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10786: Distributional Crowding Out Effects of Public Debt on Private Investment in Developing Economies

Asif Islam and Ha Nguyen

10785: Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil

Harris Selod, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Ian Michael Trotter and Brian Blankespoor

10784: Migration, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Rural China: Retrospect and Prospects

John Giles and Ren Mu

10783: What Drives Citizens’ Trust in State Institutions ? Large-Scale Survey Evidence on Process and Outcome-Based Trust in Morocco

Diane Zovighian, Mathieu Cloutier and Abel Paul Basile Bove

10782: Production Networks and Firm-level Elasticities of Substitution

Brian C. Fujiy, Devaki Ghose and Gaurav Khanna

10781: Place-Based Preferential Policies and Firm Performance

Rami Galal

10780: Economic Consequences of Cabotage Restrictions: The Effect of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico

Russell Hillberry and Manuel Felipe Cases Jimenez

10779: Profiling Green Jobs and Workers in South Africa: An Occupational Tasks Approach

Jacqueline Mosomi and Wendy Cunningham

10778: Comparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi

Mirriam Matita, David Zingwe and Felipe Fadullon Dizon

10777: Did the 2022 global energy crisis accelerate the diffusion of low-carbon technologies?

Paulo S. R. Bastos, Jacob Greenspon, Katherine Anne Stapleton and Daria Taglioni

10776: Heat and Law Enforcement

Arnold Behrer and Valentin Bolotnyy

10775: Geographic Imbalance, Search Frictions, and Regulation: Causes of Empty Miles in Freight Trucking

Ron Nan Yang

10774: Understanding Firm Networks in Global Agricultural Value Chains

Anne Helene Beck, Sunghun Lim and Daria Taglioni

10773: Closing the Gaps: The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Youths’ Employment and Work

Ivette Maria Contreras Gonzalez, Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Valentina Costa and Steffanny Romero Esteban

10772: From Survey to Big Data: The New Logistics Performance Index

Jean Francois Arvis, Daria Ulybina and Christina Katharina Wiederer

10771: The Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivity

Xavier Cirera, Marcio Jose Vargas Da Cruz, Antonio Soares Martins Neto, Kyungmin Lee and Caroline Gomes Nogueira

10770: Electricity Reliability and Intra-Sectoral Structural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms

Kabinet Kaba and Fulbert Tchana Tchana

10769: Gender, Social Support, and Political Speech: Evidence from Twitter

Rachel Heath and Roy van der Weide

10768: A Data-Driven Approach for Early Detection of Food Insecurity in Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis

Steve Penson, Mathijs Lomme, Zacharey Austin Carmichael, Alemu Manni, Sudeep Shrestha and Bo Pieter Johannes Andree

10767: FTT-FLEX: Flexible Technology Diffusion Analysis Tool for Data Poor Countries

Unnada Chewpreecha, Francis Dennig and Ib Hansen

10766: When the Rain Stops Falling: Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labor Market

Federica Alfani, Giacomo Pallante, Alessandro Palma and Abdelkader Talhaoui

10765: Thriving beyond Borders ? Understanding Refugee Children’s Life Outcomes

Tatiana Hiller, Andres Moya and Sandra Viviana Rozo Villarraga

10764: Early Learning in South Punjab, Pakistan: Investigating Child Development and Classroom Quality

Jonathan Michael Seiden, Amer Hasan and Diego Armando Luna Bazaldua

10763: Ensuring an Equal Start for All Pakistani Children: What Will It Cost ?

Abdullah Alam, Amer Hasan and Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel

10762: Hotter Planet, Hotter Factories: Uneven Impacts of Climate Change on Productivity

Woubet Kassa and Andinet Woldemichael

10761: Rules and Regulations, Managerial Time and Economic Development

M Nazim Tamkoc and Gustavo Ventura

10760: Droughts Worsen Air Quality by Shifting Power Generation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mathilda Eriksson, Alejandro del Valle and Alejandro De La Fuente

10759: A Global Incentive Scheme to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Somik V. Lall, Raghuram Govind Rajan and Christian Schoder

10758: Comparative Analysis of AI-Predicted and Crowdsourced Food Prices in an Economically Volatile Region

