this paper support a comprehensive petroleum subsidy reform in Yemen. Economic growth is projected to accelerate between 0 …, especially for the poor. Outcomes of alternative reform scenarios range from an increase in poverty of 2 to 6 percentage points …, industrial, and service value chains, which should encourage private sector led and job creating growth in the medium term. …

-microeconomic assessment. The results indicate that HIV/AIDS greatly reduces annual economic growth, mainly by lowering the long-term rate of … technical change. However, the impacts on income poverty are small, and inequality is reduced by HIV/AIDS. This is because high … unemployment among low-income households minimizes the economic costs of increased mortality. In contrast, slower economic growth …

Despite record economic growth in the decade that followed the fall of the Taliban regime, poverty remained stubbornly … high in Afghanistan, and especially so in regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this puzzle … by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level in 2007−14 with a model of consumption at the household …

, one in three persons living in poverty today might not be poor had it not been for the conflict. …Conflicts and political instability have been serious constraints to growth in Guinea-Bissau. Of special concern was … estimates that GDP per capita today could have been more than 40 percent higher if there had been no conflict in 1998. In turn …

Despite record economic growth in the decade that followed the fall of the Taliban regime, poverty remained stubbornly … high in Afghanistan, and especially so in regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this puzzle … by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level in 2007−14 with a model of consumption at the …

of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been outstanding. Poverty incidence has declined …

of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been outstanding. Poverty incidence has declined …

, the relationship between windfall profits, growth, and households' welfare is less straightforward than what the simple … both productivity-enhancing investments and an oil fund is crucial to achieving shared growth and macroeconomic stability …