Analysis and Refinement of Targeting Mechanisms for Food and Multipurpose Cash Assistance to Central African Republic Refugees in Cameroon

UNHCR Cameroun to work on a project targeting refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR). Approximately, 260,000 Central African Republic (CAR) refugees have settled in Cameroon since 2003 due to the continued conflict in their home country. In light of the reduction in funding for CAR refug ..

A Multi-Dimensional Measure of Well-being among Youth: The Case of Palestinian Refugee Youth in Lebanon

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time to expand the measurement of national well-being to cover non-nationals with a focus on young people. Using micro data from the 2015 socio-economic survey of Palestinian refugees conducted in Lebanon, the newly devised ind ..

Socio-Economic Survey of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon

The fact that living conditions for most Palestine Refugees living in Lebanon are precarious, as this report shows, is widely observed, commented on and may hardly need restating. Why then this report? In fact, this is the first study to evaluate poverty among refugees in Lebanon in an academically ..

Income Inequality and the Composition of Public Dept

The purpose of this paper is to examine the redistributive effect of domestic public debt: lenders to the government lie on the higher end of the income distribution, but the burden of debt financing falls on the entire tax base, to the extent that taxes are used to service debt. Because domestic de ..

Economics of NCDs in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Analysis and Refinement of the Targeting Mechanisms for Food and Multipurpose Cash Assistance to Cen ..

A multi-dimensional measure of vulnerability among Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian youth in Lebanon

The Economic Case for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Socio-Economic Survey of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon

Income Inequality and the Composition of Public Debt

Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to examine the redistributive effect of domestic public debt: lenders to the government lie on the higher end of the income distribution, but the burden of debt financing falls on the entire tax base, to the extent that taxes are used to service debt. Because ..