measures to stabilize agricultura'. output. One of the objectives of the Threv Year Development Plan is to increase agricultural production by about ZOfr mainly by drilling wells, constructing canals, and expanding existing irrigation systems. The traditional form of irrig consists in the control and use of the rain and stream water that occasionally floods some of the valleys earth banks are constructed to divert the water to the fields. Under the development plan. 85 new wells. have been drilled. A bilateral agreement with the U.S.S.R. provides for 20 more wells to he drilled and 8 flood control clams to be constructed, .3 of which are to bo complete by 1974. A nationwide agricultural survey is underway, sponsored by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Develol (I:FAED). The United Nations Developy-n' 1I. Pr(.g am (UNDP) is sponsoring an agricultural and hydrological survey of the Tuban valley. Bilateral agreements have been concluded with the U.S.S.R., East Germany, and the Peoples "Before the enactment of the agrarian reform laws. some coastal farms were over 1,000 acres in size. lIvIvIllflil of ('Gina lot line 4111 rlt owlN1r1 111 At fit 11,41 elot l4144" ill tot :d art -A' :01141 live 111 At 40tierlllfit,4l wwatch tl,4lioll 1 I Ataftot rttrltt- 111� 11t40vt covVI" ,4ro 4+id11 Iteal. Ifatle '.rtvlltrttt :01141 I1towt tltinMt_ m"I ,111cliot Vol clollolr 'Isidek l hrttl ear Its wat d01411141itt� loll t.tinl.en e Filtuoe m (1nll /ill ill Ihf- tltelllglll %S�.It f!Mi ;11 4%:1% :liwo111 totllparvil ailll .INI11111� Ihr pn4lylin� e,4t (lnlprl! 1161� rVIIIA111Y1 at IIw I�/aer Imwl 6 Vol 411111imlifft :uh f-nt- aea1111-t mill 11� Inlcli/rtr Ill Ism$ 111I10- t-rlrlf fife pe.h. Gmt�rlltltetrt 1-111101. In i14rteaw /11111011 %irhf. 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Ie1111m. .11141 cabbage. Dates, the most in4lortant. ary groan primarily in Wadi ILidltranlafit it tilt- Fifth Governorate. Although the output of some fronts .Ind vegetables exceeds local refli irement.. v\IIlrt is hindered by inadeeluate markeling faeiliti and Istw! roads in the interior. Production of tobacco, which is grown on :I .mall scale in the Fifth Governorate near Al Nlukalla. averaged 1.300 tons it year in the late 1960'.. The importance� of tobacco as it cash crop will he enhan ed with the building of it cigarette manufac ring pl :Inn APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 call" *"tAt I A 1' %tff Nr-** OW "o, 06 4 C?W l !@mp 06P .04 dftva W40 F"It 2. PtoAxVa*n and 00@0"- 01 P*Am p coop% lU OUI so 6 Zp 2AD 211. 'A'D ISO* QW0 004" NPAOS wtioa %too oil Ito S? 0 T 'vl swil I A %tff Nr-** OW "o, 06 4 C?W l !@mp 06P .04 dftva W40 F"It 2. 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Fuels and power (C) a. Fuels Yenen has no commercially exploitable deposits of liquid or solid fuels. \lost rural communities use animal dung as the prima-y fuel. Exploration for oil lilts been conducted by both U.S. and Algerian companies, but no exploitable deposits have been found. Petroleum is imported for the British Petroleum Company refinery at Aden, and all but .:bout 100,000 tons of the annual output of the refinery is exported. The 13P refinery (Figure -1) accounts for 73% of the yaluc of industrial output. The Yemen (Aden) government receives refining; fees, income taxes, and rental fees, as well as indirect benefits from the wages and salaries and other business generated by the refinery operations. BP has agreed to it minimum annual payment to the government of US$1.6 million. Payments by the refinery directly to the government in 1971 totaled S -1.4 million; total local cash outlav to the )'amen (Aden) economy equaled $12 million. The BP refinery, %yhich has an a!snual capacity of 8.9 million tons, processes crude oil from Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Products include fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, and butane. In 1971, major maintenance and overhaul required a slash in output of 50%, to about 3 million tons (Figure 5). All but 7% of the output is exported. Major markets are the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, South Africa, and 'Thailand. Aden's flourishing bunker trade,, one of the largest outlets for refinery production, dropped drastically after the Suez Canal was closed. Before June _19117 about 2.8 million long tons of the refinery's output and 1 million to 1.5 million long tons of imported fuels were sold as ships' fuel at Aden's bunkering facilities. Ship arrivals fell from about 500 to about 50 per month between 1966 and 1968; and the hunker fuel sold Fell from an estimated :3,600,1100 long tons in the former year to 430,000 in the latter. The amount has increased only slightly since that time. Distribution of refined oil products in the country was taken over from foreign companies by the Yemen National Oil Company (YNOC), established under the government's Petroleum Board in 1969. The YNOC has opened several new stations to sell oil products and has expanded marketing operations I t throughout the country. In FY71 the company imported 1. 