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Ianchovichina, Elena - Weltbank - 2018

Eruptions of Popular Anger: The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath sets out to answerthree puzzles-the "Arab inequality" puzzle of civil uprisings in countries with low-to-moderateand stagnant economic inequality, the "unhappy development" paradox of increasing dissatisfactionat a...

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The Fallout of War : The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

The World Bank - 2020

decade. As the decade-long conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic created new challenges and worsened the existing ones … advanced economies in the world. The Fallout of War: The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria identifies the impact … of the Syrian conflict on economic and social outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. It combines a large number of data …

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The Fallout of War : The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

World Bank Group - 2020

world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has contributed to the region's challenges, but the region's problems have …

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Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor October 2015 : Inequality, Uprisings, and Conflict in the Arab World

Lanchovichina, Elena - 2015 - Online-Ausg.

The economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2015 is slightly more favorable than in 2013-14, when the region as a whole grew at 3 percent a year. The World Bank group's latest MENA Economic Monitor projects MENA's economic growth to average 5.2 percent in 2015...

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The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy

Matta, Samer - 2016

This paper uses Synthetic Control Methodology to estimate the output loss in Tunisia as a result of the "Arab Spring." The results suggest that the loss was 5.5 percent, 5.1 percent, and 6.4 percent of GDP in 2011, 2012, and 2013 respectively. These findings are robust to a series of tests,...

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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Jakiela, Pamela - 2015

exposure to civil conflict by the time of the survey. The study measures individual risk preferences using hypothetical lottery …

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Socioeconomic Impact of the Crisis in North Mali on Displaced People

Etang-Ndip, Alvin - 2015

phones. This combination was found to present a good and robust way to monitor the impact of conflict on hard …

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Welfare Dynamics with Synthetic Panels : The Case of the Arab World in Transition

Dang, Hai-Anh H. - 2016

This paper studies welfare dynamics, especially changes associated with middle-class status in countries in the Middle East and North Africa, before and after the Arab Spring transitions, using objective and subjective welfare measures. Absent panel data, the analysis employs state-of-the-art...

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Tunisia : From Revolutions to Institutions

Brisson, Zack - 2012

In the wake of the revolution, Tunisian society is currently undergoing a significant transformation. In late 2011, the country's first representative government in more than three decades was formed, as the Constituent Assembly was seated. Hundreds of legitimate candidates ran in an election...

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Ending War, Building Peace : Contribution of the National DDR Program in DRC to Peace in the African Great Lakes Region

Conoir, Yvan - 2012

The National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program (NDDRP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was implemented over a period of seven years (2004- 2011) with the World Bank's support and funding. The NDDRP had three objectives: 1) disarmament of all combatants willing...

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