This paper uses comparable income
aggregates from 41 national household surveys from 22
countries to explore the patterns of income generation among
rural households...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123199Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Davis,Benjamin K. ;
Di Giuseppe,Stefania ;
Zezza,Alberto
Many developing countries lack spatially
disaggregated price data. Some analysts use “no-price”
methods by using a food Engel curve to derive the deflator
as that needed...
The World Bank carbon capture and
storage trust fund (CCS TF) was established in 2009 to
support carbon dioxide (CO2) CCS capacity and knowledge
building in developing...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123182Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Beck,Brendan ;
Kulichenko-Lotz,Natalia
The fraction of workers currently
covered by minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is
small, but as formality and urbanization increase, wage
regulation will become...
Despite recent calls in support of cash
transfers, there is little rigorous evidence of the relative
impacts of cash versus in-kind transfers, especially in
humanitarian...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 129201Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Aker,Jenny C.
The authors examine asymmetric
information about migrant earnings and its implications for
remittance behavior using a sample of Indian households with
husbands working...
This paper studies the effects of
enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large
aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in
Colombia. In...
The relative return to strategies that
augment inputs versus those that reduce inefficiencies
remains a key open question for education policy in
low-income countries....
The World Bank Group (WBG) carbon
capture and storage trust fund (CCS TF) was established in
2009 to support carbon dioxide (CO2) CCS capacity and
knowledge building...
Although motivation of health workers in
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has become a topic
of increasing interest by policy makers and researchers in
recent...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136145Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Lohmann,Julia Franziska ;
Souares, Aurelia ;
Tienedrebeogo, Justin ;
Houlfort, Nathalie ;
Robyn,Paul Jacob ;
Somda, Serge M.A ;
De Allegri,Manuela
Are politically connected firms more
likely to evade taxes? This paper presents evidence
suggesting firms owned by President Ben Ali and his family
were more prone to...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 140519Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Rijkers,Bob ;
Baghdadi,Leila ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
Ethiopia has made considerable progress
in maternal, newborn, and child health in terms of
healthoutcomes and health services coverage. This study
examined how different...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123240Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Andrews,Colin ;
Bakilana,Anne Margreth ;
Foster,Elizabeth Mary ;
Khan,Qaiser M. ;
Wang,Huihui
Recent evidence shows that many
Sub-Saharan African farmers use modern inputs, but there is
limited information on how these inputs are financed. We use
recent nationally...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123195Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Adjognon,Guigonan Serge ;
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. ;
Reardon,Thomas
Boserup and Ruthenberg (BR) provided the
framework to analyze the impact of population growth and
market access on the intensification of farming systems.
Prior evidence...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123194Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Binswanger-Mkhize ;
Savastano,Sara
Everyone knows about seasonality. But
what exactly do we know? This study systematically measures
seasonal price gaps at 193 markets for 13 food commodities
in seven...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123197Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Gilbert,Christopher L. ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Kaminski,Jonathan
The authors know surprisingly little
about the long-run impacts of household electrification.
This paper studies the impacts on consumption in rural India
over a seventeen-year...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 140526Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Van De Walle,Dominique ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Mendiratta,Vibhuti ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B.
This paper describes phase I of the
World Bank Group’s (WBG) technical assistance project for
the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage
(CCUS) in Mexico....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123201Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Mourits,Frank Marius ;
Kulichenko-Lotz,Natalia ;
Hernandez Gonzalez,Guillermo ;
Nieta,Jazmin Mota
China used to be called the kingdom of
the bicycle, but this is no longer the case. Bicycle use in
China has been marginalized over the past 30 years. In
contrast, Netherlands...
The authors use original water user
group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China
to examine the effect of water pricing policies on farmers’
water saving...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 129174Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Kajisa,Kei ;
Dong, Bin
This paper examines how international
remittances are affected by structural characteristics,
macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in recipient
economies. We...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 129172Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Bettin,Giulia ;
Presbitero,Andrea F. ;
Spatafora,Nikola L.
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