Although El Salvador’s modest pace of
growth has reduced poverty and inequality in recent years,
it has not been sufficient to move the country toward the
income levels...
Type: ReportReport#: 161734Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Ulku,Hulya ;
Zaourak,Gabriel Roberto
There is growing support for monitoring
global poverty using a measure that accounts for both own
and relative income. This paper shows how—in the
context of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9844Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Decerf,Benoit Marie A ;
Ferrando,Mery ;
Quinn,Natalie N.
International commodity price shocks may
have large impacts on producers in developing countries. In
this paper, a unique household panel data from Ethiopia is
utilize...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9839Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Kebede,Hundanol Atnafu
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has
been a truly global shock to all economies, causing a major
downturn in world growth. Fiscal authorities have responded
by running...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165500Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Bowen,Alex
This note provides guidance on how to
assess a country’s current level of energy taxation and
formulate a policy framework for its rationalization and
expansion. Section...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164948Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Matheson,Thornton
This paper revisits impact evaluation
studies on the largest public workfare in the world, NREGA.
In an environment where randomization is not feasible, I
show why an...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9835Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Bahal,Girish
The informal economy in Africa is large
and diverse, and it is the main source of employment in the
region. It is projected to grow and create more jobs. The
informal...
Type: ReportReport#: 165844Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Guven,Melis U. ;
Jain,Himanshi ;
Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard
This paper proposes a novel theory of
reserve accumulation that emphasizes the role of an
independent central bank. Motivated by a positive
correlation between reserve...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9832Date: November 2, 2021Author:
Samano Penaloza,Agustin
This policy brief summaries the findings
from a representative phone survey and an online survey on
Facebook about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Papua New Guinea.
In January 2021, the second wave of the
Somalia high frequency phone survey has been administered,
calling 2,811 households to see the impact of Coronavirus
disease...
Preferential trade agreements are
growing in number and deepening in content by incorporating
disciplines that go beyond market access. They increasingly
encompass non-trade-related...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9829Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Laget,Edith ;
Roch,Nadia ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
Between 2017 and 2019, the International
Labor Organization (ILO) and World Bank completed a
multistage pilot study, in collaboration with the Department
of Census and...
This note examines the trends and
drivers of poverty and inequality reduction during the past
two years, presents a profile of the poor and middle class,
and provides...
This paper conducts a large, narrative
literature review of interventions that seek to (1) increase
educational attainment, (2) delay childbearing, and/or (3)
delay...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9827Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Bergstrom,Katy Ann ;
Ozler,Berk
Thailand’s progress in poverty reduction
has slowed from 2015 onwards, mirroring a slowing economy
and stagnating farm, business, and wage incomes. In 2019,
the country...
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