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wp-2019-55: Counting-based multidimensional poverty identification: From deprivation weights to bundles Downloads
Sam Jones
wp-2019-54: Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India Downloads
Carlos Gradín and Binbin Wu
wp-2019-53: Linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya Downloads
Felix Adamu Nandonde, Richard Adu-Gyamfi, TinayeSonto Mmusi, Herbert Wamalwa, Simplice Asongu, Johannes Pieter Opperman and Jeremia Makindara
wp-2019-52: Moving up the copper value chain in Southern Africa Downloads
Neva Makgetla, Saul Levin and Sithembiso Mtanga
wp-2019-51: Vulnerability to natural shocks: Assessing the short-term impact on consumption and poverty of the 2015 flood in Mozambique Downloads
Vincenzo Salvucci and Ricardo Santos
wp-2019-50: Subsidized labour and firms: Investment, profitability, and leverage Downloads
Isaac Marcelin, Daniel Brink, David Fadiran and Hammed Adedeji Amusa
wp-2019-49: An analysis of school dropout in Mozambique, 2014-15 Downloads
Félix Mambo, Maren Basso, Vincenzo Salvucci and Ricardo Santos
wp-2019-48: Spreading the gains?: Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern Africa Downloads
Anthony Black, Lawrence Edwards, Faizel Ismail, Brian Makundi and Mike Morris
wp-2019-47: Earnings and employment microdata in South Africa Downloads
Andrew Kerr and Martin Wittenberg
wp-2019-46: Resource misallocation and total factor productivity: Manufacturing firms in South Africa Downloads
Carol Newman, John Rand and Mpho Tsebe
wp-2019-45: Measuring wealth inequality in South Africa: An agenda Downloads
Aroop Chatterjee
wp-2019-44: How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution? Downloads
Nicholas Apergis and Arusha Cooray
wp-2019-43: Digital technologies and 'value' capture in global value chains: Empirical evidence from Indian manufacturing firms Downloads
Karishma Banga
wp-2019-42: Inequality in India: A review of levels and trends Downloads
Himanshu Himanshu
wp-2019-41: The individual poverty incidence of growth Downloads
Maria Lo Bue and Flaviana Palmisano
wp-2019-40: Beyond access to basic services: Perspectives on the social determinants of health in Mozambique Downloads
Alba Llop-Gironés and Sam Jones
wp-2019-39: The effect of foreign competition on family and network labour allocation Downloads
Margaryta Klymak
wp-2019-38: Motorcycle parts and aftermarket industry regional value chain in Southern Africa Downloads
Sithembiso Mtanga and Richard McCamel
wp-2019-37: The contribution of services to trade and development in Southern Africa Downloads
Justin Visagie and Ivan Turok
wp-2019-36: Evaluating the impact of global oil prices on the SADC and the potential for increased trade in biofuels and natural gas within the region Downloads
Alfred Moyo
wp-2019-35: The impact of a higher leverage ratio on the South African economy Downloads
Rob Davies, Laurence Harris and Konstantin Makrelov
wp-2019-34: The wage-setting power of firms: Rent-sharing and monopsony in South Africa Downloads
Ihsaan Bassier
wp-2019-33: The distributional impact of structural transformation in rural India: Model-based simulation and case-study evidence Downloads
Chris Elbers and Peter Lanjouw
wp-2019-32: The size distribution of monetary policy effects among South African manufacturing firms: Firm-level evidence from administrative tax data Downloads
Keagile Lesame
wp-2019-31: Gender and the South African labour market: Policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax data Downloads
Amina Ebrahim and Kezia Lilenstein
wp-2019-30: Trade liberalization and South African manufacturing: Looking back with data Downloads
Ciaran Driver
wp-2019-29: The effect of real exchange rate volatility on income distribution in South Africa Downloads
Goodness C. Aye and Laurence Harris
wp-2019-28: Can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment?: Evidence from South Africa Downloads
Amina Ebrahim and Jukka Pirttilä
wp-2019-27: The creation of an individual panel using administrative tax microdata in South Africa Downloads
Amina Ebrahim and Christopher Axelson
wp-2019-26: Black cat, white cat: Lessons to be learned from ASEAN Downloads
Sandy Lowitt
wp-2019-25: Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008-2017 Downloads
Rocco Zizzamia, Simone Schotte and Murray Leibbrandt
wp-2019-24: Inequality and the generational economy: Race-disaggregated National Transfer Accounts for South Africa, 2015 Downloads
Morne Oosthuizen
wp-2019-23: Self-selection of Mexican migrants in the presence of random shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907 Downloads
David Escamilla-Guerrero and Moramay Lopez-Alonso
wp-2019-22: Institutional bypass and aid effectiveness in Africa Downloads
Michael Chasukwa and Dan Banik
wp-2019-21: A Pre-Prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Myanmar Downloads
Dirk van Seventer, Finn Tarp, Nyo Nyo San and Khin Ohnmar Myint Thein