10,000 tons of refined and other oil products valued at US$ -I milliot. I)onestie sales in the sane year amounted to about $9.6 million. The Petroleum Board represents the government in the joint Yemen- Algerian Pclrolc(nt Company (YAPCO), established in 1965 with the Algerian National Oil Company (SONATRACIi) to carry out oil exploration in Yemen (Aden). YAPCO began a seismic survey in late 1970, but by mid -1972 had not started deeji drilling. The major part of the cast of exploration, estimated at $10.4 million, \gill be borne by SONATIIACII. b. Electric poever The principal consumers of electric power in the are the petroleum rcfincrv, the city of Aden, and it fc\v smaller urban areas. At the end of 1971, estimated installed capacity was about 128,000 kilowatts (kw.), of which more than thrcc- fourths was in or near Aden. Production dtii,ug the year was aboti" 378 million kilowatt hours (k\y. -hr.), less than 40" J capacity. Per capita production was 250 kw. -hr. Control of Yemen's electric power industry is split among the Aden Electric Company (AEC), the Ministry of Public Works and Communications, and British Petroleum ,(131 The AEC is responsible for government owned electric facilities. \yhiciv include tAe largest installation in the cot: try �the 56,180 -kw. lilt's 1 powerplant. All electricity in Yemen is generated by thermal powerplants, using oil and gas from the BI' refinery. In addition to the lilt's Iledjuff pmverplant, important facilities include the 22,500 kw. 131) refinery powerplant and all aggregate of 2:5,000 kw. in powerplants formerly owned by the British armed forces. The Ministry of Public Works and Coln- ill till ications bas a number of generating plants, the two most ir�portant being the 13,200 -kw. Khormaksar and the 6,.20 -k\y. At Tawahi pmyerplants. A 2,400 kw. plant supplies local needs at Al Niukalla: feria Island has it 2 -kw. po\yerplant; and smaller plants of less than 300 kw. are scattered in a number of locations outside Aden. Transmission and distribution networks are small; and 6.6 kilovolt (kv.) lines �both overhead and underground �lead from individual powerplants to nearby distribution points. Consumer current is 1 and 3 phase, 50 cycles, at 220 volts. :3. 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Major manufacturing output in the First Governorate (Aden), whFre the country's economic activity is concentrated (U /OU) 111kalla, the provincial capital of the I ifth Governorate, is to Ite completed by 1976; its cost of a about 531 million will 110 fiu"ulcCd by it long -term loan front China. 5. Domestic trade (U /OU) Aden has for centuries been a famous international trading center and tinder British rule provided modern international commercial services as a leading free port area. 'I'lle countrv's outl areas, on the other hand, still follow the age -old traditions of the village marketplace. Since independence, Aden has c�ctntinued to be file country's major trading center, althocl;h diminishing in importance as an interna- tional port. In Aden. the Central Wholesale Nlarket regulates the sale of nearly all agricultural products. Farin produce is brought in d,1ily front tilt� area around (1cu. Such (rule Kati been reduced since ilclep011d- ene0 I >y the departure of h:urupean c�uslomers and the decline in sllips' trade. I adclitio,, to the Central "Vholesale N-larket, Aden bas rtunu rous specialty Shops offering European clotbing and other luxury goods as well as simple household goods, vardgoods, and groceries. Tlly governttteilt has increased its controls over domestic trade, and registration of both personal and financial data by brtsin0ssmetl is now required by law. Ili 1970 the National Company for Home 'Prude was established to act as the sole importer of nwtor velticics, of goods required b the government, and ()I' certain other items. including pharnutceuticals, soup, powdered milk, butter, builcliug materials, and agricultural fit: -hinery� At the sane' time the government set up the Natiomtl Company for I Trade to 11,11 the importation cif a ntimber of consumer goods. .inc�luding sugar, tea. cigarettes, w11frat. and rir e. Witilin the Ministry of' f couonly and Industry, the Department of Ilona "Trade administers prices on all essential imported and locally produced consumer goods at the wholesale and retail levels. Profit markups for \yholesalers and retailers are presently set at Wi lit (iii and IUS-, respectively. Because of higher international prices 111(1 higher freight rates� the national trading conipulic's and the %0iolesale nntrkct have had to alw)rb some cost increases in order to prevent consumer prices from increasing further. In villages and outlying urban centers such us Al vlukalla, business a1d social exchanges are carried out in the sugs, dative shopping centers. Barter transactions are co:uTton and dominate: trade in the hinterland. The rural economy probabl has reverted (yen further to barter trade after the loss of' British support paynlellts to the local rulers. C. Economic policy and development (U /OU) o 1. Poliev Begier:ing in late 1969, the government look steps to organize the ceolonly along socialist lines. Many of the corttrtry's businesses were nationalized and cooperatives were set up, partk- ularly in agriculture and fishing. The law effecting nationalizaticnt guyc to the public sector the primary leadership role in building up the economy's productk cjlp lcit The Economic� Organization for the Public Sector was established to control the Public sector institutions operating mitionaliz0d businesses. