This paper  provides an assessment of economic growth, employment and poverty reduction in the Arab MENA region …. Considering the high rate of unemployment (especially the youth unemployment) and poverty in most countries in the region … employment and poverty impacts of growth are of particular concern to policy makers. In the short run for employment growth to be …

and ranges of poverty lines. We then provide statistical procedures that rely on the use of sample data to infer whether …

stochastic dominance framework. The key advantage is that the assessment as to whether pricing or price cap reforms are poverty …

A method is proposed to provide robust poverty comparisons and robust evaluations of marginal policy reforms under …