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10587: Labor Market Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the West Bank and Gaza Downloads
Jingyuan Deng, Nelly Youssef Louis William Elmallakh, Luca Flabbi and Roberta V. Gatti
10586: Informality in Indonesia: Levels, Trends, and Features Downloads
Indira Maulani Hapsari, Shu Yu, Utz Pape and Wael Mansour
10585: Tracing Pandemic Impacts in the Absence of Regular Survey Data: What Have We Learned from the World Bank’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys? Downloads
Ben James Brunckhorst, Yeon Soo Kim and Alexandru Cojocaru
10584: Business Size, Development, and Inequality in Latin America: A Tale of One Tail Downloads
Marcela Eslava, Marcela Melendez Arjona, Laura Daniela Tenjo Galvis and Nicolas Urdaneta
10583: Geospatial Analysis of Displacement in Afghanistan Downloads
Anais Dahmani Scuitti, Erwin Willem Yvonnick Leon Knippenberg, Walker Turnbull Kosmidou-Bradley and Johanna Lee Belanger
10582: Capital Controls in Emerging and Developing Economies and the Transmission of U.S. Monetary Policy Downloads
Jongrim Ha, Haiqin Liu and John Rogers
10581: Trading in Clusters and the Future of Small-Scale Trade in the Borderlands of the Great Lakes Region of Africa Downloads
Célestin B. Bucekuderhwa, Charles Kunaka, Nyembezi Mvunga and Douglas Amuli Ibale
10580: Does Informality Depress Investments and Job Recovery ? Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia Downloads
Arti Goswami Grover and Mariana De La Paz Pereira Lopez
10579: Do Shocks Perpetuate Disparities within and across Informal Firms ? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia Downloads
Arti Goswami Grover and Mariana De La Paz Pereira Lopez
10578: Assessing the Success of National Human Rights Action Plans through a Political Economy Lens: The Case of Chile Downloads
Paola Carolina Fajardo Heyward and Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva
10577: Reconceptualizing Global Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, with Illustration on Nigerian Data Downloads
Benoit Marie A Decerf and Kike Yra Fonton
10576: Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries Downloads
Eliana Carranza and David J. Mckenzie
10575: The Labor Market Effects of Disability Benefit Loss Downloads
Anikó Bíró, Cecília Hornok, Judit Krekó, Daniel Prinz and Ágota Scharle
10574: Training Microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental Evidence from Mexico Downloads
Elwyn Adriaan Robin Davies, Peter William Deffebach, Leonardo Iacovone and David J. Mckenzie
10573: Effect of a Lottery Intervention on Gender-Based Violence among Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Results from a Randomized Trial Downloads
Rebecca Hémono, Marianna Balampama, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Sandra Irene Mccoy and William Dow
10572: Influence of COVID-19 on Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Downloads
Marianna Balampama, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, William Dow and Rebecca Hémono
10571: Effects of a Lottery Incentive on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Incidence among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania: Results from the RESPECT II Randomized Trial Downloads
Marianna Balampama, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, William Dow and Rebecca Hémono
10570: Fiscal Policy Effects on Poverty and Inequality in Cambodia Downloads
Wendy Karamba, Michal Myck, Kajetan Wladyslaw Trzcinski and Kimsun Tong
10569: Inequality of Opportunity and Investment Choices Downloads
J. Michelle Brock and Maurizio Bussolo
10568: How to Deal with Exchange Rate Risk in Infrastructure and Other Long-Lived Projects Downloads
Luciano de Castro, Claudio R. Frischtak and Arthur Rodrigues
10567: Rebel with a Cause: Effects of a Gender Norms Intervention for Adolescents in Somalia Downloads
Rajdev Kaur Brar, Niklas Buehren, Sreelakshmi Papineni and Munshi Sulaiman
10566: Corruption as a Push and Pull Factor of Migration Flows: Evidence from European Countries Downloads
Andrea Bernini, Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez and Mattia Makovec
10565: Identifying Skills Needs in Vietnam: The Survey of Detailed Skills Downloads
