... currently a problem that is on the rise in Yemen and the majority of the population are affected by it. Around eighty percent of the Yemeni population are just above or below the poverty line. This means that the majority of the Yemeni population do not have access to water in their homes or even clean drinking water. This tragic situation has ... water, the economy is rapidly deteriorating. In an article written on Hub Pages, a reference written by Liz Sonneborn states that, "In 2006, an estimated eight million Yemen citizens were living on the equivalent of less than $2 a day" (Sonneb...

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... from the Greek "oikonomia," meaning management of a household. In that context, economy would include not only financial exchanges, but also a range of social and environmental transactions people undertake to make a living. These external transactions may include industrial output and energy consumption, as well as the unpaid work of women and children hauling water or fuel-wood, the burning of rainforest to ... protective ozone layer has been damaged, but not irreparably. Power plant and automotive emissions create widespread air pollution; in a number of the world's largest cities, t...

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