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11023: Does Competition from Informal Firms Encourage the Formal Firms to Obtain Quality Certificates ? Downloads
Mohammad Amin and Caroline Nogueira
11022: Informality and the Life Cycle of Plants Downloads
Furkan Sarikaya, Nazim Tamkoc and Jesica Torres Coronado
11021: Financial Inclusion and Economic Development: A Review of the Data and Evidence Downloads
Saniya Ansar, Leora Klapper and Dorothe Singer
11020: Impact of Temperature Uncertainty on Firm Growth: A Grid-Level Analysis Downloads
Jangho Yang and Christian Schoder
11019: Agricultural Windfalls and Electrification Downloads
Andrew L. Dabalen, Justice Tei Mensah, Aimable Nsabimana and Alexandre Nshunguyinka
11018: Crops, Conflict and Climate Change Downloads
Erhan Artuc, Guido Porto and Bob Rijkers
11017: Migrants as Social Protection ? Simulations of a Market for Work Permits Downloads
Quy-Toan Do, Michael Lokshin and Martin Ravallion
11016: Conserving Wildlife through Demand Reduction and Supply Alternatives: Two Experiments in Restaurants in Kinshasa Downloads
Abdoulaye Cisse, Gabriel Englander and Daniel J. Ingram
11015: The Mismeasure of Weather: Using Remotely Sensed Earth Observation Data in Economic Contexts Downloads
Anna Josephson, Jeffrey Michler, Talip Kilic and Siobhan Murray
11014: Coping or Hoping ? Livelihood Diversification and Food Insecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic Downloads
Ann M. Furbush, Anna Josephson, Talip Kilic and Jeffrey Michler
11013: Land Price Effects of Informality, Farm Size, and Land Reform: Evidence from More Than One Million Transactions in Ukraine Downloads
Klaus W. Deininger and Daniel Ayalew Ali
11012: Pakistan Poverty Map 2019–2020 Downloads
Ramiro Alberto Malaga Ortega, Moritz Meyer and Paul Andres Corral Rodas
11011: Losing to Inflation: Unmasking the Unequal Price Effect of Inflation across Households Downloads
Muhammad Nasir, Shabana Kishwar, Moritz Meyer and Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas
11010: Poverty Projections for Pakistan: Nowcasting and Forecasting Downloads
Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas, Shabana Kishwar, Moritz Meyer, Muhammad Nasir and Maria Qazi
11009: Geopolitics and the World Trading System Downloads
Aaditya Mattoo, Michele Ruta and Robert W. Staiger
11008: Expanding Financial Inclusion through Digital Financial Services: A Literature Review Downloads
Leora Klapper
11007: Measuring the Risk of Corruption and Its Price Impact in North Macedonia 2011–2022 Downloads
Mihaly Fazekas, Aly Abdou, Klea Ibrahimi, Bence Tóth and Zdravko Veljanov
11006: Is the U.S. Friend-Shoring, Nearshoring, or Reshoring ? Evidence from Greenfield Investment Announcements Downloads
Alen Mulabdic and Gaurav Nayyar
11005: Decarbonization in MENA: Energy Transition, Trade, and Labor Markets Downloads
Raymond Robertson and Gladys Lopez-Acevedo
11004: Extreme Weather Shocks and Firms in the Middle East and North Africa Downloads
Esha Dilip Zaveri, Roberta V. Gatti and Asif Islam
11003: Tax Evasion and the Contribution-Benefit Link: The Case of Maternity Benefits Downloads
Anikó Bíró, Péter Elek, Daniel Prinz and László Sándor
11002: Vulnerability to Climate Risk–Induced Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean Downloads
Alejandro De la Fuente and Monserrat Serio
11001: Trade Policy, Green Goods and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Philippines Downloads
Souleymane Coulibaly, Angella Montfaucon, Natnael Simachew Nigatu and Regina Stephanie Seri Epse Atsebi
11000: Do Bilateral Labor Agreements Increase Migration ? Global Evidence from 1960 to 2020 Downloads
Samik Adhikari, Narcisse Changom, Heidi Kristiina Kaila and Maheshwor Shrestha
10999: Climate Shocks and Their Effects on Food Security, Prices, and Agricultural Wages in Afghanistan Downloads
Tosin Kolajo Gbadegesin, Bo Pieter Johannes Andree and Ademola Braimoh
10998: Reforming Land Valuation and Taxation in Ukraine: A Path towards greater Sustainability Fairness, and Transparency Downloads
Klaus W. Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali, Eduard Bukin and Andrii Martyn
