Peer Gatter - Literature List on Qat / Khat

'Abd Allah, A., Q. 'Abd al-Malik & P. Gatter (2002): Qat wa al-iqtisd al-rifi [Qat and the rural economy]. In Q. 'Abd al-Malik, K. Sa'id & P. Gatter (eds.): Al-mu'tamar al-watani bi-sh'an al-qat. Taht riayya fakhama ra'is al-jumhuriyya al-Akh 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih [First National Conference on Qat. Under the auspices of H.E. the President of Yemen, Mr. 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih], San'a', April 6-7, 2002, p. 135-192.

Fare, F. & P. Gatter (2002): Qat and Yemen's economy. In P. Gatter et al. (eds.): First National Conference on Qat. Under the auspices of H.E. the President of Yemen, Mr. Ali Abdula Salleh, Sana'a, April 6-7, 2002, p. 83-99.

Gatter, P. (1998): The impact of qat on health and opportunities for WHO engagement. WHO, Geneva, report for the Department of Substance Abuse, 37 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999a): Qat as an impediment to economic development. Strategies for reducing drug cultivation and consumption in the Republic of Yemen. Robert Bosch Foundation, Programme for International Affairs. Bonn, Oct. 1999. 25 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999b): Jemen: Schluß mit Kat. Der Spiegel 30/99, p. 135.

Gatter, P. (1999c): Jawanib lil-bahth wa-l-dirasa fi zahira al-qat [Questions for research and study on the qat phenomenon]. In: A. al-Hadrani, (ed.): Nathara muttakamila li-mahawir al-qat wa atharu-hu [A complete look at the main aspects and effects of qat], p. 253-256.

Gatter, P. (1999d): Qat and its role in Yemen's agriculture. Recommendations for the agricultural census. Prepared for the World Bank, FAO and the European Union Mission in San'a', July 26, 1999, 3 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999e): First Round Table Meeting on Qat. Held at the World Bank Resident Mission, San'a', May 31, 1999. Report for the Ministry of Planning & Development, 8 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999f): Recommendations of the Second Round Table Meeting on Qat. Held at the World Bank Resident Mission, San'a', July 11, 1999. Report for the Cabinet and the Ministry of Planning & Development, 6 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999g): Yemen: Meeting of the Ministry of Planning & Development with donors on qat. Minutes of a meeting with Deputy Minister for Macro-Planning and Studies, Dr. Mutahar al-Abbasi. Document of the World Bank (July 19, 1999), San'a', 4 pp.

Gatter, P. (1999h): Preliminary evaluation of a field survey of the Qat Research Unit (AREA). Visit to qat cultivation areas of the Kuchlan and Hajja regions (June 14-15, 1999). Report for the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation and the World Bank,San'a', 13 pp.

Gatter, P. (2000a): Yemen: The National Qat Conference. First progress report for the Ministry of Planning & Development and World Bank Country Office (San'a', Jan. 5, 2000). 89 pp. with annexes.

Gatter, P. (2000b): Yemen: Evaluation of the preparatory workshop for the First National Conference on Qat. Held at the Ministry of Planning & Development (San'a', May 3-4, 2000). Report for the World Bank and the donor community, 6 pp.

Gatter, P. (2000c): The marketing of qat in Yemen. Results of a survey in Sana'a's qat markets. Report for the Ministry of Planning & Development and the World Bank (San'a', Nov. 2000), 34 pp. English and 57 pp. Arabic Translation.

Gatter, P. (2001): Preparation of the First National Conference on Qat. Second progress report for the Ministry of Planning & Development and World Bank Country Office. 24 pp. with annexes (San'a', May 13, 2001).

Gatter, P. (2005): Successes and failures of the qat-substitution programme of the Ismaeli BohrΠcommunity in the Haraz. An analysis for the Ministry of Water & Environment, San'a', 7 pp.

Gatter, P. (2006): Socio-economic assessment of qat chewing in Yemen. A survey of seven governorates. With an annex by K. al-Hariri and A. al-Hemiary. Report for the World Bank, San'a', Sept. 2006, 62 pp.

Gatter, P. (2007a): Die Droge Qat als Motor der jemenitischen Dezentralisierung. In: Albrecht, H. (ed.): Der Vordere Orient. Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, p. 159-180.

Gatter, P. (2007b): The Ismailis' 'war' against qat in Haraz. Between community mobilization and politico-economical constraints. Chroniques Yéménites 14, p. 71-88.

Gatter, P. (2008): Financial mechanisms of decentralization and the taxation of qat. In: S. Ben Nefissa, M. Grabundzija & J. Lambert (eds.): Societé civile, associations et pouvoir local au Yémen. Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa et Fondation Friedrich Ebert, San'a', p. 49-75.

