Yemen has scored zero for the second time on the Open Budget Index recently published by the Washington-based International Budget Partnership (IBP). The index, which is the world’s only independent, comparable measure of budget transparency, participation, and oversight, is based on the findings of the Open Budget Survey (OBS) which is conductedmore...

The Washington-based Open Budget Partnership (OBP) has recently released the findings of the Open Budget Survey for the 2017 round. The Survey is conducted biennially in over 100 countries across the globe. The survey, carried out in Yemen by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC), measures three different aspects relating to statemore...

The Open Budget Partnership (OBP) has recently released the findings of the Open Budget Survey which is conducted in over 100 countries across the globe. The survey, carried out in Yemen by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC), measures three aspects of how governments are managing the public finance including the transparencymore...

Mr. Moneer Al-Omari, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) has been targeted by Houthi elements earlier today in Ibb Province. Our Colleague Al-Omari stated that Houthi elements heavily shot at him as he was passing by a check point recently introduced by Houthi militia at Al-Daleel Bridge.more...

The Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) has recently completed the Open Budget Survey (OBS) which is produced by the International Budget Partnership (IBP). SRDC was, towards the end of the last year, commissioned by the IBP to conduct the survey in Yemen. The OBS, which examines the budgeting processes in over 100 countries, seeksmore...

The Ministry of Human Rights and Save the Children International jointly organized a symposium last Thursday to launch the findings of the National Dialogue Survey (NDS) conducted by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC). While focusing on people’s satisfaction with the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, the surveymore...

The Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) wishes you a Happy and Prosperous New 2015more...

Please note that the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) has relocated its office. Our previous address was 3rd Floor, Al-Shami's Building, off Sana'a University (Old Campus), Dairi Street. Our new address is Apartment #4, 4th Floor, Al-Saidi's Building, Off Kentucky Junction. Parking is available in the building's yard. Belowmore...

Preparations are underway by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) to implement the second phase of the National Dialogue Survey. The survey is to be fielded in Al-Hodeidah, Sana’a, Aden and Lahj provinces and it targets 500 respondents selected through a random and representative sample. The survey, commissioned by themore...

The Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) is currently preparing for undertaking a new research project on health and children’s rights. The project, commissioned by the Save the Children International, seeks to collect baseline data from adults, children, health officials and workers in Al-Hodeidah’s Al-Hali and Bajel districts.more...

The Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) is currently holding a series of focus groups on women’s political participation, women and young people empowerment and economic development. The project is commissioned by the Save the Children International and funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).more...

According to a recent survey by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) conducted in four provinces (Taiz, Al-Hodeidah, Sana’a and Amran) and targeted 500 respondents, President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi’s performance during the past year was viewed as “good” by 66%, while 22% said it is “neither good nor bad”more...

According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) last April and targeted 500 respondents in four provinces (Taiz, Al-Hodeidah, Sana’a and Amran, about half of respondents view the performance of Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwah as “good”, while 13% think it was “bad”more...

Sana’a – SRDC’s President Mr. Moneer Al-Omari is leaving this week to attend the Global Power Shift in Istanbul, Turkey, a major summit dedicated to building a global youth movement to solve the climate crisis. Out of the thousands of young people from all over the world who applied to attend the Global Power Shift Summit,more...

Early this week, the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) deployed eight interviewers in four Yemeni provinces to undertake the data collection process for the National Dialogue Conference Survey. The survey, which seeks to measure the attitudes and perceptions of people towards the national dialogue and the issues addressed, is implementedmore...

Over the period March 27 – 29, the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) holds a training workshop for eight interviewers from Sana’a, Taiz, Al-Hodeidah and Amran governorates who will take part in the data collection process for the National Dialogue Conference Survey. The survey is part of the National Dialogue Surveymore...

The Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) has been commissioned by the Save the Children to undertake a public opinion research project on issues relating to Yemeni people’s perceptions and attitudes towards the National Dialogue Conference (NDC). The project, implemented in cooperation with the National Dialogue Secretariat,more...

According to the recently-released results of a survey which was carried out by the Yemen-based Social Research and Development Center (SRDC), 65% of Yemeni respondents stated that they ‘follow news of the National Dialogue’. The survey, which was commissioned by the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) Secretariat and funded bymore...

According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Social Research and Development Center (SRDC) last April and targeted 500 respondents in four provinces (Taiz, Al-Hodeidah, Sana’a and Amran, 40% of respondents say that the performance of the transitional government over the past year was “good”, while 12% believe it wasmore...