10997: Firm Size and Public Investment Multipliers: Micro Evidence from Peru Downloads
James Sampi, Guillermo Javier Vuletin and J.T. Araujo
10996: VAT Refunds and Firms’ Performance: Evidence from a Withholding Reform in Honduras Downloads
David Pineda Pinto, Jose Carlo Bermúdez and Thiago De Gouvea Scot de Arruda
10995: Impacts of Disasters in Conflict Settings: Evidence from Mozambique and Nigeria Downloads
Karima Ben Bih, Chloe Genevieve Helene Desjonqueres, Bramka Arga Jafino, Elodie Blanc and Solene Masson
10994: Local Knowledge, Formal Evidence, and Policy Decisions Downloads
Eva Vivalt, Aidan Coville and Sampada Kc
10993: Local Economic Shocks and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Rwandan Coffee Mills Downloads
Andrew L. Dabalen, Justice Tei Mensah and Aimable Nsabimana
10992: Testing the Promise of Digital Scaling: In-Person versus App-Based Training for Women Entrepreneurs Downloads
Rachel Cassidy, Menaal Fatima Ebrahim and Diego Ubfal
10991: The Only Way Is Up ? Economic Mobility in Malaysia in the 21st Century Downloads
Gerton Rongen and Peter Lanjouw
10990: Yield Growth Patterns of Food Commodities: Insights and Challenges Downloads
John Baffes and Xiaoli Etienne
10989: GDP-Employment Elasticities across Developing Economies Downloads
Constantin Burgi, Shoghik Hovhannisyan and Camilo Mondragon Velez
10988: Global Ripple Effects: Knock-on Effects of EU, US, and China Climate Policies on Developing Countries’ Trade Downloads
Enrique Aldaz-Carroll, Euijin Jung, Maryla Maliszewska and Iryna Sikora
10987: Green Is Less Greedy: Competition, Corruption, and Productivity in Green Public Procurement in Bulgaria Downloads
Viktoriia Poltoratskaia, Maria Fernanda Quintero, Mihaly Fazekas and Marc Tobias Schiffbauer
10986: Global Evolution of Power Market Designs Downloads
Elcin Akcura and Emelly Mutambatsere
10985: Firm Linkages and Domestic Value Added in Exports: Moving up the Global Value Chains with High-Speed Railways Downloads
Hiau Looi Kee, Enze Xie and Mingzhi (Jimmy) Xu
10984: From Fiscal Cyclicality to Fiscal Stress: The Role of Asymmetric Public Consumption Rigidities in Emerging Markets Downloads
Daniel Riera-Crichton, Pilar Ruiz Orrico and Guillermo Javier Vuletin
10983: The Potential Cascading Impacts of Climate Change in Cambodia Downloads
Hector Pollitt and Migle Petrauskaite
10982: Fiscal Policy’s Role in Economic Resilience to Climate Shocks Downloads
Armon Rezai, Franz Ulrich Ruch, Rishabh Choudhary and John Nana Darko Francois
10981: Behaviorally Informed Messages Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions: Insights from a Global Meta-Analysis Downloads
Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez, Jungkyu Rhys Lim, Michelle Dugas, Ellen Elizabeth Moscoe, Mohamad Chatila, Corey Cameron, Renos Vakis, Zeina Afif and Victor Hugo Orozco Olvera
10980: Building Women's Skills for Economic Inclusion and Resilience Downloads
Megan Elizabeth Lang and Julia Seither
10979: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Challenges Downloads
Bernice Nuerkey Narh and Michael Woolcock
10978: Poverty Lines and Spatial Differences in the Cost of Living Downloads
Nicola Amendola, Federico Belotti, María Edo, Marco Ranzani and Giovanni Vecchi
10977: High Tariffs, High Stakes: The Policy Drivers behind Firm-Level Adoption of Green Technologies Downloads
Samuel Rosenow, Alvaro Raul Espitia Rueda and Ana Margarida Fernandes
10976: A Longitudinal Cross-Country Dataset on Agricultural Productivity and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa Downloads
Thomas Patrick Bentze and Philip Randolph Wollburg
10975: Maternal Mental Health and Its Influence on Children’s Early Development: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Downloads
Mahreen Tahir Chowdhry, Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel, Heather B. Tomlinson, Amna Ansari, Amer Hasan, Aisha Yousafzai and Naveed Hussain
10974: Resolving Puzzles of Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets Downloads
Ayhan Kose, Jongrim Ha, Dohan Kim and Eswar Prasad
10973: Is There a Gendered Parenthood Penalty in Indonesian Labor Markets? Downloads
