Leveraging Fuel Subsidy Reform for Transition in Yemen
| dc.creator | Breisinger, Clemens | |
| dc.creator | Engelke, Wilfried | |
| dc.creator | Ecker, Olivier | |
| dc.date | 2015-12-01T22:51:01Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-12-01T22:51:01Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-10-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:57:33Z | |
| dc.description | Yemen is currently undergoing a major political transition, yet many economic challenges—including fuel subsidy reform—remain highly relevant. To inform the transition process with respect to a potential subsidy reform, we use a dynamic computable general equilibrium and microsimulation model for Yemen; we show that overall growth effects of subsidy reduction are positive in general, but poverty can increase or decrease depending on reform design. A promising strategy for a successful reform combines fuel subsidy reduction with direct income transfers to the poorest one-third of households during reform, and productivity-enhancing investment in infrastructure, plus fiscal consolidation. Public investments should be used for integrating economic spaces and restructuring of agricultural, industrial and service value chains in order to create a framework that encourages private-sector-led and job-creating growth. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | Sustainability | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23184 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1596/23184 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413510 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | fuel subsidy reform | |
| dc.subject | poverty | |
| dc.title | Leveraging Fuel Subsidy Reform for Transition in Yemen | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dc.type | Article de journal | |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista |