Armenia and Georgia are taking the climate change agenda seriously and contributing to efforts for mitigating global …

saving rates in Armenia point to three policy areas: the macroeconomic environment, the financial sector, and the role of …

Armenia meets about 75 percent of its energy needs through imports, with natural gas imports from Russia accounting for … imported energy, Armenia is vulnerable to external energy price shocks, which are often beyond the control of its policymakers … retail gas price for residential consumers. Coming on the heels of the global economic recession that hit Armenia's economy …

This paper develops an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on … Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, as well as further regional or multilateral … substantial gains to Armenia, but shows that the gains derive from the deep aspects of the agreement. In order of importance, the …

This paper discusses equality of opportunity in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with an emphasis on access to labor … characterized as unfair is relatively high. Armenia and Azerbaijan stand out for the significant share of inequality in access to …

In Armenia, the proportion of women among employed workers increased from 45 to 48 percent between 2008 and 2015. This … wage gap in Armenia through stylized facts and further investigates its sources. The paper finds that the gender wage gap … in hourly pay is 20 percent on average. Looking at the different percentiles, the disparity in wages in Armenia in 2015 …

line. Moreover, in Georgia and Armenia, roughly one in eight individuals lived in a state of chronic poverty in 2015, and …

This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia …

from an application to recreation at Lake Sevan (Armenia) indicate that household consumers' surplus is not statistically …

This note describes a new measure of multidimensional poverty developed for Armenia. In 2013, the National Statistical … Service of the Republic of Armenia and the World Bank began work on a national measure of multidimensional poverty to … Armenia, reflects deprivations specific to Armenia in the areas of education, health, labor, housing conditions, and basic …