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447: The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in El Salvador - Working Paper 447

Margarita Beneke, Nora Lustig and José Andrés Oliva

446: Analytic Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers - Working Paper 446

Ali Enami

445: The Impact of Anti-Money Laundering Regulation on Payment Flows: Evidence from SWIFT Data - Working Paper 445

Matt Collin

444: Internationally Comparable Mathematics Scores for Fourteen African Countries - Working Paper 444

Justin Sandefur

443: The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda - Working Paper 443

Jon Jellema

442: Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Poverty in Iran: Assessing the Impact and Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers the Poor in the Developing World - Working Paper 442

Ali Enami

441: Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World - Working Paper 441

Nora Lustig

440: Banking the Unbanked: Evidence from Three Countries - Working Paper 440

Pascaline Dupas

439: Financial Inclusion in Latin America: Facts and Obstacles - Working Paper 439

Liliana Rojas-Suarez

438: Glimpsing the End of Economic History? Unconditional Convergence and the Missing Middle Income Trap - Working Paper 438

Sutirtha Roy

437: Results Through Transparency: Does Publicity Lead to Better Procurement? - Working Paper 437

Charles Kenny

436: Unauthorized Mexican Workers in the United States: Recent Inflows and Possible Future Scenarios - Working Paper 436

Pia Orrenius

435: Biometric Elections in Poor Countries: Wasteful or a Worthwhile Investment? - Working Paper 435

Alan Gelb

434: Searching for the Devil in the Details: Learning about Development Program Design

Sara Nadel

433: Gasoline, Guns, and Giveaways: Is There New Capacity for Redistribution to End Three Quarters of Global Poverty?

Christopher Hoy and Andy Sumner

432: The Impact of Legislation on the Hazard of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Burkina Faso - Working Paper 432

Ben Crisman

431: Practical Considerations with Using Mobile Phone Survey Incentives: Experiences in Ghana and Tanzania - Working Paper 431

Robert Morello

430: Program for Results: The First 35 Operations - Working Paper 430

Alan Gelb

429: Estimating the Avertable Disease Burden and Cost-Effectiveness in Millions Saved Third Edition - Working Paper 429

Andrew Mirelman

428: Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers - Working Paper 428

Michael Clemens, Claudio Montenegro and Lant Pritchett

427: The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay (Spanish) - Working Paper 427

Nora Lustig

426: Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception are Substitutes - Working Paper 426

Grant Miller

425: Designing Contracts for the Global Fund: Lessons from the Theory of Incentives - Working Paper 425

Liam Wren-Lewis

424: Global Health Donors Viewed as Regulators of Monopolistic Service Providers: Lessons from Regulatory Literature - Working Paper 424

Han Ye

423: The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment - Working Paper 423

Michael Clemens

422: Family Planning Program Effects: A Review of Evidence from Microdata - Working Paper 422

Grant Miller

421: The New Role of the World Bank - Working Paper 421

Michael Clemens

420: Changes in Funding Patterns by Latin American Banking Systems: How Large? How Risky? - Working Paper 420

Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Jose Maria Serena Garralda

419: Comparing Emissions Mitigation Efforts across Countries - Working Paper 419

William Pizer

418: Asking What the People Want: Using Mobile Phone Surveys to Identify Citizen Priorities - Working Paper 418

Benjamin Leo and Robert Morello

417: Toward Better Global Poverty Measures - Working Paper 417

Martin Ravallion

416: What Determines Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates? - Working Paper 416

Alan Gelb

415: Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development - Working Paper 415

Michael Clemens

414: The Politics of Priority Setting in Health: A Political Economy Perspective - Working Paper 414

Katharina Hauck

413: Philanthropy, Welfare Capitalism or Radically Different Global Economic Model: What Would It Take to End Global Poverty within a Generation Based on Historical Growth Patterns? - Working Paper 413

Peter Edward

412: Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan? - Working Paper 412

Lant Pritchett

411: The Future of Forests: Emissions from Tropical Deforestation with and without a Carbon Price, 2016–2050 - Working Paper 411

Jonah Busch

410: Inequality and Fiscal Redistribution in Middle Income Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa - Working Paper 410

Nora Lustig

409: Manufacturing or Services? An Indian Illustration of a Development Dilemma - Working Paper 409

Amrit Amirapu

408: The Health Consequences of Aerial Spraying of Illicit Crops: The Case of Colombia - Working Paper 408

Adriana Camacho

407: How the New International Goal for Child Mortality Is Unfair to Africa (Again) - Working Paper 407

Simon Lange

406: Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Monitoring Experiment in Niger - Working Paper 406

Jenny Aker

405: Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor? - Working Paper 405

Sean Higgins

404: The Financial Secrecy Index: Shedding New Light on the Geography of Secrecy - Working Paper 404

Alex Cobham

403: New Estimates of Global Poverty and Inequality: How Much Difference Do Price Data Really Make? - Working Paper 403

Peter Edward

402: Guarantees, Subsidies, or Paying for Success? Choosing the Right Instrument to Catalyze Private Investment in Developing Countries - Working Paper 402

Owen Barder

401: The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Strategies to Expand Treatment to HIV-Positive South Africans: Scale Economies and Outreach Costs - Working Paper 401

Gesine Meyer-Rath

400: The World Bank: Why It Is Still Needed and Why It Still Disappoints - Working Paper 400

Martin Ravallion

399: The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal - Working Paper 399

Michael Clemens

398: Do Mobile Phone Surveys Work in Poor Countries? - Working Paper 398

Ben Leo