Tourism has been, and continues to be, one of the most affected sectors by the pandemic, resulting in negative socio-economic consequences for host communities in destinations as well as for underlying...
The Implementation of the Social Accountability Framework (ISAF) is a program of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), jointly implemented with civil society organizations, that was designed to increase...
The travel and tourism industry was one of the first sectors to be affected by COVID-19. Since March, the entire value chain that defines the industry — spanning airlines, bus and train companies, cruise...
Merchandise trade appears to have bottomed out in April, falling nearly 20 percent year on year (YoY), after a 10 percent decline in March. For the handful of countries with available May data, trade remains...
This paper evaluates the impact of the CHPov project on achieving its development objectives using a quasi-experimental approach. The CHPov project targeted 130 communes in six provinces using a criterion...
The 2017 Investment Climate Assessment of Bhutan provides a detailed assessment of firm performance and constraints as they enter, operate, and exit domestic and international markets. The report provides...
Afghanistan possesses a rich horticultural history, with a number of unique products, such as dried fruit, that are still renowned in various parts of the world. The period of conflict that has plagued...
The population in East Asia and Pacific is aging rapidly, raising concerns about the implications for the region’s economic future. This report aims to crystallize what is known about the rapidly changing...
The population in East Asia and Pacific is aging rapidly, raising concerns about the implications for the region’s economic future. This report aims to crystallize what is known about the rapidly changing...
Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments and development agencies to improve the alignment of projects with the needs of rural...
The Omnibus baseline survey and process monitoring report contains the primary findings of the PNDS research and evaluation program. The report is divided into three parts: qualitative and quantitative...
Voters commonly face a choice between competent candidates and those with policy preferences similar to their own. This paper explores how electoral rules, such as district magnitude, mediate this trade-off...
Growth in developing countries is expected to pick up from 4.8 percent in 2013 to 5.0 percent in 2014, 5.4 percent in 2015, and 5.6 percent in 2016. Stronger global growth will help most developing East...
Since the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s and through the Global Financial Crisis of the last decade, commendable progress has been made by the member states of the Association of South East Asian...
International migration in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) has historically been extra regional. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, numerous Japanese and Chinese migrants left for the Americas in...
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 community development councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 community development councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Empowering women evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan, conducted in the year between 2007 and 2008, in Afghanistan...
This brief summarizes the direct democracy and resource allocation experimental evidence from Afghanistan for the period 2002-present, program implementation in a village can take up to 3 years. Direct...
The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...