Macroeconomic costs of conflict are generally very large, with GDP per capita about 28 percent lower ten years after … conflict onset. This is overwhelmingly driven by private consumption, which falls by 25 percent ten years after conflict onset …. Conflict is also associated with dramatic declines in official trade, with exports (imports) estimated to be 58 (34) percent …

contraction of economic activity in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Using estimated nightlights … official figures. I also find that the impact of the conflict has been geographically uneven with economic activity contracting …