In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period … are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3-5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned … assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period … are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3 - 5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned … assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap …

should? To answer these questions, the authors of How Sanctions Work highlight Iran, the most sanctioned country in the world … its hold on power. But, after four decades, the case of Iran shows the opposite to be true: sanctions strengthened the … Iranian state, impoverished its population, increased state repression, and escalated Iran's military posture toward the U …