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10225: Spillover Effects of China’s Trade and Growth Shocks on ASEAN countries: Evidence from a GVAR Model Downloads
Nazmus Khan
10224: Tracking Methane Emissions by Satellite: A New World Bank Database andCase Study for Irrigated Rice Production Downloads
Susmita Dasgupta, Somik V. Lall and David Wheeler
10223: Firm Entry, Exit and Suspension: Evidence from Household Businesses in Vietnam Downloads
Ergys Islamaj, Duong Trung Le and Thanh Minh Pham
10222: Rebel Governance and Development: The Persistent Effects of Guerrillas in El Salvador Downloads
Antonella Agostina Bandiera, Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Juan Miguel Jimenez, Sandra Viviana Rozo Villarraga and Maria Micaela Sviatschi
10221: Risks to Child Development and School Readiness among Children under Six in Pakistan: Findings from a Nationally Representative Phone Survey Downloads
Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel, Heather B. Tomlinson, Amer Hasan, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai, Amna Ansari, Mahreen Tahir Chowdhry and Mina Zamand
10220: Infrastructure Matters: Complementarities with the Quality of Health Service Delivery in Kenya Downloads
Laura Natalia Becerra Luna, Mathilde Sylvie Maria Lebrand, Nino Pkhikidze and Andres Yi Chang
10219: Is International Trade Always Beneficial to Labor Markets ? A Case Study from Egypt Downloads
Raymond Robertson, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena and Gladys C. Lopez-Acevedo
10218: Learning Losses during COVID-19: Global Estimates of an Invisible and Unequal Crisis Downloads
João Pedro Azevedo, Maryam Akmal, Marie-Helene Cloutier, Frederic Rogers and Yi Ning Wong
10217: The True Cost of War Downloads
Erhan Artuc, Nicolas Gomez Parra and Harun Onder
10216: Higher Levels of No-Till Agriculture Associated with Lower PM2.5 in the Corn Belt Downloads
Arnold Behrer and David Lobell
10215: The Evolution of Maternity and Paternity Leave Policies over Five Decades — A Global Analysis Downloads
Marie Caitriona Hyland and Liang Shen
10214: Electoral Cycles and Public Spending during the Pandemic Downloads
Michael Lokshin, Aylen Rodriguez Ferrari and Ivan Torre
10213: Exports and Labor Demand: Evidence from Egyptian Firm-Level Data Downloads
Claudia N. Berg, Raymond Robertson and Gladys C. Lopez-Acevedo
10212: Radical Climate Policies Downloads
Frederick (Rick) van der Ploeg and Anthony Venables
10211: Trade Agreements in South Asia: Towards a Successful Story in the Developing World Downloads
Sebastian Franco Bedoya
10210: Impact of High Inflation on Household Livelihoods in Urban South Sudan Downloads
Alvin Etang Ndip, Mahunan Thierry Hounsa and Utz Pape
10209: Identifying the Poor — Accounting for Household Economies of Scale in Global Poverty Estimates Downloads
Dean Jolliffe and Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah
10208: Understanding Informality: Comprehensive Business-Level Data and Descriptive Findings Downloads
Adam Aberra, Gemechu A. Aga, Filip Jolevski and Nona Karalashvili
10207: Should Electricity Market Designs Be Improved to Drive Decarbonization ? Downloads
Debabrata Chattopadhyay and Adam Krzysztof Suski
10206: Job Tenure and Structural Change in the Transition Economies of Europe Downloads
Maurizio Bussolo, Michael Lokshin, Nicolás Oviedo and Ivan Torre
10205: Explaining the Evolution of Job Tenure in Europe, 1995–2020 Downloads
Maurizio Bussolo, Damien Fierre Jean Capelle, Michael Lokshin, Ivan Torre and Hernan Winkler
10204: Toward a Competitive Air Transport Market in Africa: The Role of Bilateral Air Service Agreements Liberalization Downloads
Anca Diana Cristea, Megersa Abate and Daniel Alberto Benitez
10203: Central America’s Deindustrialization Downloads
Rishabh Sinha
10202: Machine Learning Guided Outlook of Global Food Insecurity Consistent with Macroeconomic Forecasts Downloads
Bo Andree
10201: Impacts of Transparent Online Auctions on Public Land Lease Revenue: Evidence from Legal and Administrative Changes in Ukraine Downloads
Klaus W. Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali and Roman Neyter
10200: Structural Loopholes in Sustainability-Linked Bonds Downloads
Imtiaz Ul Haq and Djeneba Doumbia
