Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic … effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the Islamic State on the Levant. Syria and Iraq bear the brunt of the direct …

of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms physical capital, labor force, human … capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates …

analyzes 30 years of macro-level damage data from disasters (including earthquakes, floods, and storms), according to income … paper reviews the micro-level evidence of disaster impacts on the livelihoods of the poorest households. The evidence … disasters. It discusses detrimental long-term consequences for the income and welfare of the poor and the presence of poverty …

Traditional risk assessments use asset losses as the main metric to measure the severity of a disaster. This paper … main measure of disaster severity. Using an agent-based model that represents explicitly the recovery and reconstruction … process at the household level, this risk assessment provides new insights into disaster risks in Sri Lanka. The analysis …

Natural disasters have an impact on poverty through many different channels -- economic growth, health, schooling … counterfactual scenario is built of what people's income would be in developing countries in the absence of natural disasters. This … average in the absence of natural disasters is calculated. The analysis concludes that if all disasters could be prevented …

communities remains limited in developing countries. This study presents novel evidence from Lebanon on the impact of offering a …

Weak economic statistics in Lebanon impede economic analysis and decision making. This paper presents a new coincident … the length of the gross domestic product time series in Lebanon, the accuracy of these indicators in tracking the business …

This paper attempts to identify Lebanon's greatest constraints to economic growth, following a growth diagnosis … imbalances and related perceived risks affect the nature of investment decisions in Lebanon, in favor of liquid instruments …