Does ambient infrastructural quality
affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing
countries? This paper investigates how the arrival of
high-speed internet in...
Why do richer countries spend a higher
share of their income on social protection than poor
countries? A newly assembled dataset on social protection
spending for 142...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186401Date: August 8, 2023Author:
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Torre,Ivan
Biased beliefs about future labor-market
earnings are commonplace. Based on a longitudinal survey of
graduate work transitions in Mozambique, this study assesses
the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 187529Date: July 27, 2023Author:
Jones,Edward Samuel ;
Santos,Ricardo Ribeiro ;
Gimelgo Xirinda
This paper presents a model where
misallocation in the agricultural factors of production is
caused by transportation costs to and from local markets,
which result in...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186391Date: July 6, 2023Author:
Bruno Morando
This paper assesses the impact of an
information dissemination intervention on the local-level
implementation of the rural public works program in India.
One key feature...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186256Date: April 29, 2023Author:
Upasak Das ;
Amartya Paul ;
Sharma,Mohit-000597229
Temporary migration is widespread
globally. While the literature has traditionally focused on
the impacts of permanent migration on destination countries,
evidence on...
Many educational interventions boost
outcomes for girls in settings where girls face educational
disadvantages, but which of those interventions are proven
to function...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 187528Date: April 14, 2023Author:
Evans, David K. ;
Acosta,Amina Mendez ;
Yuan,Fei
Data produced by the public sector can
have transformational impacts on development outcomes
through better targeting of resources, improved service
delivery, cost savings,...
The private school sector has expanded
with almost no public intervention to educate half of
primary school children in many urban centers in Africa and
Asia. Simple...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 187532Date: April 12, 2023Author:
Crawfurd,Lee Martin ;
Hares,Susannah Clare Lockhart ;
Todd, Rory
School closures during the covid-19
pandemic disrupted learning among students globally, with
concerns for long-term impacts on adolescent well-being and
likely differential...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 181258Date: April 10, 2023Author:
Seager, Jennifer ;
Asaduzzaman,T. M. ;
Baird,Sarah Jane ;
Sabarwal,Shwetlena ;
Tauseef,Salauddin
A growing literature suggests that
carbon emissions are most efficiently reduced by carbon
pricing. The evidence base on the effectiveness of
market-based mechanisms,...
This paper studies the effects of an
oversubscribed job-training program on skills and
labor-market outcomes using both survey and administrative
data. Overall, vocational...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186253Date: March 13, 2023Author:
Felipe Barrera-Osorio ;
Kugler,Adriana ;
Mikko Silliman
Using the expansion of a large-scale
health-insurance program in Mexico and variation in local
rainfall levels, this study explores whether the
program-induced increase...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 184887Date: March 3, 2023Author:
Paulino Font-Gilabert
This paper explores the economic impacts
of preferential trade agreements, conditional on their level
of ambition. It clusters 278 agreements, encompassing 910
provisions...
As early as March 2020, anecdotal
reports and some news stories began trickling in about
COVID-19 related restrictions and their impacts on strategic
mineral supply...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 180694Date: March 1, 2023Author:
Perks,Rachel Bernice ;
Schneck,Nathan Allen
What are the impacts of expanding mobile
broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption, and
labor-market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits
from improved...
Institutionalized conditional cash
transfer (CCT) programs may affect pre-existing, informal
safety nets such as inter-household transfers and trust
among community...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 184758Date: January 24, 2023Author:
David K. Evans ;
Kosec,Katrina L.
Whether class-size reductions improve
student learning outcomes is an important policy question
for India. This paper investigates the issue using a
credible identification...
Only one in seven of the
world’s population have ever migrated, despite
the enormous gains in income possible through international
and internal movement. The...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 187530Date: January 10, 2023Author:
Mckenzie,David J.
There has been a significant rise in the
share of women legislators in Africa. What makes this fact
puzzling is that it cannot be attributed to an African
electorate...
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