Documents et rapports
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Improving the Quality of Survey Estimates from Longitudinal Studies : An Application to LSMS Panel Surveys (anglais)
Longitudinal surveys are an invaluable source for analyzing the current state of and changes in human populations over time. However, maintaining the accuracy of estimates from a panel sample becomes more...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11026 Date du document: 8 janvier 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Falorsi,Piero,Righi,Paolo,Ponzini, Giulia
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Coping or Hoping ? Livelihood Diversification and Food Insecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic (anglais)
This paper examines the impact of livelihood diversification on food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis uses household panel data from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria in which the first...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11014 Date du document: 7 janvier 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Furbush,Ann M.,Josephson,Anna,Kilic, Talip,Michler,Jeffrey D.
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The Mismeasure of Weather : Using Remotely Sensed Earth Observation Data in Economic Contexts (anglais)
The availability of weather data from remotely sensed Earth observation data has reduced the cost of including weather variables in econometric models. Weather variables are common instrumental variables...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11015 Date du document: 7 janvier 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Josephson,Anna,Michler,Jeffrey D.,Kilic, Talip,Murray, Siobhan
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A Longitudinal Cross-Country Dataset on Agricultural Productivity and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Since 2008, the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) program has supported the collection of nationally representative, longitudinal, multi-topic...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10976 Date du document: 18 novembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bentze, Thomas Patrick,Wollburg, Philip Randolph
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Yielding Insights : Machine Learning-Driven Imputations to Filling Agricultural Data Gaps (anglais)
This paper addresses the challenge of missing crop yield data in large-scale agricultural surveys, where crop-cutting, the most accurate method for yield measurement, is often limited due to cost constraints...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10964 Date du document: 4 novembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Djima, Ismael Yacoubou,Tiberti, Marco,Kilic, Talip
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Measuring Poverty in Tanzania : Comparison of Diary and Recall Approaches to Food Consumption Data Collection (anglais)
Consumption data from household surveys continue to be the main source for poverty and inequality statistics in low- and middle-income countries. Although recent research has demonstrated that the choice...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10871 Date du document: 19 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amankwah, Akuffo,Johnson, Darcey Jeanne Genou,Ofori Adofo, Josephine,Gul, Maryam,Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
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Imputing Poverty Indicators without Consumption Data : An Exploratory Analysis (anglais)
Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated, or display inconsistencies over time in poorer countries. To address these data challenges...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10867 Date du document: 14 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dang, Hai-Anh H.,Kilic, Talip,Abanokova, Ksenia,Carletto, Gero
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Should Farm Input Subsidy Programs Target Poor or Non-Poor Farmers ? Evidence from Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (anglais)
This paper addresses the question of whether farm input subsidy programs should be targeted at non-poor farmers instead of poor farmers, using a two-wave, nationally representative panel data from Malawi...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10860 Date du document: 24 juillet 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Francis Addeah Darko
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Profitability of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Malawi (anglais)
This paper estimates the profitability of inorganic fertilizer use in maize production in Malawi. It employs a two-wave, nationally representative panel of data on smallholder households and plots to estimate...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10859 Date du document: 24 juillet 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Darko, Francis Addeah,Ricker-Gilbert,Jacob,Kilic, Talip
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Making Time Count : A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Time Use in Low-Income Countries from Physical Activity Tracking Data (anglais)
Understanding men’s and women’s time use is a key factor in addressing issues and formulating policies related to division of labor, domestic work, and related gender disparities. However, obtaining data...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10835 Date du document: 28 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mulder,Joris,Hocuk,Seyit,Talip Kilic,Zezza,Alberto,Kumar,Pradeep
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Never Too Young to Dream Big : Measuring Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic (anglais)
This study explores the factors shaping the aspirations of youths in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria, specifically focusing on their academic goals; science, technology, engineering, or mathematics career...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10816 Date du document: 24 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Costa, Valentina,Contreras, Ivette,Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
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Household Business Performance in Ghana : The Role of Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes (anglais)
The informal sector contributes significantly to the total output and employment of low-income countries. While women-owned businesses feature strongly in these informal environments, they are generally...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10804 Date du document: 13 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Owoo,Nkechi S.,Amankwah, Akuffo,Castaing, Pauline,Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
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Comparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi (anglais)
This study examines the impact of farm input subsidies, food and cash transfers, and irrigation investments on the dietary diversity, food consumption scores, and coping strategy index in Malawi. Despite...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10778 Date du document: 20 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Matita,Mirriam,Zingwe,David,Dizon,Felipe Jr Fadullon
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Closing the Gaps : The Role of Screening Questions and Self-Reporting in Measuring Women’s and Youths’ Employment and Work (anglais)
Can alternative survey methods address the underreporting of women’s and youths’ labor market outcomes, and thus improve the measurement of the underlying gender- and age-based gaps? This paper addresses...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10773 Date du document: 16 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Contreras, Ivette,Dinarte, Lelys,Palacios-Lopez, Amparo,Costa, Valentina,Romero Esteban, Steffanny
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Using Survey-to-Survey Imputation to Fill Poverty Data Gaps at a Low Cost : Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment (anglais)
Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, this...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10738 Date du document: 26 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Kilic,Talip,Hlasny,Vladimir,Hlasny,Vladimir,Abanokova,Ksenia,Carletto,Calogero
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Climate Immobility Traps : A Household-Level Test (anglais)
The complex relationship between climate shocks, migration, and adaptation hampers a rigorous understanding of the heterogeneous mobility outcomes of farm households exposed to climate risk. To unpack...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10724 Date du document: 18 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Letta, Marco,Montalbano, Pierluigi,Paolantonio, Adriana
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Does Unequal Tax Burden Contribute to Women-Owned Businesses Leaving the Tax Net ? (anglais)
This study investigates gender disparities in the tax burden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, using data on 2,320 taxpayers for 2011 and 2012. A quantile regression analysis is employed to control for firm characteristics...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10712 Date du document: 27 février 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ambel, Alemayehu A.,Woldeyes, Firew Bekele
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Presumptive Tax on Small and Microenterprises with a Gender Lens in Ethiopia (anglais)
Governments often use simplified business tax systems, such as presumptive tax regimes, to register and tax small and microenterprises. Despite concerns about how such regimes could disproportionately...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10707 Date du document: 20 février 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Komatsu, Hitomi
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Are Unit Values Reliable Proxies for Prices ? Implications of Better Price Data for Household Consumption Measurement in a Low-Income Context (anglais)
Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys are key to consumption-based monetary poverty measurement. In the absence of market price surveys that are linked to Household Consumption and Expenditure...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10698 Date du document: 8 février 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alimi, Omoniyi Babatunde,Vundru, Wilbert Drazi,Kilic, Talip
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Recording the Time Divide : A Comparative Study of Smartphone- and Recall-Based Approaches to Time Use Measurement (anglais)
Based on a randomized survey experiment in Malawi, this study examines how innovative techniques in time use data collection could sidestep measurement concerns with traditional recall-based time use measurement...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10695 Date du document: 7 février 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kilic,Talip,Koolwal,Gayatri B.,Vundru,Wilbert Drazi,Daum,Thomas Lothar Georg,Buchwald,Hannes,Seymour,Greg,Mvula,Peter Mathias,Munthali,Alister Chaundumuka,Kachinjika,Monice