wp-2019-20: Managerial attributes and enterprise access to formal credit in Myanmar Downloads
Henrik Hansen, John Rand, Finn Tarp and Neda Trifkovic
wp-2019-19: Financing the Zambia social cash transfer scale-up: A tax benefit microsimulation analysis based on MicroZAMOD Downloads
Remmy Kampamba, Luca Pellerano, Charles Banda and Obbie Musama
wp-2019-18: Promoting education under distortionary taxation: Equality of opportunity versus welfarism Downloads
Pertti Haaparanta, Ravi Kanbur, Tuuli Paukkeri, Jukka Pirttilä and Matti Tuomala
wp-2019-17: Distributional changes in the gender wage gap in the post-apartheid South African labour market Downloads
Jacqueline Mosomi
wp-2019-16: Microsimulation analysis of the impact of indirect tax benefits on income distribution and poverty alleviation in Tanzania: An application of TAZMOD Downloads
Asiya Maskaeva, Zanda Bochkaeva, Joel Mmasa, Mgeni Msafiri and Eric Iramba
wp-2019-15: Foreign aid and climate change policy: What can('t) the data tell us? Downloads
Daniel Y. Kono and Gabriella R. Montinola
wp-2019-14: Financial disincentives to formal work: Evidence from Ecuador and Colombia Downloads
H. Xavier Jara and David Rodríguez
wp-2019-13: Modelling value-added tax (VAT) in South Africa: Assessing the distributional impact of the recent increase in the VAT rate and options for redress through the benefits system Downloads
Rebone Gcabo, Boitumelo Moche, Wynnona Steyn, Boikhutso Moahlodi, Jukka Pirttilä, Michael Noble, Gemma Wright, Helen Barnes and Faith Masekesa
wp-2019-12: What does the evidence tell us about 'thinking and working politically' in development assistance? Downloads
Niheer Dasandi, Edward Laws, Heather Marquette and Mark Robinson
wp-2019-11: The impact of foreign aid on maternal mortality Downloads
Emmanuel Banchani and Liam Swiss
wp-2019-10: Combatting debt bias in South African firms: The case for an allowance for corporate equity Downloads
Seppo Kari, Londiwe Khoza, Nangamso Manjezi and Kyle McNabb
wp-2019-9: Tax research in South Africa Downloads
Amina Ebrahim, Rebone Gcabo, Lilian Khumalo and Jukka Pirttilä
wp-2019-8: Aid targeting to fragile and conflict-affected states and implications for aid effectiveness Downloads
David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy
wp-2019-7: Innovation efforts in developing countries: The case of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises Downloads
Son Thi Kim Le
wp-2019-6: Too many cooks in the kitchen?: The division of financing in World Bank projects and project performance Downloads
Matthew S. Winters
wp-2019-5: Effects of foreign aid on income through international trade Downloads
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso
wp-2019-4: Do countries use foreign aid to buy geopolitical influence?: Evidence from donor campaigns for temporary UN Security Council seats Downloads
Bernhard Reinsberg
wp-2019-3: Industrial agglomeration in Myanmar Downloads
John Rand, Finn Tarp, Neda Trifkovic and Helge Zille
wp-2019-2: Learning from the ʻbestʼ: The impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa Downloads
Olivier Bargain, H. Xavier Jara, Prudence Kwenda and Miracle Ntuli
wp-2019-1: Income redistribution in Latin America: A microsimulation approach Downloads
Cristina Arancibia, Mariana Dondo, H. Xavier Jara, David Macas, Nicolás Oliva, Rebeca Riella, David Rodríguez and Joana Urraburu
wp-2018-190: What is the state of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique? Downloads
Peter Fisker and Søren Schou
wp-2018-189: Inequality trends and dynamics in India: The bird's-eye and the granular perspectives Downloads
Hai-Anh Dang and Peter Lanjouw
wp-2018-188: Inequality in Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989-2014 Downloads
Raymundo Campos-Vazquez, Nora Lustig and John Scott
wp-2018-187: Intergenerational mobility, human capital accumulation, and growth in India Downloads
Roy van der Weide and Melinda Vigh
wp-2018-186: What are the main drivers of Brazilian income distribution changes in the new millennium? Downloads
Marcelo Neri
wp-2018-185: Information, identification, or neither?: Experimental evidence on role models in Vietnam Downloads
Gaia Narciso, Carol Newman and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-184: Taking stock of South African income inequality Downloads
Murray Leibbrandt, Vimal Ranchhod and Pippa Green
wp-2018-183: Top incomes in China: Data collection and the impact on income inequality Downloads
Qinghai Li, Shi Li and Haiyuan Wan
wp-2018-182: The dynamics of spatial and local inequalities in India Downloads
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and David Garcés Urzainqui
wp-2018-181: A new inequality estimate for urban India?: Using house prices to estimate inequality in Mumbai Downloads
Gerton Rongen
wp-2018-180: Construction and public procurement in Uganda Downloads
Emanuele Colonnelli and Nicole Ntungire
wp-2018-179: Uganda's oil: How much, when, and how will it be governed? Downloads