Julius Babatunde Adewopo, Bo Pieter Johannes Andree, Helen Peter, Gloria Solano-Hermosilla and Fabio Micale

10757: Spillovers in ICT Adoption from Formal to Informal Firms: Evidence from Zambia

Filip Jolevski, Gaurav Nayyar, Regina Pleninger and Shu Yu

10756: The Role of Firm Dynamics in Aggregate Productivity and Formal Job Flows in Zambia

Laban Simbeye, Eliya Lungu, Andreya Kumwenda, Edna Banda, Jonathan Msoni and Ryan Chia Kuo

10755: Soft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discrimination

Christian Valencia, Sarah Janzen, Yashodhan Ghorpade and Amanina Binti Abdur Rahman

10754: News Sentiment in Destination Countries and Migration Choices: Evidence from Libya

Michele Di Maio, Nelly Youssef Louis William Elmallakh and Valerio Leone Sciabolazza

10753: Why Look at Tasks When Designing Skills Policy for the Green Transition ? A Methodological Note on How to Identify Green Occupations and the Skills They Require

Julia Granata and Josefina Posadas

10752: Refugee Education Financing: Key Facts and Findings — Insights into the Financing of Refugee Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Robert Benjamin Hopper

10751: Leveraging Growth Regressions for Country Analysis

Konstantin Wacker, Robert Beyer and Lars Moller

10750: COVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries

Kathleen G. Beegle, Gabriel Demombynes, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Paul Michael Gubbins and Jeremy Henri Maurice Veillard

10749: Reconstructing 2010–2022 Poverty and Inequality Trends in Bangladesh: A Statistical Matching Approach

Jaime Estuardo Fernandez Romero, Sergio Daniel Olivieri and Ayago Esmubancha Wambile

10748: Multidimensional and Specific Inequalities

James E. Foster and Michael Lokshin

10747: Understanding the Links between Diet Quality, Malnutrition, and Economic Costs: An Evidence Review for LMICs

Kendra Siekmans, Patrizia Fracassi, Tomoko Kato, Ti Kian Seow, Diana Carter, Susan E. Horton, Felipe Fadullon Dizon and Kyoko Shibata Okamura

10746: Do Patients Value High-Quality Medical Care ? Experimental Evidence from Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment

Anja Sautmann, Carolina Lopez and Simone Schaner

10745: Taxes, Transfers, and Gender: Fiscal Policy Incidence across Fiscal and Care Categories in Jordan

Laura Rodriguez Takeuchi, Matthew Wai-Poi and Jeffrey Woodham

10744: What Works in Supporting Women-Led Businesses ?

Diego Ubfal

10743: How Delayed Learning about Climate Uncertainty Impacts Decarbonization Investment Strategies

Adam Michael Bauer, Florent McIsaac and Stephane Hallegatte

10742: Climate Shocks and the Poor: A Review of the Literature

Margaret Maggie Triyana, Andy Jiang Turk, Yurui Hu and Md Shah Naoaj

10741: The Sovereign Spread Compressing Effect of Fiscal Rules during Global Crises

Ergys Islamaj, Agustin Samano and Scott James Sommers

10740: The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Shocks in Uruguay

Fernando Giuliano, Daniel Navia Simon and Heather Jane Ruberl

10739: The Role of Firm Dynamics in Aggregate Productivity, Job Flows, and Wage Inequality in Ecuador

Fausto Andres Patino Pena and Esteban Ferro

10738: Using Survey-to-Survey Imputation to Fill Poverty Data Gaps at a Low Cost: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

Hai-Anh Dang, Talip Kilic, Vladimir Hlasny, Ksenia Abanokova and Calogero Carletto

10737: Linking Export Activities to Productivity and Wage Rate Growth

Luis Alejandro Aguilar Luna and Deborah Elisabeth Winkler

10736: Assessing the Extent of Monetary Poverty in the Syrian Arab Republic after a Decade of Conflict

Silvia Redaelli, Michelle Infanzon Guadarrama and Laura Liliana Moreno Herrera

10735: Inelastic Demand Meets Optimal Supply of Risky Sovereign Bonds

Matías Moretti, Lorenzo Pandolfi, Sergio Schmukler, Germán Villegas Bauer and Tomas Williams

