Documents et rapports
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Reducing crime and violence : experimental evidence on adult noncognitive investments in Liberia (anglais)
The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7648 Date du document: 20 avril 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Jamison,Julian C,Sheridan,Margaret
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The Sustainable Transformation of Youth in Liberia (STYL) Program (anglais)
Liberia underwent two civil wars between 1989 and 2004. During the wars, nearly 10 percent of Liberia’s 3.5 million people died, a majority were displaced, and tens of thousands of young men were recruited...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 114314 Date du document: 1 mars 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Jamiso, Julian C.,Sheridan, Margaret
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Liberia : can employment opportunities help build peace? (anglais)
What's the most effective way to reintegrate ex-combatants and reduce illegal activities? This policy note reviews an innovative program that had a big impact. In Liberia, where civil wars were fought...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 88613 Date du document: 1 mai 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Annan,Jeannie Ruth
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Reintegrating and employing high risk youth in Liberia : lessons from a randomized evaluation of a landmine action an agricultural training program for ex-combatants (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Reintegrating and employing high risk youth in Liberia : lessons from a randomized evaluation of a landmine action an agricultural...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81452 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Annan,Jeannie Ruth
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Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the youth opportunities program in Northern Uganda (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the youth opportunities program...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81312 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development : long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development : long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81224 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81204 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Green, Eric,Annann, Jeannie,Jamison, Julain
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How to promote order and property rights under weak rule of law? : an experiment in changing dispute resolution behavior through community education (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled How to promote order and property rights under weak rule of law? : an experiment in changing dispute resolution behavior...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81365 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Hartman,Alexandra,Blair, Robert
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? (anglais)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 79446 Date du document: 1 juin 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise : an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) Program in Uganda (anglais)
This study investigates an attempt to economically and socially empower some of the poorest and most vulnerable young women in one of the poorest and most fragile places in the world: northern Uganda...
Numéro du rapport: 86059 Date du document: 1 avril 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Annan,Jeannie Ruth,Blattman,Christopher,Green, Eric,Jamison,Julian C
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? : ¿Ayudan las transferencias monetarias a crear trabajo y a lograr estabilidad? (espagnol)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 79446 Date du document: 1 décembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? : Des transferts monétaires peuvent-ils aider à créer des emplois et contribuer à la stabilité? (français)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 79446 Date du document: 1 décembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the Youth Opportunities Program in Northern Uganda (anglais)
Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty reduce the risk of social instability? The authors experimentally evaluate one of Uganda's...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 66523 Date du document: 1 décembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Enhancing the competitiveness of Kenya's manufacturing sector: the role of the investment climate (anglais)
The objectives of the ICA are to assess the current performance of formal manufacturing firms, to identify the key constraints on their growth and competitiveness, and to prioritize and assess policy priorities...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33664 Date du document: 1 novembre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Blattman,Christopher,Cotton,Linda,Desai,Vyjayanti Tharmaratnam,Elbadawi,Ibrahim Ahmed,Habyarimana,James Paul,Marchat,Jean Michel Noel,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Ajayi, Kehnide,Kimuyu,Peter K.,Ngugi,Rose,Bigsten,Arne L,Soderbom,Mans Martin