Cash Consortium of (CCY) - Remittances Tracker November 2020

Key findings: Coverage of partners: Introduction: • has the largest number of exchange shops that have not returned to Remittances are cash transfers sent by pre-COVID levels of remittances. migrants, usually to family members in • Conversely, Al Dhale’e had the largest number of exchange shops that have returned their country of origin. International re- to the pre-COVID levels of remittances mittances can also make up part of the • International travel to Yemen is still greatly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and regular income of some people, for ex- internal processes ample, those who perform cross-border • The exchange shops that indicated a change in the past two weeks, saw a larger work, such as seasonal workers who number of increases in remittances tend crops in neighboring countries. Ac- • The change in remittances over the previous two weeks stayed relatively consistent cording to UNDESA, migrants send an Has COVID-19 affected Has the percentage of Yes - 32 n (65%) n Yes - 16 (33%) n No - 33 (67%) average of 15% of their earnings back foreign remittances remittances changed in No - 17 n (35%) home. Remittances often represent up since March? the past two weeks? 330+670= to 60% of family income. Due to the 65+35A downturn in the global economy from the Of the 49 exchange shops who stated that COVID-19 has affected Of the 16 exchange shops who stated that remittances have changed COVID-19 pandemic, Yemeni workers remittances from March, 27 exchange shops stated that remittances in the past two weeks, exchange shops were concentrated in the gover- abroad may have had difficulty securing decreased and 5 shops stated an increased norates of ,Taizz, Al Hudaydah, , and ’ City. 3 work and sending money home, thus Percentage decrease in remittances from COVID-19 exchange shops indicated a decrease, while the 13 indicated an increase. impacting the purchasing power of local 8 Percentage of decrease or increase in remittances in households. 7 past two weeks 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 The Remittance Tracker is a short survey 6 completed monthly and encompasses 5 30%-44% the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic 4

on remittances throughout the assessed 3 area. The question center around the im- 15%-29% 2 pact of COVID-19 and the change in re- of Shops Numbers transfer mittances over the previous two weeks. 1 1%-14% 0 The November data is composed of 1%-14% 15%-29% 30%-44% 45%-59% 75%-89% 90% or greater Precentage decrease in Reimttances 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 in-person interviews where strict confi- Decreased Increased dentiality was enforced. A total number Remittances returning to normal after COVID-19 of 49 interviews were conducted across Aden Al Dhale’e Al Huydaydah Hajjah Sana’a City Lahij Taizz 7 governorates and 12 districts. Yes 0 12 6 2 0 0 3 No 4 0 7 4 4 4 3