Julia Granata, Harry Edmund Moroz and Nga Thi Nguyen
10564: Policy Uncertainty and Aggregate Fluctuations: Evidence from Emerging and Developed Economies Downloads
Haroon Mumtaz and Franz Ruch
10563: Savings Facilitation or Capital Injection ? Impacts and Spillovers of Livelihood Interventions in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire Downloads
Alicia C. Marguerie and Patrick Premand
10562: The Resilience of SMEs and Large Firms in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Decomposition Analysis Downloads
Mohammad Amin, Filip Jolevski and Asif Islam
10561: The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad Downloads
Remi Jedwab, Federico Haslop, Roman David Zarate Vasquez and Carlos Rodriguez Castelan
10560: Women’s Empowerment and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Burkina Faso Downloads
Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema and Monsoi Kenneth Colombiano Kponou
10559: Machine Learning Imputation of High Frequency Price Surveys in Papua New Guinea Downloads
Bo Andree and Utz Pape
10558: Could Sustainability-Linked Bonds Incentivize Lower Deforestation in Brazil’s Legal Amazon ? Downloads
Dieter Wang, Bryan O'Reilly Gurhy, Marek Hanusch and Philipp Kollenda
10557: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Firm Performance in Central Asia: The Role of Export Links and Digital Gains Downloads
Nicolo Dalvit, Mariana Iootty De Paiva Dias, Martin Melecký and Nithya Srinivasan
10556: Masters of Disasters: The Heterogeneous Effects of a Crisis on Micro-Sized Firms Downloads
Arlan Zandro Ilagan Brucal and Arti Goswami Grover
10555: The Added Value of Local Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India Downloads
Abhishek Arora, Siddharth George, Vijayendra Rao and Mr Sharan
10554: Anticipation, Disappointment and Adaptation: Evidence from a Home Upgrading Project Downloads
Xavier Gine, Meritxell Martinez Ruiz and Virginia Melo
10553: A Spatial Perspective on Booms and Busts: Evidence from Türkiye Downloads
Javier Eduardo Baez Ramirez, Cigdem Celik and Varun Sridhar Kshirsagar
10552: Greener Is Not Always Pricier: Ecolabeling and Price Premium in the Tourism Industry Downloads
Ridwan Bolaji Bello, Olanrewaju Malik Kassim and Sodiq Oladayo Bello
10551: A Climate-Fiscal Policy Mix to Achieve Türkiye’s Net-Zero Ambition under Feasibility Constraints Downloads
Christian Schoder and Remzi Baris Tercioglu
10550: The Rough Road to Services and Livelihood Opportunities in Rural Haiti and the Added Impact of Natural Disasters Downloads
Aiga Stokenberga, Cecilia Nallely Escalante Hernandez, Karla Dominguez Gonzalez, Xavier Espinet Alegre and Malaika Becoulet
10549: Does Food Insecurity Hinder Migration ? Experimental Evidence from the Indian Public Distribution System Downloads
Travis Baseler, Ambar Narayan, Odyssia Sophie Si Jia Ng and Sutirtha Sinha Roy
10548: Ayollarga nisbatan ish haqini kamsitish uchun imtiyozlar Downloads
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10547: Fiscal Policy as a Tool for Gender Equity in El Salvador Downloads
Monica Robayo-Abril, Ana Maria Tribin Uribe and Jose Andres Oliva Cepeda
10546: Assessing the Effectiveness of Social Protection Measures in Mitigating COVID-19-Related Income Shocks in the European Union Downloads
Katrin Gasior, H. Xavier Jara and Mattia Makovec
10545: Learning from Self and Learning from Others: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh Downloads
Florence Kondylis, John Ashton Loeser, Mushfiq Mobarak, Maria Ruth Jones and Daniel Kevin Stein
10544: Missing SDG Gender Indicators Downloads
Kathleen G. Beegle, Umar Serajuddin, Brian William Stacy and Divyanshi Wadhwa
10543: The Value of Information in a Congested Fishery Downloads
Aaron Gabriel Ratliffe Englander, Larry Karp and Leo Simon
10542: Evaluation of Educational Loss in Europe and Central Asia Downloads
Harry Patrinos, Maciej Jan Jakubowski and Tomasz Janusz Gajderowicz
10541: Seasonal Deprivation in the Sahel Is Large, Widespread, and Can Be Anticipated Downloads
Jonathan William Lain and Stephanie Brunelin
10540: Rule-Based Civil Service: Evidence from a Nationwide Teacher Reform in Mexico Downloads
