alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects … deficit and debt ratios. This paper discusses these macroeconomic dimensions, focusing on the developing world. The paper …

activities, income generation, and national export earnings. Higher world market prices should therefore in principle have a … beneficial impact on rural farmers. This is based however on the assumption that world prices are transmitted and that farmers … was effective in taking policy actions to limit the extent of transmission of the world price changes; and more poorer …

Mozambique on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty and inequality … two main impact channels are at work leading to higher consumption poverty: direct income/wage and employment losses. To … consumption and poverty. Our simulations suggest that consumption decreased by between 7.1 and 14.4 per cent, and that poverty …

why. In addition, the impact of the crises on employment and poverty is in dispute. We develop a dynamic computable … commodity crisis increased employment and reduced poverty by favouring labour-intensive exports, especially in agriculture. The … people below the US$2-a-day poverty line, with the vast majority of these being rural dwellers. The net effect of the crises …

impacts on growth through key intermediate outcomes. A coherent picture emerges: aid stimulates growth and reduces poverty …