10199: Using Social Media to Change Gender Norms: An Experiment within Facebook Messenger in India Downloads
Dante Donati, Victor Hugo Orozco Olvera and Nandan Mark Rao
10198: The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Inequality and Poverty Downloads
Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Nishant Yonzan and Christoph Lakner
10197: Gender Differences in Socio-Emotional Skills and Economic Outcomes: New Evidence from 17 African Countries Downloads
Kehinde Ajayi, Smita Das, Clara Delavallade, Tigist Assefa Ketema and Lea Marie Rouanet
10196: Estimating the Impacts of Transport Corridor Development in Kazakhstan: Application of Dynamic Panel Data Models to Firm Registry Data Downloads
Atsushi Iimi
10195: The Haves and the Have Nots: Civic Technologies and the Pathways to Government Responsiveness Downloads
Jonathan Mellon, Tiago Carneiro Peixoto and Fredrik Matias Sjoberg
10194: The Impact of Protracted Displacement on Syrian Refugees in Jordan: The Evolution of Household Composition and Poverty Rates Downloads
Julieth Santamaria, Lucia C. Hanmer and Eliana Carolina Rubiano Matulevich
10193: Caring for Children and Firms? The Impact of Preschool Expansion on Firm Productivity Downloads
Massimiliano Calì, Hillary C. Johnson, Elizaveta Perova and Nabil R Ryandiansyah
10192: From Financial Development to Informality: A Causal Link Downloads
Salvatore Capasso, Franziska Ohnsorge and Shu Yu
10191: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in 53 Developing Countries: Levels, Trends, and Reasons for Hesitancy Downloads
Julia M. Dayton, Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie, David Newhouse, Alexandru Cojocaru, Gildas Bopahbe Deudibe, Jakub Jan Kakietek, Yeon Soo Kim and Jose Montes
10190: The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Bhutan: An Application with Limited Income Data Downloads
Juan Pablo Baquero, Jia Gao and Yeon Soo Kim
10189: When the Lights Go Out: The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally Downloads
Amjad Khan, Hogeun Park, Mark Roberts and Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana
10188: The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Women’s Employment: Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data from Developing Countries Downloads
Mohammad Amin and Asif Islam
10187: Early Education, Preferences, and Decision-Making Abilities Downloads
Joana Azevedo E Castro De Cardim, Pedro Manuel Amaro Da Costa Luz Carneiro, Leandro Carvalho and Damien de Walque
10186: Money versus Kudos: The Impact of Incentivizing Local Politicians in India Downloads
Ghazala Mansuri, Nethra Palaniswamy, Vijayendra Rao and Slesh Anand Shrestha
10185: Climate Policy and Inequality in Urban Areas: Beyond Incomes Downloads
Charlotte Liotta, Paolo Avner, Vincent Viguié, Harris Selod and Stephane Hallegatte
10184: Impacts of COVID-19 on the Income and Mental Well-Being of Cismen, Ciswomen, Transgender, and Non-Binary Individuals: Evidence from the 2020 COVID-19 Disparities Survey Downloads
Tanima Ahmed, Toni Joe Lebbos, Sean Howell, Erik Lamontagne and Joshua Seth Wimpey
10183: Missing Information: Why Don’t More Firms Seek Out Business Advice ? Downloads
Miriam Bruhn and Caio Piza
10182: Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology Downloads
Oyebola Okunogbe and Fabrizio Santoro
10181: The Role of Green Financial Sector Initiatives in the Low-Carbon Transition: A Theory of Change Downloads
Irene Monasterolo, Antoine Mandel, Stefano Battiston, Andrea Mazzocchetti, Klaus Oppermann, Jonathan D'Entremont Coony, Stephen John Stretton, Fiona Elizabeth Stewart and Nepomuk Max Ferdinand Dunz
10180: Return Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from South Asia Downloads
Laurent Bossavie and He Wang
10179: Capturing Sensitive Information from Difficult-to-Reach Populations: Evidence from a Novel Internet-Based Survey in Yemen Downloads
Sharad Tandon and Tara Vishwanath
10178: Are Subjective Questions on Welfare Appropriate during Crises ? Evidence from the Onset of Conflict in the Republic of Yemen Downloads
Sharad Tandon
10177: How Does Violence Force Displacement during Active Conflict ? Evidence from the Republic of Yemen Downloads
Anna D'Souza, Eliana Favari, Siddharth Krishnaswamy and Sharad Tandon