10734: Overcoming Left-Behindedness: Moving beyond the Efficiency versus Equity Debate in Territorial Development

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Federico Bartalucci, Nancy Lozano-Gracia and Maria Davalos

10733: Gender and Fiscal Policy — A Methodological Proposal and Its Application to Jordan and Armenia

Jon Robbert Jellema, Caren Grown, Alan Fuchs Tarlovsky, Matthew Grant Wai-Poi, Sailesh Tiwari and Mariano Ernesto Sosa

10732: Fiscal Policy, Poverty and Inequality in Jordan: The Role of Taxes and Public Spending

Laura Kiku Rodriguez Takeuchi and Matthew Grant Wai-Poi

10731: Mortality Costs of and Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire

Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Ndoh Ashken Sanogo, Amantchi Jean - Noel Gogoua, Opope Oyaka Tshivuila Matala, Adama-000558561 Traore and Gaston Sorgho

10730: Does Africa Need More Roads in the Digital Age ? Evidence of Complementarities in Infrastructure

Mathilde Sylvie Maria Lebrand, Arcady Mongoue, Roland Pongou and Fan Zhang

10729: Climate Change Adaptation: What Does the Evidence Say ?

Jonah Matthew Rexer and Siddharth Sharma

10728: Lives, Livelihoods, and Learning: A Global Perspective on the Well-Being Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Benoit Marie A Decerf, Jed Friedman, Arthur Galego Mendes, Steven Michael Pennings and Nishant Yonzan

10727: Responsibility Sharing and the Economic Participation of Refugees in Chad

Mohamed Coulibaly, Johannes G. Hoogeveen, Emilie Sandrine Celine Jourdan and Aboudrahyme Savadogo

10726: Who did Covid-19 hurt the most in Sub-Saharan Africa ?

Feraud Tchuisseu Seuyong, Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie, David Newhouse and Ani Rudra Silwal

10725: Comparing Internally Displaced Persons with Those Left Behind: Evidence from the Central African Republic

Jonathan William Lain, Gervais Chamberlin Yama and Johannes G. Hoogeveen

10724: Climate Immobility Traps: A Household-Level Test

Marco Letta, Pierluigi Montalbano and Adriana Paolantonio

10723: New Evidence on Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa: More Unequal Than We Thought

Aziz Atamanov, Pablo Facundo Cuevas, Jeremy Aaron Lebow and Daniel Gerszon Mahler

10722: Two Decades of Top Income Shares in Honduras

Giselle Del Carmen, Santiago Garriga, Wilman Nuñez and Thiago De Gouvea Scot De Arruda

10721: Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d’Ivoire

Othmane Boulhane, Claire Elise Boxho, Désiré Kanga, Mousson Estelle Jamel Koussoube and Lea Marie Rouanet

10720: Right to Education: Forced Migration and Child Education Outcomes

Juan Vargas and Sandra Viviana Rozo Villarraga

10719: Environmental Policy under Weak Institutions

Cem Karayalcin and Harun Onder

10718: The Quality and Price of Africa’s Imports of Digital Goods

Paulo S. R. Bastos, Lucio Castro and Marcio Cruz

10717: Reviewing Assessment Tools for Measuring Country Statistical Capacity

Hai-Anh Dang, John James Pullinger, Umar Serajuddin and Brian William Stacy

10716: Cross-Country Empirical Analysis of GovTech Platforms on Citizen Engagement

World Bank

10715: Environmental Hazards, Climate, and Health in Cambodia: The Shield of Sanitation

World Bank

10714: High Temperature and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia

Bhavya Srivastava, Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot and Arnold Behrer

10713: Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century: Four Trends and an Uncertain Outlook

Deborah Hannah Isser, Gael J. R. F. Raballand, Michael John Watts and Diane Zovighian

10712: Does Unequal Tax Burden Contribute to Women-Owned Businesses Leaving the Tax Net ?

Alemayehu Ambel and Firew Bekele Woldeyes

10711: Does Financial Development Reduce Gender Disparity in Top Manager Positions in Manufacturing SMEs in Developing Countries ?

