Development Economics
Development EconomicsRwanda: Economic Recovery After the 1994 GenocideThe UN says more than one million people were killed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, which began on 6 April 1994 and ended when…Development EconomicsBosnia and the Yugoslav Wars, 1992–95: Reconstruction and the Limits of AidThe World Bank says GDP per person fell by 75% during the 1992–95 war, from about US$1,900 to about US$500, and that output dropped to roughly…Development EconomicsKuwait and the 1990–91 Gulf War: Occupation, Oil Fires and RecoveryKuwait's real GDP fell by 26.2% in 1990 and by a further 41.0% in 1991, then grew by 82.8% in 1992 and 34.0% in 1993.Development EconomicsAfghanistan, 2001–2021, and the Economy After the Aid StoppedBetween 2018 and 2020, aid to Afghanistan averaged about $8.4bn a year, or about 45% of GDP.Development EconomicsIraq Since 2003: Oil, Reconstruction and the Rise and Fall of ISISIraq's real GDP fell by 36.7% in 2003, the year of the US-led invasion, and rose by 53.4% in 2004.Development EconomicsSyria, 2011–2024, and the Economy After AssadSyria's GDP was $67.5bn in 2011, measured in current US dollars. The World Bank estimates it at about $21.4bn in 2024.Development EconomicsLebanon, 2023–2026: War on Top of Economic CollapseLebanon's GDP fell from about $51.6bn in 2019 to about $20.1bn in 2023, measured in current US dollars.Development EconomicsYemen and the Red Sea Shipping Crisis: The Suez Canal, Freight Costs and EgyptYemen's real GDP per person has fallen by 58% since 2015, according to the World Bank.Development EconomicsEthiopia’s Tigray War, 2020–2022: The Cost of Conflict in a Fast-Growing EconomyEthiopia's real GDP grew by an average of about 9.8% a year in 2010–2019, according to World Bank data.Development EconomicsMyanmar Since the 2021 Coup: Conflict, Sanctions and a Shrinking EconomyReal GDP fell by 9.0% in FY2020/21 and by a further 12.0% in FY2021/22, on the World Bank's April–March fiscal-year series.
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