10176: Consequences of Forced Displacement in Active Conflict: Evidence from the Republic of Yemen Downloads
Anna D'Souza, Eliana Favari, Siddharth Krishnaswamy and Sharad Tandon
10175: Small Area Estimation of Monetary Poverty in Mexico Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning Downloads
David Newhouse, Joshua David Merfeld, Anusha Pudugramam Ramakrishnan, Tom Swartz and Partha Lahiri
10174: Is Social Protection a Luxury Good ? Downloads
Michael Lokshin, Martin Ravallion and Ivan Torre
10173: Multiple Price Lists for Willingness to Pay Elicitation Downloads
B. Kelsey Jack, Kathryn McDermott and Anja Sautmann
10172: Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic Downloads
Kibrom A. Abay, Nishant Yonzan, Sikandra Smith Kurdi and Kibrom Tafere
10171: How Accurate Is a Poverty Map Based on Remote Sensing Data ? An Application to Malawi Downloads
Roy van der Weide, Brian Blankespoor, Chris Elbers and Peter Lanjouw
10170: Intra-Household Inequality in Food Consumption and Diets in the Philippines Downloads
Felipe Fadullon Dizon, Anna Josephson and Zetianyu Wang
10169: Poverty and Violence: The Immediate Impact of Terrorist Attacks against Civilians in Somalia Downloads
Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim and Utz Pape
10168: From Necessity to Opportunity: Lessons for Integrating Phone and In-Person Data Collection for Agricultural Statistics in a Post-Pandemic World Downloads
Alberto Zezza, Kevin Robert Mcgee, Philip Randolph Wollburg, Thomas Assefa and Sydney Gourlay
10167: How Does the Progressivity of Taxes and Government Transfers Impact People’s Willingness to Pay Tax ? Experimental Evidence across Developing Countries Downloads
Christopher Alexander Hoy
10166: Protect Incomes or Protect Jobs ? The Role of Social Policies in Post-Pandemic Recovery Downloads
Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Michael Lokshin and Ivan Torre
10165: Inferring COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes from Twitter Data: An Application to the Arabic Speaking World Downloads
Roy van der Weide
10164: Massive Modularity: Understanding Industry Organization in the Digital Age — The Case of Mobile Phone Handsets Downloads
Eric Thun, Daria Taglioni, Timothy J. Sturgeon and Mark Peter Dallas
10163: A Model of Amazon Deforestation, Trade and Labor Market Dynamics Downloads
Charly Jason Gaby Porcher and Marek Hanusch
10162: A Macroeconomic Perspective of Structural Deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon Downloads
Joaquim Bento De Souza Ferreira Filho and Marek Hanusch
10161: Do Index Insurance Programs Live Up to Their Promises ? Aggregating Evidence from Multiple Experiments Downloads
Pauline Castaing and Jules Gazeaud
10160: Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Bangladesh Downloads
Divya Mehra, Junying Tong, Felipe Fadullon Dizon and Saskia De Pee
10159: Bribery, Plant Size and Size Dependent Distortions Downloads
M Nazim Tamkoc
10158: Informal Emissions Downloads
Constantin Bürgi, Shoghik Hovhannisyan, Santosh Ram Joshi and Ahmad Famm Alkhuzam
10157: The Social Costs of Sovereign Default Downloads
Juan Farah-Yacoub, Clemens Mathis Henrik Graf Von Luckner, Rita Ramalho and Carmen Reinhart
10156: Overland Transport Costs: A Review Downloads
Ahmet Kerem Cosar
10155: The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply Downloads
Eliana Carranza, Aletheia Donald, Florian Grosset-Touba and Supreet Kaur
10154: The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resources: Evidence from Ghana Downloads
Josephine Ofori Adofo, Nori Tarui and Tomomi Tanaka
10153: The Impact of Gas Flaring on Child Health in Nigeria Downloads
Omoniyi Babatunde Alimi and John Gibson
10152: Turning COVID-19 Vaccines into Vaccinations: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Downloads
Philip Randolph Wollburg, Yannick Markhof, Shelton Sofiel Elisa Kanyanda and Alberto Zezza
10151: How Regulation and Enforcement of Competition Affects ICT Productivity: Evidence from Matched Regulatory-Production Surveys in Peru’s ICT Sector Downloads
Tanida Arayavechkit, Charl Jooste and Ana Francisca Urrutia Arrieta
10150: Good Enough for Outstanding Growth: The Experience of Bangladesh in Comparative Perspective Downloads
