Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
This article estimates how households were affected by the mostly non-violent capture of Yemen’s capital in 2014 using a survey conducted as the capital was captured. Although socioeconomically advantaged households were initially better able to cope with the shock than other households, the cap...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/834521527693205252/Quantifying-the-impacts-of-capturing-territory-from-the-government-in-the-Republic-of-Yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29887 |
| Summary: | This article estimates how households were affected by the
mostly non-violent capture of Yemen’s capital in 2014 using
a survey conducted as the capital was captured. Although
socioeconomically advantaged households were initially
better able to cope with the shock than other households,
the capture resulted in a robust decline in expenditure for
the entire population within three months. Struggling
households turned to a number of coping strategies to
meet their basic needs- they increasingly made purchases on
credit, increased their reliance on self-employment to deal
with a decline in the economic climate, and reduced both
the quantity and quality of foods consumed. Furthermore,
women were affected by the capture more so than men.
These results demonstrate that the capture of territory without
wide-spread violence can result in a nearly immediate
decline in standards of living and further illustrate the manners
in which households were able to cope with the shock. |
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