MENA RP WORKING PAPER Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurd December 2019- revised December 2021 Women’s control over decision-making within their family, particularly regarding the use of household income, can play an important and long-lasting role in shaping their well-being and that of their children. Cash transfer programs often target women in order to increase […]
Food security in the Arab Region: The double burden of malnutrition
Roula Majdalani, UN-ESCWA
Undernutrition, a type of malnutrition, results from inadequate quantity and quality of food, which manifests itself in underweight in the general population, or stunting and wasting in children below 5 years of age. The prevalence of undernourishment, notably in the Arab Least Developed Countries (LDC) including Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Mauritania, has been discussed at length, with a looming famine crisis unfolding in the case of Yemen.
Publication: Beyond the business case for agricultural value chain development: An economywide approach applied to Egypt
Clemens Breisinger, Mariam Raouf, James Thurlow, Manfred Wiebelt
This paper goes beyond the “business” case for agricultural value chain development and presents an economy-wide framework to make the “development” case. We show that there are several key transmission channels that determine the economy-wide impacts of promoting various value chains, including forward and backward economic linkages, price responses, and net employment effects.
Publication: Energy subsidy reform for growth and equity in Egypt: The approach matters
Clemens Breisinger, Askar Mukashov, Mariam Raouf, and Manfred Wiebelt
Phasing out energy subsidies is high on the agenda of policymakers in several Middle Eastern and North African countries. The impact of such reform can vary widely depending on the country and policy. This paper contributes to the existing literature by examining the phasing out of energy subsidies in Egypt under alternative economic scenarios.
Agriculture, Conflict and the Agrarian Question in the 21st Century
Rachel Bahn and Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut
Eckart Woertz, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Sciences Po
The volume Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture, published by CABI in September 2018, explores the intersection of agriculture, crisis, and conflict. It considers both over-arching themes, as well as detailed case studies drawn from a range of contexts.
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