Yemen and Oman are following their richer Arab neighbours in the Mideast Gulf by increasing their budgets, but face growing deficits as they spend more to rein in or stave off political unrest. Yemen is awaiting parliamentary approval of its 2013 budget, which envisages a deficit of 682bn Yemeni rials ($3.17bn), up by 22pc on the year. The cabinet approved the budget, with esti- mated revenue of just under YR2.1 tril- lion and expenditure of YR2.77 trillion, in December. The budget is 31pc larger than last year’s. Yemen has been in tur- moil since January 2011, which led to the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2012 (WPA, 14 Sep- tember, p3). Instability has led to oil and gas infrastructure being attacked, cutting into the state’s main income source.
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机译：也门和阿曼通过增加预算来关注中东海湾较富裕的阿拉伯邻国，但由于他们花更多的钱来遏制或避免政治动荡，它们面临着日益增长的赤字。也门正在等待议会批准其2013年预算，该预算预计赤字为6820亿里亚尔（合31.7亿美元），比去年增加22％。内阁在12月份批准了预算，估计收入不到2.1亿里亚尔，支出为2.77万亿日元。预算比去年增加31％。也门自2011年1月以来一直处于动荡之中，导致2012年2月总统阿里·阿卜杜拉·萨利赫（Ali Abdullah Saleh）被罢免（WPA，9月14日，第3页）。动荡不安导致石油和天然气基础设施遭到攻击，削减了该州的主要收入来源。
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