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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Main Author:	Tandon, Sharad
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	CONFLICT POVERTY GENDER FOOD PRICES FRAGILITY WELFARE IMPACT PRICE SHOCK
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

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spelling	okr-10986-298872021-12-17T16:07:57Z Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen Tandon, Sharad CONFLICT POVERTY GENDER FOOD PRICES FRAGILITY WELFARE IMPACT PRICE SHOCK 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. 2018-06-18T20:20:16Z 2018-06-18T20:20:16Z 2018-05 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8458 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Yemen, Republic of
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description	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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author	Tandon, Sharad
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title	Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
title_short	Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
title_full	Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
title_fullStr	Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
title_full_unstemmed	Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen
title_sort	quantifying the impacts of capturing territory from the government in the republic of yemen
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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Quantifying the Impacts of Capturing Territory from the Government in the Republic of Yemen

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