Managing transition in Yemen: An assessment of the costs of conflict and development scenarios for the future

Abdulmajeed Al-Bataly, Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger (), Olivier Ecker and Wilfried Engelke

No 1210, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper has been produced to support the Government of Yemen and the international community in designing a transition plan for the country. The political crisis and conflict situation in Yemen has led to a sharp decline in economic output beginning in 2011—a decline from which Yemen is estimated to recover only in 2015, if favorable conditions apply. Moreover, the impact of the crisis on the poor is dramatic

Keywords: Conflict; Poverty; food security; Investment; infrastructure; Qat; Arab region; Water policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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