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7917: Building an ex ante simulation model for estimating the capacity impact, benefit incidence, and cost effectiveness of child care subsidies: an application using provider-level data from Turkey

Meltem Aran, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet and Nazli Aktakke

7916: The global information and communications technology industry: where Vietnam fits in global value chains

Timothy J. Sturgeon and Ezequiel Zylberberg

7915: A poor means test ? econometric targeting in Africa

Caitlin Susan Brown, Martin Ravallion, Dominique Van De Walle, Caitlin Susan Brown, Martin Ravallion and Dominique Van De Walle

7914: Dodging bullets: the heterogeneous effect of political violence on greenfield FDI

Caroline Witte, Martijn Burger, Elena Ianchovichina and Enrico Pennings

7913: The political economy of teacher management in decentralized Indonesia

Andrew Rosser and Mohamad Fahmi

7912: Residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan: targeting, welfare impacts, and options for reform

Thomas Walker, Ezgi Canpolat, Farah Khalid Khan and Adea Kryeziu

7911: The morphology of African cities

Sarah Elizabeth Antos, Somik V. Lall and Nancy Lozano Gracia

7910: Optimal allocation of natural resource surpluses in a dynamic macroeconomic framework: a DSGE analysis with evidence from Uganda

Albert G. Zeufack, Alexandre Kopoin, Jean-Pascal Nganou, Fulbert Tchana Tchana and Laurent Kemoe

7909: Sources of productivity growth in Uganda: the role of interindustry and intra-industry misallocation in the 2000s

Allen Curtis K. Dennis, Taye Mengistae, Yutaka Yoshino and Albert G. Zeufack

7908: Financial constraints and girls'secondary education: evidence from school fee elimination in the Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Ousman Gajigo and Todd Pugatch

7907: CPI bias and its implications for poverty reduction in Africa

Andrew L. Dabalen, Isis Gaddis and Nga Thi Viet Nguyen

7906: Mining and economic development: did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development ?

Tony Addison, Amadou Boly and Anthony Mveyange

7905: Impact of public-private partnerships on private school performance: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Pierre Gaspard De Galbert, James Paul Habyarimana and Shwetlena Sabarwal

7904: Matchmaking in Nairobi: the role of land use

Paolo Avner and Somik V. Lall

7903: Sovereign wealth funds and long-term investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

Boubacar Diallo, Fulbert Tchana Tchana and Albert G. Zeufack

7902: Housing finance and inclusive growth in Africa: benchmarking, determinants, and effects

Christian Nguena, Fulbert Tchana Tchana and Albert G. Zeufack

7901: When the money runs out: do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation ?

Sarah Jane Baird, Craig Mcintosh and Berk Özler

7900: Can enhancing the benefits of formalization induce informal firms to become formal ? experimental evidence from Benin

Najy Benhassine, David J. Mckenzie, Victor Maurice Joseph Pouliquen, Massimiliano Santini, Najy Benhassine, David J. Mckenzie, Victor Maurice Joseph Pouliquen and Massimiliano Santini

7899: The role of exchange rate and non-exchange rate related factors in polish firms'export performance

Maciej Albinowski, Jan Hagemejer, Stefania Lovo and Gonzalo Varela

7898: Food prices and poverty

Derek D. Headey

7897: Pro-growth equity: a policy framework for the twin goals

Luis Lopez-Calva and Carlos Rodriguez Castelan

7896: How liberal is Nepal's liberal grade promotion policy ?

Dhiraj Sharma

7895: Secondary towns and poverty reduction: refocusing the urbanization agenda

Luc Christiaensen, Ravi Kanbur, Luc Christiaensen and Ravi Kanbur

7894: Heterogeneous returns to income diversification: evidence from Nigeria

Eleonora Bertoni, Paul Andres Corral Rodas, Vasco Molini, Gbemisola Oseni Siwatu, Eleonora Bertoni, Paul Andres Corral Rodas, Vasco Molini and Gbemisola Oseni Siwatu

7893: Demographic change and development: a global typology

Syud Ahmed, Marcio Cruz, Bryce Quillin and Philip Schellekens

7892: Grow, invest, insure: a game plan to end extreme poverty by 2030

Indermit S. Gill, Ana L. Revenga and Christian Zeballos

7891: Shedding light: understanding energy efficiency and electricity reliability

Eliana Carranza and Robyn Meeks

7890: Does mobile money use increase firms'investment ? evidence from enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

Asif Islam, Silvia Muzi and Jorge Rodriguez Meza

7889: Benefits of electrification and the role of reliability: evidence from India

Hussain A. Samad and Fan Zhang

7888: Enforcement capacity and the impact of labor regulation: evidence from the Russian Federation

Alvaro Gonzalez, Siddharth Sharma and Hari Subhash

7887: Model and methods for estimating the number of people living in extreme poverty because of the direct impacts of natural disasters

Julie Rozenberg and Stephane Hallegatte

7886: Socioeconomic resilience: multi-hazard estimates in 117 countries

Stephane Hallegatte, Mook Bangalore and Adrien Camille Vogt-Schilb

7885: Are losses from natural disasters more than just asset losses ? the role of capital aggregation, sector interactions, and investment behaviors

Stephane Hallegatte and Adrien Camille Vogt-Schilb

7884: Deregulation and firm investment: evidence from the dismantling of the license system in India

Ivan Kandilov, Asli Leblebiciogu and Ruchita Manghnani

7883: Does input-trade liberalization affect firms'foreign technology choice ?

