This book offers to advance
understanding of the potential of the agribusiness sector
(primary agriculture plus off-farm agribusinesses) to
contribute to economic diversification...
Type: PublicationReport#: 169487Date: March 16, 2022Author:
Mghenyi,Elliot Wamboka ;
Dankers, Cora ;
Thurlow, James ;
Anyiro,Chidozie Onyedikachi
How has globalization affected the
relative taxation of labor and capital, and why? To address
this question, this paper builds and analyzes a new database
of effective...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9973Date: March 15, 2022Author:
Bachas,Pierre Jean ;
Fisher-Post,Matthew ;
Jensen,Anders ;
Zucman,Gabriel
This paper examines the impact of return
migration from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the transfer of
gender norms to the Indian state of Kerala. Migration to
countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9966Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Joseph,George ;
Wang,Qiao ;
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Javaid,Syed Usman ;
Rajan,Irudaya
As the world seeks to build back better
into a new era of green and equitable economic growth,
tertiary education systems are at the heart of the big
transformations...
Type: ReportReport#: 164426Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Arnhold,Nina ;
Bassett,Roberta Malee
With a growing economy that demands
increased energy, Turkey is committed to producing more
efficient, renewable energy to ensure cleaner growth and
less dependency...
As of April 8, 2022, a total of 519
measures were identified in 39 countries. Such level of
measures represents an increase by nearly 70 percent since
March 18th . This...
This paper investigates the causal
impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's
household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The
identification strategy...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9964Date: March 10, 2022Author:
Mendiratta,Vibhuti ;
Nsababera,Olive Umuhire ;
Sam,Hannah
The COVID-19 pandemic affected people’s
livelihoods in many ways, particularly in developing
countries. This paper examines the degree to which
recovering mobility levels...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9963Date: March 9, 2022Author:
Heemann,Markus ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Vollmer,Sebastian
The largest private hospital in Ecuador,
Hospital Metropolitano in Quito, also has one of the
strongest reputations for quality of care. The company’s
culture and day-to-day...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 169209Date: March 8, 2022Author:
Powell, Juliette ;
Kleiner, Art
This paper investigates the labor market
outcomes for refugee and urban national communities in Kenya
during the COVID-19 pandemic, using five waves of a novel
high-frequency...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9960Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Vintar,Mirko ;
Beltramo,Theresa Parrish ;
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Egger,Dennis Timo ;
Pape,Utz Johann
Evidence from high-income countries
suggests that judges often exhibit in-group bias, favoring
litigants that share an identity with the judge. However,
there is little...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9956Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Chen,Daniel Li ;
Graham,Jimmy ;
Ramos Maqueda,Manuel ;
Singh,Shashank - DIME3
Using geo-coded, firm-level data on more
than 51,000 establishments in 649 metropolitan areas in 98
developing economies, from the World Bank’s Enterprise
Surveys and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9954Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Burger,Martijn ;
Ianchovichina,Elena ;
Akbar,Prottoy Aman
This paper identifies the impact of
childcare responsibilities on adult labor supply in the
context of COVID-19-related school closures in Kenya. It
compares changes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9958Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Biscaye,Pierre E. ;
Egger,Dennis Timo ;
Pape,Utz Johann
This paper presents the results of a
randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of
taxpayer communications informed by behavioral science in
inducing business...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9961Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Karver,Jonathan George ;
Shijaku,Hilda ;
Ungerer,Christoph T F
This paper examines the effect of
foreign direct investment on local structural transformation
and human capital accumulation in China, exploiting
variations in foreign...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9952Date: March 3, 2022Author:
Liu,Yan-000529044
The Caribbean is one of the world's
most vulnerable and disaster-prone regions. It is confronted
with an increasing number of devastating storms and extreme
weather...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 169083Date: March 3, 2022
Gender-based occupational segregation -
the fact that men and women are typically concentrated in
different occupations and economic sectors - contributes to
gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 169439Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Gassier,Marine ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie ;
Traore,Lacina
The first six to eight years of a
child's life, known as early childhood, have been
globally acknowledged to be the most critical years for
life-long development of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 169044Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Sinha,Shabnam ;
Dey,Sangeeta ;
Sahu,Tapaswini ;
Paul,Sandipan ;
Talukdar,Tanusree
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