Johanna Fajardo-Gonzalez, Ardina Hasanbasri and Fernando Rios-Avila
10972: Are There Jobs for Everyone ? An Analysis of the Relationship between the Employment of Older and Younger Persons in Indonesia Downloads
Amanina Binti Abdur Rahman
10971: The Timing versus Allocation Trade-off in Politically Constrained Climate Policies Downloads
Adam Michael Bauer, Stephane Hallegatte and Florent McIsaac
10970: Weathering Shocks: Unraveling the Effects of Short-Term Weather Shocks on Poverty in Paraguay Downloads
Teresa Janz, Franziska Gassmann and Lyliana Gayoso de Ervin
10969: Afghanistan’s New Economic Landscape: Using Nighttime Lights to Understand the Civilian Economy after 2021 Downloads
Ivo Teruggi, Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas, Walker Kosmidou-Bradley, Silvia Redaelli and Eigo Tateishi
10968: Is There an Underside to Economic Growth ? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Malaysia Downloads
M Asadullah, Monica Biradavolu, Vijayendra Rao and Kenneth Simler
10967: Can Facebook Ads Prevent Malaria ? Two Field Experiments in India Downloads
Dante Donati, Nandan Rao, Victor Hugo Orozco Olvera and Ana Maria Munoz Boudet
10966: Perceptions of Economic Mobility and Support for Education Reforms Downloads
Alexandru Cojocaru, Michael Lokshin and Iván Torre
10965: Maximizing Output and Government Revenues from Mining in Developing Countries: The Role of Country Political Risk and Investors’ Return, and Implications for the Energy Transition Downloads
Graham Davis, Chadi Bou Habib, Gaute Solheim and Martin Lokanc
10964: Yielding Insights: Machine Learning-Driven Imputations to Filling Agricultural Data Gaps Downloads
Ismael Yacoubou Djima, Marco Tiberti and Talip Kilic
10963: Optimal Public Sector Premium, Talent Misallocation, and Aggregate Productivity: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa Downloads
Jesica Torres Coronado and Francisco Parro
10962: Ancaman Beracun terhadap Sumber Daya Manusia Indonesia: Prevalensi dan Dampak Cat timbal di Rumah Indonesia Downloads
William Hutchins Seitz and Imam Setiawan
10961: How Regulations Impact the Labor Market: A Review of the Literatures on Product and Labor Market Regulations Downloads
David Alzate, Eliana Carranza, Joana Duran-Franch, Truman G. Packard and Celina Proffen
10960: Prioritizing Heat Mitigation Actions in Indian Cities: A Cost-Benefit Analysis under Climate Change Scenarios Downloads
Nicholas K.W. Jones, Asmita Tiwari, Natsuko Kikutake, Sacha Takacs and Niels Souverijns
10959: Is Escaping the Fiscal Pro-Cyclicality Trap Possible ? Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa Downloads
Zeljko Bogetic and Dominik Naeher
10958: Crisis Credit, Employment Protection, Indebtedness, and Risk Downloads
Federico Huneeus, Joseph Kaboski, Mauricio Larrain, Sergio Schmukler and Mario Vera
10957: Designing Air Quality Measurement Systems in Data-Scarce Settings Downloads
Bridget Hoffmann and Sveta Milusheva
10956: Fading Away Informality by Development Downloads
M Nazim Tamkoc
10955: Trade Restructuring: Assessing Labor Market and Welfare Effects Downloads
Kaleb Abreha and Gladys Lopez-Acevedo
10954: Revisiting Public Investment Multipliers: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Efficiency, and Capital Stock Downloads
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements and Joao Jalles
10953: The Impact of Market Volatility on Hotel Efficiency in Malaysia: Does Hotel Size Matter ? Downloads
Mohammad Amin and Nesma Ali
10952: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and 2024 Update Downloads
Daniel Kaufmann and Aart C. Kraay
10951: Heterogeneous Effects of Trade Agreements in Central America: The Case of CAFTA-DR Downloads
Sebastian Franco Bedoya and Woori Lee
10950: Technological Decoupling ? The Impact on Innovation of US Restrictions on Chinese Firms Downloads
Yu Cao, Francesca de Nicola, Aaditya Mattoo and Jonathan David Timmis
10949: Digitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilience: Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock Downloads
Ileana Cristina Constantinescu, Arti Grover and Gaurav Nayyar