Juan Bedoya, Rafael E. De Hoyos Navarro and Ricardo Estrada
10539: Reducing Carbon using Regulatory and Financial Market Tools Downloads
Franklin Allen, Adelina Barbalau and Federica Zeni
10538: Fiscal Policy and Equity: Vietnam 2018 Fiscal Incidence Analysis Downloads
Laura Kiku Rodriguez Takeuchi, Kajetan Wladyslaw Trzcinski and Matthew Grant Wai-Poi
10537: Services Trade Policies across Africa: New Evidence for 54 Economies Downloads
Laura Baiker, Ingo Borchert, Joscelyn Magdeleine and Juan Marchetti
10536: Plant Closings and the Labor Market Outcomes of Displaced Workers: Evidence from Mexico Downloads
Francisco Javier Arias Vazquez and Daniel Lederman
10535: Disastrous Displacement: The Long-Run Impacts of Landslides Downloads
Travis Baseler and Jakob Johannes Hennig
10534: Agglomeration Economies and Transport Connectivity Revisited: A Regional Perspective Based on Evidence from the Caucasus and Central Asian Countries Downloads
Atsushi Iimi
10533: Estimating Road Freight Transport Costs in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaUsing Large Shipping Data Downloads
Atsushi Iimi
10532: Minding the Gap: Aid Effectiveness, Project Ratings and Contextualization Downloads
Diana Goldemberg, Luke Simon Jordan and Thomas Kenyon
10531: Trading Places: Fundamentals, Speculation, and Information in US Corn Markets Downloads
Francisco Arroyo Marioli
10530: The Welfare Effects of Structural Change and Internal Migration in Tanzania Downloads
Akuffo Amankwah, Richmond Atta-Ankomah, Goodiel Charles Moshi and Robertus A Swinkels
10529: Is the Magic Happening ? A Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Multiplier of Cash Transfers Downloads
Franziska Gassmann, Ugo Gentilini, Julieta Morais, Conrad Nunnenmacher, Yuko Okamura, Giulio Bordon and Giorgia Valleriani
10528: Moving to Adaptation ? Understanding the Migratory Response to Hurricanes in the United States Downloads
Arnold Behrer and Valentin Bolotnyy
10527: The Distributional Impact of Inflation in South Asia: An Empirical Approach Downloads
Vanessa-Paradis Olakemi Dovonou Lamissi and Zoe Leiyu Xie
10526: Mobile Phones and Local Economic Development: A Global Evidence Downloads
Justice Tei Mensah
10525: Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines Downloads
Daylan Alberto Salmeron Gomez, Solrun Engilbertsdottir, Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva, David Newhouse and David Stewart
10524: Religious Terrorism, Forced Migration, and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency Downloads
Paola Elice, Fernanda Martínez Flores and Arndt Rudiger Reichert
10523: Issuer Composition and Stock Market Growth Downloads
Djeneba Doumbia, Imtiaz Ul Haq and Valentina Saltane
10522: Buy Big or Buy Small ? Procurement Policies, Firms’ Financing, and the Macroeconomy Downloads
Julian di Giovanni, Manuel Jose Garcia Santana, Priit Jeenas, Enrique Moral Benito and Josep Pijoan-Mas
10521: The Monetary Value of Externalities: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Farmers Downloads
Benedetta Lerva
10520: Revisiting the Distributive Impacts of Fiscal Policy in Colombia Downloads
Juan Pablo Baquero, Maria Eugenia Davalos and Juan Manuel Monroy Barragan
10519: An Axiomatic Study Contrasting the Two Main Poverty Line Rules Downloads
Benoit Marie A Decerf
10518: Gender-Segmented Labor Markets and Trade Shocks Downloads
Carlos Andre Bezerra De Goes, Gladys C. Lopez-Acevedo and Raymond Robertson
10517: Green Transmission: Context, Rationale, and Planning Methodology Downloads
Debabrata Chattopadhyay and Durreh Tabassum
10516: Steered Away from the Fields: Short-Term Impacts of Oxen on Agricultural Production and Intra-household Labor Supply Downloads
Andrew Peter Brudevold-Newman, Aletheia Donald and Lea Marie Rouanet
10515: Air Pollution Reduces Economic Activity: Evidence from India Downloads
Arnold Behrer, Rishabh Choudhary and Dhruv Sharma
10514: Firms in Global Value Chains during Covid-19: Evidence from Indonesia Downloads
Devaki Ghose and Angella Montfaucon
10513: The Internationalization of China’s Equity Markets Downloads
Juan Jose Cortina Lorente, Maria Martinez Peria, Sergio Schmukler and Jasmine Xiao
10512: Small Area Estimation of Poverty and Wealth Using Geospatial Data: What Have We Learned So Far ? Downloads
