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Narayani Sritharan

Narayani Sritharan is a development economist at AidData whose research focuses on forced displacement, remittances and development finance in conflict-affected settings. She led the IGC/AidData project examining Yemen’s remittance economy.

Remittances at Risk—Sanctions, War and Informal Finance in Yemen — Employees count banknotes at a currency exchange office in Yemen's third city of Taez, 2021. Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images

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Remittances at Risk—Sanctions, War and Informal Finance in Yemen

Yemeni migrant workers abroad send billions of dollars to Yemen every year, making remittances one of the country’s largest and most consistent sources of foreign currency. The primary corridor runs through Saudi Arabia, which accounts for an estimated 61 percent of Yemen's formally recorded remittance inflows, with

Narayani Sritharan, Oshin Pandey • 10 min read