Robert Beyer and Konstantin Wacker
10149: The Analysis of Inequality in the Bretton Woods Institutions Downloads
Francisco Ferreira
10148: Property Tax Compliance in Tanzania: Can Nudges Help ? Downloads
Matthew Collin, Vincenzo Di Maro, David Evans and Frederik Manang
10147: Recovering Income Distribution in the Presence of Interval-Censored Data Downloads
Gustavo Javier Canavire Bacarreza, Fernando Rios Avila and Flavia Giannina Sacco Capurro
10146: Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ? Downloads
Tijan L Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David McKenzie
10145: The Macroeconomic Effects of Macroprudential Policy: Evidence from a Narrative Approach Downloads
Luis Diego Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Vegh and Guillermo Vuletin
10144: Delivery Challenges and Development Effectiveness: Assessing the Determinants of World Bank Project Success Downloads
Daniel Ortega Nieto, Ariya Hagh and Vivek Agarwal
10143: Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis Downloads
Ivette Maria Contreras Gonzalez, Gbemisola Oseni Siwatu, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Janneke Pieters and Michael Weber
10142: Social Norms and Gender Equality: A Descriptive Analysis for South Asia Downloads
Maurizio Bussolo, Jessy Amarachi Ezebuihe, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Stavros Poupakis, Tasmia Rahman and Nayantara Sarma
10141: Should the Food Insecurity Experience Scale Crowd Out Other Food Access Measures ? Evidence from Nigeria Downloads
Jonathan William Lain, Sharad Tandon and Tara Vishwanath
10140: Measuring Land Tenure at the Individual Level: Lessons from Methodological Research in Armenia Downloads
Sydney Gourlay, Giuseppe Maggio, Anahit Safyan and Alberto Zezza
10139: How Have Formal Firms Recovered from the Pandemic ? Insights from Survey and Tax Administrative Data in Zambia Downloads
Christopher Hoy, Laban Simbeye, Muhammad Abdullah Ali Malik, Aliisa Koivisto and Mashekwa Maboshe
10138: The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp Downloads
Reshmaan Nahar Hussam, Erin Munro Kelley, Gregory Lane and Fatima Zahra
10137: PPP Distress and Fiscal Contingent Liabilities in South Asia Downloads
Matias Herrera Dappe, Martin Melecký and Burak Turkgulu
10136: Intra-Household Dynamics and Attitudes toward Vaccines: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Zambia Downloads
Christopher Hoy, Rajee Kanagavel and Corey Morales Cameron
10135: Conflict and Girl Child Marriage: Global Evidence Downloads
Caroline Krafft, Diana Jimena Arango, Amalia Hadas Rubin and Kelly Jocelyn
10134: Global Job Quality: Evidence from Wage Employment across Developing Countries Downloads
Shoghik Hovhannisyan, Veronica Sonia Montalva Talledo, Tyler Remick, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan and Kersten Kevin Stamm
10133: Integrating Mortality into Poverty Measurement through the Poverty Adjusted Life Expectancy Index Downloads
Jean-Marie Baland, Guilhem Cassan and Benoît Decerf
10132: With or Without Him ? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia Downloads
Jules Gazeaud, Nausheen Khan, Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier Sterck
10131: The Long-Term Impact of High School Financial Education: Evidence from Brazil Downloads
Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Garber, Sergio Koyama and Bilal Husnain Zia
10130: A Gendered Fiscal Incidence Analysis for Ethiopia: Evidence from Individual-Level Data Downloads
Alemayehu Ambel, Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye and Manex Bule Yonis
10129: Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal Downloads
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan and Emmanuel Vazquez
10128: Fears and Tears: Should More People Be Moving within and from Developing Countries, and What Stops This Movement ? Downloads
David McKenzie
10127: Putting a Price on Safety — A Hedonic Price Approach to Flood Risk in African Cities Downloads
Alvina Elisabeth Erman and Ingrid Dallmann
10126: Labor Market Transitions in Egypt Post-Arab Spring Downloads
Jingyuan Deng, Nelly Youssef Louis William Elmallakh, Luca Flabbi and Roberta V. Gatti
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