Maria Bas and Antoine Berthou

7882: Cash transfers and health: evidence from Tanzania

David Evans, Brian Holtemeyer and Katrina Kosec

7881: Children left behind in China: the role of school fees

Hai-Anh H. Dang, Yang Huang, Harris Selod, Hai-Anh H. Dang, Yang Huang and Harris Selod

7880: Transit migration: all roads lead to America

Erhan Artuc, Caglar Ozden, Erhan Artuc and Caglar Ozden

7879: Are there skills payoffs in low- and middle-income countries ? empirical evidence using STEP data

Alexandria Valerio, MariaLaura Sanchez Puerta, Namrata Raman Tognatta and Sebastian Monroy Taborda

7878: Do cognitive and noncognitive skills explain the gender wage gap in middle-income countries ? an analysis using STEP data

Namrata Raman Tognatta, Alexandria Valerio and Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta

7877: Growth recovery in southern Europe: a dozen lessons, old and new

Roumeen Islam

7876: New rural access index: main determinants and correlation to poverty

Atsushi Iimi, A.K. Farhad Ahmed, Edward Charles Anderson, Adam Stone Diehl, Laban Maiyo, Tatiana Peralta Quiros and Kulwinder Singh Rao

7875: Global migration of talent and tax incentives: evidence from Malaysia's returning expert program

Ximena Vanessa Del Carpio, Caglar Ozden, Mauro Testaverde, Mathis Christoph Wagner, Ximena Vanessa Del Carpio, Caglar Ozden, Mauro Testaverde and Mathis Christoph Wagner

7874: Does the elimination of export requirements in special economic zones affect export performance? evidence from the Dominican Republic

Fabrice Defever, José-Daniel Reyes, Alejandro Riano and Miguel Eduardo Sanchez Martin

7873: Social capital, finance, and consumption: evidence from a representative sample of Chinese households

Robert J. Cull, Li Gan, Nan Gao, L. Colin Xu, Robert J. Cull, Li Gan, Nan Gao and L. Colin Xu

7872: Does debt relief improve child health ? evidence from cross-country micro data

Anna Carin Charlotte Welander

7871: The cultural trade index: an introduction

Patrick Kabanda

7870: The credibility of economic policy making in Argentina, 1989-2015

David Rosenblatt

7869: Sharing oil rents and political violence

Tito Cordella and Harun Onder

7868: ICT use, innovation, and productivity: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Xavier Cirera, Filipe Lage and Leonard Sabetti

7867: Assessing the degree of international consumption risk sharing

Constantino Hevia, Luis Serven, Constantino Hevia and Luis Serven

7866: How do cities in Ethiopia create jobs ?

Megha Mukim

7865: Preferential liberalization, antidumping, and safeguards: stumbling block evidence from MERCOSUR

Chad P. Bown, Patricia Tovar, Chad P. Bown and Patricia Tovar

7864: Conflict and Poverty in Afghanistan's Transition

Vincent Floreani, Gladys C. Lopez-Acevedo and Martin Rama

7863: Does governing law affect bond spreads ?

Dilip K. Ratha, Supriyo De, Sergio Andres Kurlat, Dilip K. Ratha, Supriyo De and Sergio Andres Kurlat

7862: The world is not yet flat: transport costs matter !

Kristian Behrens, W. Mark Brown and Theophile Bougna

7861: Firm financing in Chile after the 2014-15 tax reform: debt or equity ? debt or equity?

Fernando Leonardo Hernandez

7860: The risk of polygamy and wives'saving behavior

Marie Boltz and Isabelle Chort

7859: A first step up the energy ladder ? low cost solar kits and household's welfare in Rural Rwanda

Michael Grimm, Anicet Munyehirwe, Jorg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert

7858: Informality in the process of development and growth

Norman Loayza

7857: Capital adjustment and the optimal fuel choice

Marie Caitriona Hyland and Jevgenijs Steinbuks

7856: The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy

Samer Naji Matta, Simon Appleton and Michael Bleaney

7855: Climate change and water variability: do water treaties contribute to river basin resilience ?

