Economic Impact of Selected Conflicts in the Middle East : What Can We Learn from the Past? /

Using narrative-based country-case studies, war episodes in the Middle East were examined to assess their economic impact on conflict and neighboring economies. The paper found that conflicts led to a contraction in growth, higher inflation, large fiscal and current account deficits, loss of reserve...

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Auteur principal: Sab, Randa
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/100
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF