Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction

This report, based on a household survey conducted in 2006, discusses options for discouraging qat consumption in Yemen. It draws on a survey-the first representative data collection exercise aimed specifically at assessing the qat consumption phen...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Commodities Study
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7772944/yemen-towards-qat-demand-reduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7734
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spelling okr-10986-77342021-04-23T14:02:37Z Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction World Bank ADULT POPULATION AGRICULTURE AMPHETAMINES BASIC NEEDS CASH CROP CASH CROPS CONSUMERS DIABETES DISEASES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC POLICY EFFECTIVE POLICIES ELDERLY ELDERLY MEN EPIDEMIOLOGY ESSENTIAL MEDICINES EXTENSION FAMILIES FARMERS FOOD INSECURITY GENDER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROUNDWATER HEALTH EFFECTS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DATA HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN HEALTH HUSBANDS ILLNESSES INCOMES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LEISURE ACTIVITIES LEISURE TIME MEDICINE MEDICINES MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEADERS NATURAL RESOURCE NGOS NORTH AFRICA OLD AGE OLD-AGE ORAL CANCER PATIENTS PEER EDUCATION PEER PRESSURE PESTICIDES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY MAKERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANT WOMEN PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC SERVICE QAT RELIGIOUS REASONS RESOURCE USE SAFETY NET SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL COHESION SPOUSE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION WASTE WATER RESOURCES WORK FORCE WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN This report, based on a household survey conducted in 2006, discusses options for discouraging qat consumption in Yemen. It draws on a survey-the first representative data collection exercise aimed specifically at assessing the qat consumption phenomena-which confirms that the use of this drug is widespread. Qat is consumed by men, women and children; its use is extremely time consuming; it drains the family budget; has adverse health effects; negatively affects work performance and thus contributes to poverty. Weaning consumers from the qat habit will be difficult, because its production accounts for some 6 percent of GDP and 14 percent of total employment. Qat consumption requires around 10 percent of the household budget of all income groups, which comes at the expense of basic food, education and health. To reduce qat consumption, this note recommends a set of economic and non-economic policy measures. These include: increasing the tax burden; building public awareness; incorporating training on the hazards of qat in the school system; enforcing public policies aimed at discouraging qat consumption (e.g., extension of working hours); closing knowledge gaps and developing viable crop diversification programs. 2012-06-11T20:57:18Z 2012-06-11T20:57:18Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7772944/yemen-towards-qat-demand-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7734 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Commodities Study Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa Yemen, Republic of
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topic ADULT POPULATION
AGRICULTURE
AMPHETAMINES
BASIC NEEDS
CASH CROP
CASH CROPS
CONSUMERS
DIABETES
DISEASES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC POLICY
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
ELDERLY
ELDERLY MEN
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
EXTENSION
FAMILIES
FARMERS
FOOD INSECURITY
GENDER
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
GROUNDWATER
HEALTH EFFECTS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DATA
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN HEALTH
HUSBANDS
ILLNESSES
INCOMES
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERVENTION
LABOR FORCE
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
LEISURE TIME
MEDICINE
MEDICINES
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEADERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NGOS
NORTH AFRICA
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE
ORAL CANCER
PATIENTS
PEER EDUCATION
PEER PRESSURE
PESTICIDES
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY MAKERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREGNANT WOMEN
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC SERVICE
QAT
RELIGIOUS REASONS
RESOURCE USE
SAFETY NET
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL COHESION
SPOUSE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBANIZATION
WASTE
WATER RESOURCES
WORK FORCE
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ADULT POPULATION
AGRICULTURE
AMPHETAMINES
BASIC NEEDS
CASH CROP
CASH CROPS
CONSUMERS
DIABETES
DISEASES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC POLICY
EFFECTIVE POLICIES
ELDERLY
ELDERLY MEN
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
EXTENSION
FAMILIES
FARMERS
FOOD INSECURITY
GENDER
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
GROUNDWATER
HEALTH EFFECTS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DATA
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN HEALTH
HUSBANDS
ILLNESSES
INCOMES
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERVENTION
LABOR FORCE
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
LEISURE TIME
MEDICINE
MEDICINES
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL LEADERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NGOS
NORTH AFRICA
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE
ORAL CANCER
PATIENTS
PEER EDUCATION
PEER PRESSURE
PESTICIDES
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY MAKERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PREGNANT WOMEN
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC SERVICE
QAT
RELIGIOUS REASONS
RESOURCE USE
SAFETY NET
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL COHESION
SPOUSE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBANIZATION
WASTE
WATER RESOURCES
WORK FORCE
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
World Bank
Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Yemen, Republic of
description This report, based on a household survey conducted in 2006, discusses options for discouraging qat consumption in Yemen. It draws on a survey-the first representative data collection exercise aimed specifically at assessing the qat consumption phenomena-which confirms that the use of this drug is widespread. Qat is consumed by men, women and children; its use is extremely time consuming; it drains the family budget; has adverse health effects; negatively affects work performance and thus contributes to poverty. Weaning consumers from the qat habit will be difficult, because its production accounts for some 6 percent of GDP and 14 percent of total employment. Qat consumption requires around 10 percent of the household budget of all income groups, which comes at the expense of basic food, education and health. To reduce qat consumption, this note recommends a set of economic and non-economic policy measures. These include: increasing the tax burden; building public awareness; incorporating training on the hazards of qat in the school system; enforcing public policies aimed at discouraging qat consumption (e.g., extension of working hours); closing knowledge gaps and developing viable crop diversification programs.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Commodities Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
title_short Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
title_full Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
title_fullStr Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
title_full_unstemmed Yemen : Towards Qat Demand Reduction
title_sort yemen : towards qat demand reduction
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7772944/yemen-towards-qat-demand-reduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7734
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