According to a recent study of international donors to Yemen that 69% of the investments of the Social Fund for Development targeted the poorest segment in Yemen and 95% of the projects were to the utmost priority for the targeted.

The study which funded by the British government and supervised by representatives of donor countries and organizations in Yemen, showed that there was a significant improvement in the performance of the Social Fund for Development in targeting the poorest segment and the indicator of targeting of this segment rose from 44% in 2003 to 69% in 2006.
 
According to the study, which "26sep.net"  has gotten its results that the Social Development Fund to enable the implementation of 5973 projects since 1997 to October 2006 in cost up to $ 493 million.
The study showed that the axes of technical survey and assessment of the  beneficiaries and institutional assessment that projects implemented by the Fund, including education 46% and water 11%, roads 7.6% and 7.5% in health and 20% targeted of the enterprise of groups with special needs and the development of cultural heritage as well as raising the institutional capacities.