income poverty rates among refugees with a gender lens. It finds distinguishing between different types of male and female … principal applicant (PA) households is important in the setting of Syrian refugees in Jordan. Poverty rates for couples with … children do not differ by gender of the PA but for other household types poverty rates are higher for those with female PAs …

migrants on regional host communities from a poverty perspective. The paper does not find any negative impacts on poverty for … poverty rates experienced among the recent migrants …

Cameroon is engaged in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process, which emphasizes increased focus on poverty … reduction in the design and implementation of growth and adjustment strategies. The Integrated Macroeconomic Model for Poverty … process and quantifying poverty reduction strategies. Drawing on that framework, this paper provides a detailed financial …

This paper addresses three questions: 1) what would have been the growth and income trajectory of Syria in the absence … capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates …

effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the Islamic State on the Levant. Syria and Iraq bear the brunt of the direct … Syria and Iraq doubles the welfare losses. All these countries are foregoing opportunities to expand intra-Levant trade and …

policy aimed at trade liberalization? This paper examines this question by considering a directed policy effort by Syria … examine factors that are related to diversification at the sectoral level. Our findings suggest that, while Syria has achieved … strengthening Syria's weak institutional and business environment …

policy scenarios for Syria: participation in preferential trading arrangements, and changes in the domestic import regime …