Mohammad Amin and Norma Janeth Gomez Caceres

10710: Which Firms Drive the Gains from Connectivity and Competition ? The Impact of India’s Golden Quadrilateral across the Firm Life Cycle

Arti Goswami Grover, William F. Maloney and Stephen A. O'Connell

10709: Stages of Diversification Redux

Hoda Assem Mohammed G Hassan Ahmed, Roberta V. Gatti and Daniel Lederman

10708: Costs of Health Care Associated Infections from Inadequate Water and Sanitation in Health Care Facilities in Eastern and Southern Africa

Guy Hutton, Claire Chase and Ruth Jane Kennedy-Walker

10707: Presumptive Tax on Small and Microenterprises with a Gender Lens in Ethiopia

Hitomi Komatsu

10706: How Large Are the Economic Dividends from Closing Gender Employment Gaps in the Middle East and North Africa ?

Federico Ivan Fiuratti, Steven Michael Pennings and Jesica Torres Coronado

10705: The Gendered Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Iranian Labor Market

Silvia Redaelli

10704: What Lies Behind “Good” Analytical Work on Development ? Four Years of Knowledge Products at the World Bank

Martin Rama, Rucheta Singh and Aiza Aslam

10703: Urban Informality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Profiling Workers and Firms in an Urban Context

Wendy Cunningham, David Newhouse, Federica Ricaldi, Feraud Tchuisseu Seuyong, Mariana Viollaz and Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie

10702: Beyond the Usual: Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of Job Quality in Bolivia’s Labor Market

Gustavo Javier Canavire Bacarreza, Ronald A. Cueva and Maria Eugenia Davalos

10701: Gender-Specific Transportation Costs and Female Time Use: Evidence from India’s Pink Slip Program

Yutong Chen, Kerem Cosar, Devaki Ghose, Shirish Mahendru and Sheetal Sekhri

10700: Indigenous peoples, land and conflict in Mindanao, Philippines

Alma Lucia Madrigal Correa, Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva and Sergio Patrick Somerville

10699: Household Vulnerability and Preparedness for Disasters in Haiti

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Naraya Carrasco, Marlen Yamilet Cardona Botero and Olive Nsababera

10698: Are Unit Values Reliable Proxies for Prices ? Implications of Better Price Data for Household Consumption Measurement in a Low-Income Context

Omoniyi Babatunde Alimi, Wilbert Drazi Vundru and Talip Kilic

10697: Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality ? An Updated Review

Hai-Anh Dang, Stephane Hallegatte and Trong-Anh Trinh

10696: Turning Risks into Rewards: Diversifying the Global Value Chains of Decarbonization Technologies

Samuel Kaspar Rosenow and Penelope Ann Mealy

10695: Recording the Time Divide: A Comparative Study of Smartphone- and Recall-Based Approaches to Time Use Measurement

Talip Kilic, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Wilbert Drazi Vundru, Thomas Lothar Georg Daum, Hannes Buchwald, Greg Seymour, Peter Mathias Mvula, Alister Chaundumuka Munthali and Monice Kachinjika

10694: Gender Role Attitudes, Perceived Norms, and the "Double Burden'' in Morocco

Carolyn Louise Barnett

10693: Tackling Gender Discriminatory Inheritance Law Privately: Lessons from a Survey Expe riment in Tunisia

Christina Sarah Hauser

10692: Breadwinners and Caregivers: Examining the Global Relationship between Gender Norms and Economic Behavior

Markus P. Goldstein, Paula Lorena Gonzalez Martinez, Talip Kilic, Sreelakshmi Papineni and Philip Randolph Wollburg

10691: The Long-Term and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of the Islamic Republic of Iran-Iraq War in 1980–88 on School Access and Labor Market Performance

Trung Xuan Hoang

10690: The Growth Elasticity of Poverty: Is Africa Any Different ?

Haoyu Wu, Aziz Atamanov, Tom Bundervoet and Pierella Paci

10689: In Most Low- and Middle-Income Countries Pollution Levels Are Higher in Wealthier Areas

Arnold Behrer and Sam Heft-Neal

10688: Globalization, Dutch Disease, and Vulnerability to External Shocks in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Lebanon in 1916 and 2019

Chadi Bou Habib

10687: Fiscal Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in a Constrained Environment: The Case of the West Bank and Gaza

Beenish Amjad, Haydeeliz Carrasco Nunez, Arden Jeremy Finn and Maya Scott Goldman