Gatter, P. (2009): The political economy of qat in Yemen. Paper presented at the conference The Changing Use and Misuse of Catha edulis (Khat) in a Changing World: Tradition, Trade and Tragedy, Linköping Sweden, Oct. 5-9, 2009. 60 pp.

Gatter, P. (2012): Politics of Qat - The Role of a Drug in Ruling Yemen. 862 pp. 409 ill. b/w, 84 ill. color, 63 tables, 32 figures, 14 maps b/w, 13 maps color, (ISBN 978-3-89500-910-5). Jemen-Studien vol. 20.1, Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Gatter, P. (2013): Politics of Qat in Yemen. Presentation held at the conference "Yemen: Challenges for the Future" (Panel 7 - Rural Development: Land and Water), Organised by the British-Yemeni Society (BYS) and the London Middle East Institute, SOAS (LMEI), London Jan. 11 & 12, 2013.

Gatter, P. (2013): The Politics of Qat - How one Plant Explains Yemen's Dysfunction (Photo Essay). In: Foreign Policy, Feb. 18, 2013.

Gatter, P., Q. Abdul Malik & K.M. Sa'id (1999): Yemen - investigation of qat-tree uprooting among the Isma'ili community of Haraz. A field survey. Report for the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation and the World Bank. San'a', Nov. 26, 1999, 4 pp.

Gatter, P., Q. Abdul Malik & K. Sae'ed (eds.) (2002): First National Conference on Qat. Under the auspices of H.E. the President of Yemen, Mr. Ali Abdula Salleh. Conference discussion materials. Conference organized by the Ministry of Planning & Development and the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation in San'a', April 6-7, 2002. English (131 pp.) and Arabic (192 pp.).

Gatter, P. & Q. al-Asbahi (2008a): Yemen: Concept note - qat policy review workshop. Towards practical policies for limiting the expansion of qat cultivation. Prepared for the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation and the World Bank. San'a', June 20, 2008 (English & Arabic), 25 pp.

Gatter, P. & Q. al-Asbahi (2008b): Yemen: Evaluation of the qat policy review workshop. Towards practical policies for limiting the expansion of qat cultivation. San'a', June 29-30, 2008. Report for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Qat, the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation and the World Bank (Oct. 7, 2008), 44 pp. and 45 pp. Arabic Translation).

Gatter, P., M. al-Haziazi, J. al-Hakimi & R. Detalle (2002): Assessment of administrative decentralization in Yemen - prospects and challenges. A survey of four governorates. Document of the World Bank, San'a', Feb. 2002, 119 pp.

Gatter P. & F. Fari' (2002): Qat wa al-iqtisad al-kulli [Qat and the General Economy]. In Q. 'Abd al-Malik, K. Sa'id & P. Gatter (eds.): Al-mu'tamar al-watani bi-sh'an al-qat. Taht riayya fakhama ra'is al-jumhuriyya al-Akh 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih [First National Conference on Qat. Under the auspices of H.E. the President of Yemen, Mr. 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih], San'a', April 6-7, 2002, p. 113-134.

Gatter, P. & A. Khanna (2004): Yemen - UN system approach to qat. Report for the United Nations Resident Coordinator and for the World Bank. San'a', June 20, 2004, 14 pp.

Lenaers, A. & P. Gatter (2000): Qat and its impacts on nutritional balance and family life in Yemen. With a special reference to low income segments of society. Document of the World Bank, April 2000, 15 pp.

Noman Abdullah, A., P. Gatter & Q. Abdul Malik (2002): Qat and its role in Yemen's rural economy. An exemplary study of qat growing and marketing in the governorates of Hajja, Sana'a and Taiz. In P. Gatter et al. (eds.): First National Conference on Qat. Under the auspices of H.E. the President of Yemen, Mr. Ali Abdula Salleh, Sana'a, April 6-7, 2002, p. 100-131.

Viloria-Williams, J. & P. Gatter (2009): Yemen: Concept note - support for an integrated qat demand reduction agenda. Document of the World Bank, 25 pp.

Ward, C. & P. Gatter (2000): Qat in Yemen - towards a policy and action plan. Document of the World Bank, 110 pp.

World Bank (2007): Yemen: Towards qat demand reduction. Country Department III, Sustainable Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region. Report no. 39738-YE, June 2007, 33 pp. (based on Gatter 2006: Socio-economic assessment of qat chewing in Yemen. A survey of seven governorates).

 


 


Further Publications

Gatter, P. (1998): Khomeinis Erben - Machtpolitik und Wirtschaftsreformen im Iran [Khomeini’s Legacy - Politics of Power, Economic Reform and the Crisis of Legitimacy in the Islamic Republic of Iran]. Lit Verlag, Münster, 165 pp.