Abdulkarim Ismail Al-Arhabi (Arabic: عبدالكريم اسماعيل الارحبي‎) is Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in Yemen.^[1] He is also the founder and the Managing Director of the Social Fund for Development in Yemen.^[2] Mr. Al-Arhabi was also Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.^[3] Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi has been given a tremendous amount of responsibility and number of challenges. When the Social Fund for Development was established in Yemen in 1996, Al-Arhabi was appointed the Managing Director of the organization. In 2001, he was also appointed as the Yemeni Minister for Social Affairs and Labor.^[3] Then in 2006 he was appointed Minister of Planning and International Cooperation.^[4] A year later, in 2007, he also assumed the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.^[5] Al-Arhabi oversees numerous aspects of social development in Yemen.^[3] Social projects cover many areas that range from poverty, basic services and water supply to improving the lives of children, women and workers.^[3]

[edit] Education

• An MA in “Economics” from Martin Luther University –Germany, 1977.
• Wide – Ranging academic and field training in the US, Germany and the UK related to SMEs ,
  Banking and Development work.^[6]

[edit] Professional career

• 1977- 1979 Worked in the private sector
• 1979 - 1981 General Director of the “Industrial Estate Authority”.
• 1981- 1994 Managing Director of the “Yemeni Industrial Bank”,
• 1994 Head of “Small Enterprise Development Unit”.
• 1996 Founder and Managing Director of the “Social Fund for Development”.
• 2001- Feb.2006 Minister of “Social Affairs and Labor”.
• Feb.2006 Minister of “Planning & International Cooperation”.^[6]

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