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 Nationalized concerns include the National flank of 1`enlen, the Yemen National Oil Company, the National Insurance and Beinsurauce Company, the National Shipping i:mipany, auld the National Dockyard Company. The National Company for Foreign Trade handles the export business of all Nationali conipa[lies. a. Public ,finance The national budget provides for the central government .and for each of the governorates, except the Fifth Governorate which has its oyn hndget. The public enterprises- 1'rnleu I ort Corporation. Public Corporation for the Development of Fish Wealth, Aden Electric Company, Aden Public Corporation for ,Pater, Public Corporation for Salt, and Public Corporation for Cenurnl� have separate budgets, deriving revenues mainly from leyics and commercial activities. The nationalized companies are budgeted in the separate budget of the Economic Organization of the Public Sector. The separate budgets of the 15 cities and towns considered municipalities, whose revenues collie front local taxes and funds transferred from the national budget, are small and of little importance. The national budget covers current transactions and Some caliital an(l dcy*.lopnlemt expe nditures' financed from current revenues. Since independence, only small amounts of current revenue have been used for development expenditures. Development projects financed by foreign aid under bilateral agreements are not reflected in the budgetary accounts, except for receipts from the sales of commodity aid. The national hn(iget is ineffective as an instrument of fiscal Policy. Since the decline in external receipts beginning, in 1968, the budget has been drawn up it) two stages, monthly and yearly. allocations are based on anticipated curre'il revcnu'e collections and actual expenditures in tf�: prev ious fiscal year. The annual budget is not formulated until the actual results are iN for the first 9 months of the fiscal year which ends -)I N/larch. The Fifth Governorate prepares its annual 1)'Ulget well before the hegtnnnlg of the fiscal year. Before December 197 the Fifth Governorate, which includes part of the Hadhr niatlt and has a large Bedouin population, maintained its own c�ustollis system, collecting duties on imports (except foodstuffs) from the rest of the country. Stich duties comprised about 60% of the revenue of the governorate. In 'The distinction bets%ren capital and (1-Tlopnumt expenditures is one of ainoijiit: those in excess of YDI2.000 (about U`iSS.1 million) are classified us cicvclopnu'nt expenditures. 10 I December 1970, the introduction of' the general import tariff removed c�uslonls barriers between the Fifth Governorate and the rest of the c�otintry. 'I'll(- budget of this govenulrate., however, remains separate, although it is now subsidized from the national budget. Domestic revenues of the national government covered only about 10 of' total expenditures before 1968, the remainder being covered largely b British budget support payments. Since that till,*., donn*.stic revenues have peen increased by i(l(litiorl li jjlxes and the introduction of' a Belly al import t ariff. Bevenu*.s now cover over 759i of total buelge ted expenditures, with the remainder coaling from foreign aid an(I government assets (Figure 7). Indirect taxes, primarily import duties and excise taxes, have bcconle the largest source of government revenues, acc ounting for about 10 1 /1 of the total. Direct tax*.s consist mainly of taxes on business inconu' and on wages and salaries. Alt;u)ilgh these tax rates were raised in 1969, the substantial increase in revenues realized in Fl i0 feli in C.l'i 1 because nationalization measures resulted in a drrop in business incomes and in Wages. Import duties alone accounted for 28% of the total revenue in FYI 1, the ,car follMying the introduction of the general tariff. Nontax revenues include receipts fro(ll the sale of government properties, profits of the Yen,en Currency :li(lthority. departmental revenues. and lliiscellaneoI receipts. Government expenditures ill r'Y69 were cut by a third from the FY68 level when British budget support was discontinued; development .xpenditures were slashed 855, while current expenditures dropped about 25r/C. MoreAliao half of the cutback was in defense and security expenditures, but outlays for health. educallioll, public works. communications, and pensions also declined noticeably. In Fl i 1 e�xpendii Tres were increased to cover costs of expanded government administration and ,;reatcr expenditures oti education and social seryicos. Capital and (leyclopnu'nt expenditures finan front the current budget average about 10Kr of the pre 19178 level and are confined to minor projects and ll,ai ,tenamce. The treasury is responsible for executing the national budget and managing tit(- cash resources of the public sector. To finance government operations. the treasury is authorized to use not only hndget revenue but also holdings on account of the post office savings fun(l, the Pel:sion fend, and other funds. The treasury also may draw on advances from the Currency Authority. Such advances. together with the authority's holdings of securities issued or guaranteed APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200100020 -3 FIGURE Government budget (U /OU) (Millions of U.S. dollars) Dofne%tie revenue: Direct taxes Indirect taxes Other Fifth Governorate Total Expenditutes: Current........... 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