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Evolution of Poor Food Access Over the Course of the Conflict in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad - 2019
The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888865
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Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad - 2019
Yemen. Among the mobile phone?using population, the share of households receiving food assistance more than doubled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888868
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The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970743
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The Additionality Impact of a Matching Grant Program for Small Firms : Experimental Evidence from Yemen
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
grant program for firms in the Republic of Yemen to demonstrate the feasibility of conducting experiments with well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970744
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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies in Transport and Agriculture
Commander, Simon - 2017
Arab Republic of Egypt (transport) and the Republic of Yemen (agriculture). The focus is mainly on the costs associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971924
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Promoting the Rural Farm and Nonfarm Businesses : Evidence from the Yemen Rural Investment Climate
Sawada, Naotaka - 2017
This study examines the major constraints of rural business entry and performance in Yemen. The Yemen rural investment … Yemen can be improved: market demand, access to markets, access to finance, and the provision of business services. Because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975134
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World Food Prices and Human Development : Policy Simulations for Archetype Low-Income Countries
Lofgren, Hans - 2017
In recent years, world food prices have increased and fluctuated widely. This paper explores the impact of international food prices and domestic policies on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and macro indicators for two archetype low-income countries, a net food exporter and a net food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975301
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Achieving the Mdgs in Yemen : An Assessment
Al-Batuly, Abdulmajeed - 2017
Once the current political crisis in Yemen has been resolved, it will be ever more urgent to speed up progress … model for strategy analysis, and a linked microsimulation model, this paper addresses Yemen's MDG challenges. A first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975332
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Petroleum Subsidies in Yemen : Leveraging Reform for Development
Breisinger, Clemens - 2017
sustainable economic development. Yemen, as the country with the lowest per capita income in the group of countries with a high … this paper support a comprehensive petroleum subsidy reform in Yemen. Economic growth is projected to accelerate between 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976145