David Newhouse
10511: Experimental Evaluation of a Financial Education Program in Elementary and Middle School Grades Downloads
Caio Piza, Isabela Brandao Furtado and Vivian De Fatima Amorim
10510: Power Constraints and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity in Developing Countries Downloads
Ablam Estel Apeti and Alpha Ly
10509: Female-Worker Representation Effect: Gender Pay Variation in the Kuwaiti Civil Service Downloads
Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Simon Bilo, Ha Nguyen, Ebtesam AlAnsari, Lama AlHumaidan and Faleh M F E Alrashidi
10508: Over-Drilling: Local Externalities and the Social Cost of Electricity Subsidies for Groundwater Pumping Downloads
Jesus Bueren, Xavier Gine, Hanan Jacoby and Pedro Mira
10507: Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior: Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers Downloads
Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Saravana Ravindran, Manisha Shah, Shawn Michael Powers and Helen Baker-Henningham
10506: Who Should Drive Green Technology Transitions in Developing Countries: State-Owned Enterprises versus Private Firms Downloads
Prudence Zowadan Dato, Frank Krysiak, Christian Nolde and Govinda R. Timilsina
10505: (Perceptions of) Inequality, Demand for Redistribution, and Group-Specific Public Goods: A Survey Experiment in India Downloads
Maurizio Bussolo and Akshay Govind Dixit
10504: Natural Disaster, Infrastructure, and Income Distribution: Empirical Evidence from Global Data Downloads
Ze Song, Gal Hochman and Govinda R. Timilsina
10503: Psychology, Skills, or Cash ? Evidence on Complementary Investments for Anti-Poverty Programs Downloads
Megan Elizabeth Lang, Edward Soule and Catherine H. Tinsley
10502: How Prevalent Are Credit-Constrained Firms in the Formal Private Sector ? Evidence Using Global Surveys Downloads
Asif Islam and Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza
10501: A Survey of Judicial Effectiveness: The Last Quarter Century of Empirical Evidence Downloads
Erica Bosio
10500: Corporate Responses to Size-Based Tax Rates in Lithuania Downloads
Pablo Garriga and Thiago Scot
10499: The Early Career Dynamics of Informality and Underemployment: Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt Downloads
Samia Ferhat and Clement Jean Edouard Joubert
10498: Learning Poverty at the Local Level in Colombia Downloads
Gabriel Demombynes
10497: Considering Labor Informality in Forecasting Poverty and Inequality: A Microsimulation Model for Latin American and Caribbean Countries Downloads
Kelly Montoya Muñoz, Sergio Daniel Olivieri and Cicero Augusto Silveira Braga
10496: The Impact of the Transition and EU Membership on the Returns to Schooling in Europe Downloads
Harry Patrinos and Angelica Rivera-Olvera
10495: Poverty and Inequality Implications of Fiscal Policies: The Case of Brazil Downloads
Gabriel Lara Ibarra, Maynor Cabrera, Otavio Canozzi Conceicao and Ricardo Campante Cardoso Vale
10494: A Tale of Two Surveys: Comparing the Outcomes of an In-Person and Web-Based Survey of Mental Health in the West Bank and Gaza Downloads
Arden Jeremy Finn, Jessica Marie Anderson and Alia Jane Aghajanian
10493: Why Do People Move across State Borders ? Evidence from Mexico Downloads
Trinidad Berenice Saavedra Facusse and Gabriela Inchauste
10492: Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women's Economic Empowerment Downloads
S Anukriti, Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Marina Elefante, Maria Montoya Aguirre and Alena Sakhonchik
10491: The Economic Effects of Market Integration in the Western Balkans Downloads
Maria Del Mar Gomez Ortiz, Roman David Zarate Vasquez and Daria Taglioni
10490: Trade Elasticities in Aggregate Models: Estimates for 191 Countries Downloads
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin Go and Sherman Robinson
10489: Returns to Soft Skills Training in Rwanda Downloads
Andrew Peter Brudevold-Newman and Diego Ubfal
10488: How Do Agricultural Import Tariffs Affect Men and Women Smallholders ? Evidence from Bangladesh Downloads
Gayatri B. Koolwal, Caren Grown and Nasiruddin Ahmed
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