(EIB). Geographically it covers the MEDA-8 countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, WB&GS) and …

countries. In Egypt and some other countries it has put food subsidy schemes to the test. This paper develops two comparable … computable general equilibrium models for Egypt and Ukraine which are used to simulate direct and indirect impacts of the food … price surge and various policy options on the performance of the main macroeconomic indicators as well as on poverty …

War II but continues to resonate in countries where poverty is widespread and the Church has grown. This paper explores 1 …), Egypt (Mahfouz), and Brazil (Lispector). …

literature by examining the phasing out of energy subsidies in Egypt under alternative economic scenarios. In particular, we … consider Egypt's short- and long-term economic adjustment under different assumptions on labor market flexibility, spending …

devastating consequences on the household economic status that would push them into extreme poverty. Using nationally … representative surveys from three Arab countries, namely, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine, this paper examines the incidence, intensity … and distribution of catastrophic health payments, and assesses the poverty impact of out-of-pocket health payments (OOP …