Sebastian Wolf and Vishal Aditya Potluri
wp-2018-178: Understanding the boom: A framing paper Downloads
Mark Henstridge
wp-2018-177: Understanding the boom: Country study—Tanzania Downloads
Mark Henstridge
wp-2018-176: From manufacturing-led export growth to a twenty-first-century inclusive growth strategy: Explaining the demise of a successful growth model and what to do about it Downloads
Joseph Stiglitz
wp-2018-175: Welfare dynamics in India over a quarter-century: Poverty, vulnerability, and mobility, 1987-2012 Downloads
Hai-Anh Dang and Peter Lanjouw
wp-2018-174: Inequality in China: Development, transition, and policy Downloads
Shi Li, Terry Sicular and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-173: Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model Downloads
Gemma Wright, Helen Barnes, Michael Noble, David McLennan and Faith Masekesa
wp-2018-172: The role of the construction sector in influencing natural resource use, structural change, and industrial development in Zambia Downloads
Caesar Cheelo and Robert Liebenthal
wp-2018-171: Changing male perceptions of gender equality: Evidence from an experimental study Downloads
Cuong Nguyen and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-170: Economic inequality and subjective well-being across the world Downloads
Andrew Clark and Conchita D'Ambrosio
wp-2018-169: Welfare dynamics in rural Vietnam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel data Downloads
Andy McKay, Saurabh Singhal and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-168: Tax-benefit microsimulation model in developing countries: A feasibility study for an extension of SOUTHMOD in Indonesia Downloads
Arip Muttaqien, Denisa Sologon and Cathal O'Donoghue
wp-2018-167: Social capital and household vulnerability: New evidence from rural Vienam Downloads
Thang Vo
wp-2018-166: Understanding the implications of the boom-bust cycle of global copper prices for natural resources, structural change, and industrial development in Zambia Downloads
Robert Liebenthal and Caesar Cheelo
wp-2018-165: Top income adjustments and tax reforms in Ecuador Downloads
H. Xavier Jara and Nicolás Oliva
wp-2018-164: The welfare impact of Vietnam's national target programme 'building a new countryside': A quasi-experimental evaluation Downloads
Philip Verwimp and Sisi Zhang
wp-2018-163: Wage growth and inequality in urban China: 1988-2013 Downloads
Björn Gustafsson and Haiyuan Wan
wp-2018-162: Drivers of inequality in South Africa Downloads
Janina Hundenborn, Murray Leibbrandt and Ingrid Woolard
wp-2018-161: Linked in by foreign direct investment: The role of firm-level relationships in knowledge transfers in Africa and Asia Downloads
Carol Newman, John Page, John Rand, Abebe Abebe, Mans Soderbom and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-160: Comparing global inequality of income and wealth Downloads
James Davies and Anthony F. Shorrocks
wp-2018-159: The costs and benefits of formalization for firms: A mixed-methods study on Mozambique Downloads
Hanna Berkel
wp-2018-158: Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania Downloads
Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha, Wilhelm Ngasamiaku, Remidius D. Ruhinduka and Finn Tarp
wp-2018-157: Earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector: The role of firms, education, and top incomes 1994-2015 Downloads
Marcelo Neri, Cecilia Machado and Valdemar Pinho Neto
wp-2018-156: The gender gap, education, and the life cycle profile in the Brazilian formal labour market Downloads
Cecilia Machado, Marcelo Neri and Valdemar Pinho Neto
wp-2018-155: The distributional impact of tax and benefit systems in six African countries Downloads
Katrin Gasior, Chrysa Leventi, Michael Noble, Gemma Wright and Helen Barnes
wp-2018-154: Individual-level employment transitions in rural Vietnam Downloads
Thanh Ngo
wp-2018-153: The long-term evolution of income inequality and poverty in China Downloads
Luo Chuliang, Shi Li and Terry Sicular
wp-2018-152: Local content law and practice: The case of the oil and gas industry in Ghana Downloads
Charles Godfred Ackah and Asaah S. Mohammed
wp-2018-151: Unemployment insurance and income protection in Ecuador Downloads
H. Xavier Jara
wp-2018-150: Rethinking Asian Drama Downloads
Deepak Nayyar
wp-2018-149: Empirical challenges comparing inequality across countries: The case of middle-income countries from the LIS database Downloads
Daniele Checchi, Andrej Cupak, Teresa Munzi and Janet Gornick
wp-2018-148: Income under-reporting and tax evasion: How they impact inequality in Vietnam Downloads
Hai Anh La and Anh Dang
wp-2018-147: Effects of an education reform on household poverty and inequality: A microsimulation analysis on the free Senior High School policy in Ghana Downloads
Kwabena Adu-Ababio and Robert Osei
wp-2018-146: The role of the construction sector Downloads
Martina Kirchberger
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