Shlomi Dinar, David Katz, Lucia De Stefano and Brian Blankespoor

7854: The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability

Arvid Malm, Johan Eklund, David Francis and Nan Jiang

7853: Unequal opportunity, unequal growth

Gustavo Marrero, Juan Rodríguez and Roy van der Weide

7852: Global talent flows

Sari Pekkala Kerr, William Robert Kerr, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Robert Parsons, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William Robert Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons

7851: Strategic investment funds: opportunities and challenges

Havard Halland, Michel Noel, Silvana Tordo and Jacob Jameel Kloper-Owens

7850: Casting the tax net wider: experimental evidence from Costa Rica

Anne Brockmeyer, Marco Hernandez, Stewart Kettle and Spencer Douglas Smith

7849: Retooling poverty targeting using out-of-sample validation and machine learning

Linden McBride and Austin Nichols

7848: The long-term impact of international migration on economic decision-making: evidence from a migration lottery and lab-in-the-field experiments

John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua and Steven Stillman

7847: Economic integration across Latin America: evidence from labor markets, 1990-2013

Daniel Lederman and Raymond Robertson

7846: The more stringent, the better ? rationing car use in Bogota with moderate and drastic restrictions

Jorge Bonilla Londoño

7845: New estimates of extreme poverty for children

David Newhouse, Pablo Suarez Becerra and Martin C Evans

7844: Who are the poor in the developing world ?

R. Castañeda, Dung Thi Thuy Doan, David Newhouse, Minh Nguyen, Hiroki Uematsu and João Pedro Azevedo

7843: Intergenerational education mobility in Africa: has progress been inclusive ?

Theophile T. Azomahou and Eleni Yitbarek

7842: Dynamic relationship between corruption and youth unemployment: empirical evidences from a system GMM approach

Bechir Naier Bouzid

7841: Is predicted data a viable alternative to real data ?

Tomoki Fujii and Roy van der Weide

7840: Citizen engagement in rulemaking -- evidence on regulatory practices in 185 countries

Melissa Marie Johns and Valentina Saltane

7839: Poor households'productive investments of cash transfers: quasi-experimental evidence from Niger

Quentin Stoeffler, Bradford Mills and Patrick Premand

7838: When the cat's away: the effects of spousal migration on investments on children

Lucia Rizzica

7837: Managing (fiscally) resource price volatility: exploring policy options for the Democratic Republic of Congo

Emmanuel Pinto Moreira

7836: Constructing robust poverty trends in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2008-14

Aziz Atamanov, Mohammad-Hadi Mostafavi, Djavad Salehi Isfahani and Tara Vishwanath

7835: Deepening without broadening ? jobs in Ghana's private sector

David C. Francis and Maddalena Honorati

7834: Training teachers on the job: what works and how to measure it

Anna Popova, David Evans and Violeta Arancibia

7833: Gender gaps in cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early primary grades: evidence from rural Indonesia

Nozomi Nakajima, Haeil Jung, Menno Prasad Pradhan, Amer Hasan, Angela Kinnell and Sally Ann Brinkman

7832: Investing in school readiness: an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia

Nozomi Nakajima, Amer Hasan, Haeil Jung, Sally Ann Brinkman, Menno Prasad Pradhan and Angela Kinnell

7831: Nonrenewable resources, income inequality and per capita GDP: an empirical analysis

Antonio Scognamillo, Gianluca Mele and Luca Sensini

7830: Trends and drivers of poverty reduction in Nepal: a historical perspective

Hiroki Uematsu, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq and Sailesh Tiwari

7829: Can the culture of honor lead to inefficient conventions ? experimental evidence from India

Benjamin Brooks, Karla Hoff and Priyanka Pandey

7828: Faraway or nearby ? domestic and international spillovers in patenting and product innovation

Claudio Bravo-Ortega, Ana Paula Cusolito and Daniel Lederman

7827: Russian Federation: how services contribute to competitiveness

Juan Sebastian Saez and Erik van der Marel

7826: Minimizing ecological damage from road improvement in tropical forests

Susmita Dasgupta and David R. Wheeler

7825: Does improved local supply of schooling enhance intergenerational mobility in education ? evidence from Jordan

Ragui Assaad and Mohamed Saleh

7824: Mobility and pathways to the middle class in Nepal

Sailesh Tiwari, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq and Carlos Balcazar

7823: From commodity discovery to production

Tehmina Khan, Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen, Franziska Ohnsorge and Richard Schodde

7822: Shoeing the Children: the impact of the TOMS Shoe donation program in rural El Salvador

Bruce Wydick, Elizabeth G. Katz, Flor Calvo, Felipe Gutierrez and Brendan Janet

7821: Export competitiveness and FDI performance across the regions of the Russian Federation

Karlygash Serikovna Dairabayeva, Michael Joseph Ferrantino, Alberto Portugal-Perez and Gabriela Schmidt

7820: Are labor supply decisions consistent with neoclassical preferences ? evidence from Indian boat owners

Xavier Gine, Monica Martinez-Bravo and Marian Vidal-Fernandez

7819: The globe and the circle: geometry and economic geography as tribute to Thales and Nash

Kaushik Basu

7818: Preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee: the political economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Megan Britney Sheahan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher Barrett and Sudha Narayanan