10948: Financial Deepening and Carbon Emissions Intensity: Evidence from a Global Sample of Countries Downloads
Boris Fisera, Martin Melecký and Dorothe Singer
10947: Household and Firm Exposure to Heat and Floods in South Asia Downloads
A. Patrick Behrer, Jonah Matthew Rexer, Siddharth Sharma and Margaret Triyana
10946: Education, Social Norms, and the Marriage Penalty: Evidence from South Asia Downloads
Maurizio Bussolo, Jonah Matthew Rexer and Margaret Triyana
10945: Identifying Growth Accelerations Downloads
Bram Gootjes, Jakob de Haan, Kersten Kevin Stamm and Shu Yu
10944: The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Aggregate Productivity: The Case of the Dominican Republic Downloads
Esteban Ferro, Davide Salvatore Mare, Faruk Miguel Liriano, Fausto Andres Patino Pena, Maria Gabriela Rodriguez Quezada and Federica Zeni
10943: Taxing for Growth: Revisiting the 15 Percent Threshold Downloads
Rishabh Choudhary, Franz Ulrich Ruch and Emilia Skrok
10942: Procyclical Fiscal Policy in Argentina: Drivers and Channels of a Long-Lasting Marriage Downloads
Julian Folgar and Francisco García Posleman
10941: Digitalization and Inclusive Growth: A Review of the Evidence Downloads
Gaurav Nayyar, Regina Pleninger, Dana Vorisek and Shu Yu
10940: Tax Compliance in Romania Downloads
Monica Robayo-Abril, Georgiana Balaban and Marcin Wroński
10939: Fuel Subsidy Reforms: Lessons from the Literature and Assessing the Price Shock for Different Sectors through an Input-Output Table in the Case of Angola Downloads
Bao We Wal Bambe, Chadi Bou Habib and Joaquin Marandino Peregalli
10938: Long-Term and Lasting Impacts of Personal Initiative Training on Entrepreneurial Success Downloads
Francisco Campos, Michael Frese, Leonardo Iacovone, Hillary C. Johnson, David McKenzie and Mona Mensmann
10937: Domestic Laws and Protectionism in Government Procurement Downloads
Carlos Sebastian Barreto Cifuentes, Katayoon Beshkardana, Majed M. El-Bayya and Lorenzo Rotunno
10936: Usus Fructus: Taking Account of Property Use Rights in Household Wealth Measurement Downloads
Giovanni D'Alessio, Andrea Neri and I. Toma
10935: Mapping the Risk Posed to Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems by Uncontrolled Access to Photovoltaic Water Pumping in Sub-Saharan Africa Downloads
Guillaume Zuffinetti and Simon Meunier
10934: Simulating Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Minimum Wage Increases in Romania: Evidence from Survey and Administrative Tax Data Downloads
Monica Robayo-Abril, Madalina Zamfir and Marcin Wroński
10933: Find the Fake: Boosting Resistance to Health Misinformation in Jordan with a WhatsApp Chatbot Game Downloads
Michelle Dugas, Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez, Jungkyu Rhys Lim, Renos Vakis, Zeina Afif, Takahiro Hasumi and Diya Nitham Mousa Elfadel
10932: Spatial Inequality and Informality in Kenya’s Firm Network Downloads
Verena Christina Wiedemann, Benard K. Kirui, Vatsal Khandelwal and Peter W. Chacha
10931: Using Post-Double Selection Lasso in Field Experiments Downloads
Jacobus Cilliers, Nour Elashmawy and David McKenzie
10930: Disaggregated Impacts of Growth on Multidimensional Poverty: Does the Source of Growth Matter? Downloads
Francis Muamba Mulangu, Mokhtar Benlamine, Michael Keller and Jean-Pascal Nguessa Nganou
10929: The Financial Premium and Real Cost of Bureaucrats in Businesses Downloads
Ana Paula Cusolito, Roberto Fattal Jaef, Fausto Andres Patino Pena and Akshat Vikram Singh
10928: Jobless Development Downloads
Franziska Lieselotte Ohnsorge, Richard Rogerson and Zoe Xie
10927: Characterizing Green and Carbon-intensive Employment in India Downloads
Andrés Ham, Emmanuel Vazquez and Monica Yanez-Pagans
10926: Effective Fuel Price in Reducing Emission Intensity: A Panel Analysis for Brazil Downloads
Ayan Qu
10925: The Division of Revenues from Unexpected Demand Shocks Downloads
Paulo Bastos, Natalia P. Monteiro and Odd Rune Straume
10924: Exploring the Drivers of Youth Pursuing Vocational Training in High-Paying Sectors in Côte d’Ivoire Downloads
Clara Delavallade, Manil Nadir Zenaki, Léa Rouanet and Mousson Estelle Jamel Koussoube
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