Malnutrition is one of the most
important early life shocks that have lasting effects on
health. An often-neglected cause of malnutrition and hidden
hunger is high food...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186342Date: May 26, 2022Author:
Andinet Woldemichael ;
Daniel Kidane ;
Abebe,Abebe Shimeles
This paper studies the effects of cash
versus in-kind transfers on the time allocation of children
exploiting the randomized rollout of a program which
transferred either...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186338Date: May 19, 2022Author:
Federico Tagliati
This paper estimates the impact of
access to mobile money services on local economic activity.
The analysis combines data from the early expansion of the
mobile agent...
Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs)
are large tracts of land purchased or leased in low- and
middle-income countries by multinational firms. This study
examines whether...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186344Date: April 29, 2022Author:
Sebastian Anti
Recent public sector reforms have
shifted responsibility for public service delivery to local
governments, yet little is known about how their management
practices or...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186345Date: March 29, 2022Author:
Cilliers,Erasmus Jacobus Petrus ;
Dunford,Eric Andrew ;
Habyarimana,James Paul
This paper employs sectoral data to draw
conclusions on how structural reforms, implemented during
the period 1975-2005, affected differences in cross-country
aggregate...
Food security represents a key challenge
in most Sub-Saharan African countries and in Kenya in
particular where still a relevant share of the population
lives below...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 178032Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Boulanger,Pierre ;
Dudu,Hasan ;
Emanuele Ferrari ;
Mainar Causape,Alfredo Jose ;
Ramos,Maria Priscila
Argentinean firms’
investments in R&D are well below its regional peers.
One potential explanation for this fact is the existence of
low and heterogeneous returns...
Temptation plays a key role in
theoretical work on spending and saving in developing
countries. The limited empirical evidence on its importance,
however, suggests that...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186295Date: January 8, 2022Author:
Brune,Lasse Florian ;
Kerwin,Jason Theodore ;
Qingxiao Li
This paper approximates the identity
that links growth in mean incomes and changes in the
distribution of relative incomes to reductions in absolute
poverty and examines...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186335Date: January 7, 2022Author:
Bergstrom,Katy Ann
In most of Sub-Saharan Africa,
agricultural extension models have become more decentralized
and participatory and thus rely on effective
farmer-to-farmer learning, while...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186278Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Denise Hörner ;
Bouguen,Adrien ;
Markus Frolich ;
Meike Wollni
Countries are increasingly defining
health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing
towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for
health are commonly...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 168222Date: November 29, 2021Author:
Fraser-Hurt,Nicole ;
Hou,Xiaohui ;
Wilkinson,Thomas David ;
Duran,Denizhan ;
Abou Jaoude, Gerard J. ;
Skordis, Jolene ;
Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi ;
Pena,Christine Lao ;
Tshivuila Matala,Opope Oyaka ;
Prestidge,Marelize ;
Wilson, David P.
Conventional risk assessments
underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of
disasters, leading to inefficient risk management
strategies. This happens because conventional...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 166657Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Walsh,Brian James
While economic sanctions are successful
in achieving political goals, they can hurt the civilian
population. These negative effects could be even more
detrimental and...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186301Date: October 23, 2021Author:
Safoura Moeeni
This paper studies the effect of an
increase in import competition on informality along two
margins. It considers the extensive margin, where workers
are hired by unregistered...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186284Date: October 20, 2021Author:
Cisneros Acevedo,Ana Camila
International commodity price shocks may
have large impacts on producers in developing countries. In
this paper, a unique household panel data from Ethiopia is
utilized...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186297Date: September 16, 2021Author:
Kebede,Hundanol Atnafu
This study investigates the effects of
state censorship in the context of the 2007 government
closing of RCTV, a popular opposition television channel in
Venezuela....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186291Date: September 6, 2021Author:
Brian Knight ;
Tribin Uribe,Ana Maria
Frequent measurement of poverty is
challenging because measurement often relies on complex and
expensive expenditure surveys that try to measure
expenditures on a comprehensive...
This article revisits impact evaluation
studies on the largest public workfare in the world, NREGA.
In an environment where randomization is not feasible, I
show why...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186292Date: September 6, 2021Author:
Girish Bahal
The past decades have witnessed big
changes in international trade with the rise of global value
chains (GVCs). Some countries, such as China, Poland, and
Vietnam rode...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 186305Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Kee,Hiau Looi ;
Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth
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