Can anything be done to reverse the growth of “democracy fatigue”? In this talk, World Bank economist Vijayendra Rao will examine three approaches to reinvigorating democratic systems in developing countries.
World Bank economist Samuel Asher will present a new method for measuring intergenerational mobility. Drawing on recently published results on India, he will illustrate how this new method can produce...
There is an empirical revolution underway in our understanding of the public sector. More data is available on public officials, and what makes public organizations work, than ever before.
Is all economic inequality bad? Is zero the optimal amount of income inequality? Or, like cholesterol, might there be better and worse forms of inequality?
The backlash against globalization grows by the day. Yet the importance of trade for growth remains as strong as ever, and most developing countries continue to prioritize export growth and diversification...
Employment generation is a top priority for growth, development, and social stability in fragile states. When employment prospects are dim, creating jobs may raise the opportunity cost of joining rebellions...
Fiscal positions in many emerging market and developing economies have weakened considerably since the global financial crisis. This will constrain the room for policy makers in these economies to utilize...
For men and women across Africa, marriage is nearly universal. However, the duration of marriage is far from equal. Large age gaps and lower rates of remarriage after divorce and widowhood mean that women’s...
For most people, and especially the poor, labor is their key asset. The main paths to poverty eradication and economic growth occur through labor mobility so that people can find better employment opportunities.
In this talk, Michael Woolcock will explore key challenges building the state’s capability to implement incrementally more complex and contentious tasks (e.g., health care, justice, regulation, taxation,...
In this talk, Bilal Zia, Senior Economist, digs into the weeds of financial education and summarizes the growing consensus on what works and what doesn’t in the financial education space.
In this talk, Dean Jolliffe will first review how the World Bank monitors progress towards the extreme poverty goal, including an explanation of how the $1.90 international poverty line was established...
In this talk, David McKenzie will draw on evaluations of labor market policies to argue that many active labor market policies are much less effective than policymakers typically assume.
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