Documents et rapports
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Geography, Institutions, and Global Cropland Dynamics (anglais)
The paper studies the dynamics of agricultural land use at the global scale as measured from space using satellite imagery between 2003 and 2018. It shows large global movements in and out of cropland...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10078 Date du document: 9 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Park,Hogeun,Selod,Harris,Murray,Siobhan,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Beyond Money : Does Migration Experience Transfer Gender Norms ? Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India (anglais)
This paper examines the impact of return migration from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the transfer of gender norms to the Indian state of Kerala. Migration to countries in the Middle East has led to significant...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9966 Date du document: 14 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joseph,George,Wang,Qiao,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Tas,Emcet Oktay,Andres,Luis Alberto,Javaid,Syed Usman,Rajan,Irudaya
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Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh (anglais)
Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9059 Date du document: 18 novembre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joseph,George,Hoo,Yi Rong,Moqueet,Nazia Sultana,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Impact of Salinity on Infant and Neonatal Mortality in Bangladesh (anglais)
In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9058 Date du document: 14 novembre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joseph,George,Wang,Qiao,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Shamsudduha,Mohammed,Naser,Abu Mohammed
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The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility : Directions for Research (anglais)
International trade in higher education services in the form of international student mobility has increased sharply since the 1960s and especially from Eastern Europe and Central Asia since the fall of...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8848 Date du document: 7 mai 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Why Do So Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania ? An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors (anglais)
According to the 2015 Tanzania Water Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the first year. This paper analyzes the various factors...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8729 Date du document: 5 février 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joseph,George,Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Grabinsky Zabludovsky,Jonathan,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Hoo,Yi Rong
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Why are so many water points in Nigeria non-functional? : an empirical analysis of contributing factors (anglais)
This paper utilizes information from the 2015 Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Survey to identify the extent, timing, as well as reasons for the failure of water points. The paper finds that more...
Numéro du rapport: WPS8388 Date du document: 28 mars 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Das Gupta,Basab,Grabinsky,Jonathan,Joseph,George
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An evaluation of the contributing factors of water scheme failures in Nigeria (anglais)
This paper utilizes information from the 2015 Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Survey to identify the extent and timing of the failure of water schemes in the country and the factors affecting it...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8371 Date du document: 21 mars 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Das Gupta,Basab,Grabinsky,Jonathan,Joseph,George
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Underreporting of gender-based violence in Kerala, India : an application of the list randomization method (anglais)
This paper analyzes the incidence and extent to which domestic violence and physical harassment on public/private buses is underreported in Kerala, India, using the list randomization technique. The results...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8044 Date du document: 26 avril 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joseph,George,Javaid,Syed Usman,Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Solotaroff,Jennifer,Rajan,Sebastian Irudaya
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Dynamics of rural growth in Bangladesh : sustaining poverty reduction (anglais)
The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 103244 Date du document: 17 mai 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gautam,Madhur,Faruqee,Rashidur R.,Ahmed,Md Mansur,Shilpi,Forhad J.,Khandker,Shahidur R.,Ahmed, S. Amer,Verissimo,Patrick,Kar,Anuja,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Can the knowledge capital model explain foreign investment in services ? the case of Singapore (anglais)
Singapore has been a powerful magnet for foreign direct investment and in recent years has also made significant investments abroad, especially in developing countries and increasingly in services. This...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7186 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Mattoo,Aaditya
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Labor skills and foreign investment in a dynamic economy : estimating the knowledge-capital model for Singapore (anglais)
Singapore is an interesting example of how the pattern of foreign investment changes with economic development. The authors analyze inbound and outbound investment between Singapore and a sample of industrialized...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4950 Date du document: 1 juin 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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International migration, remittances, and the brain drain (anglais)
Knowledge of the economic effects of migration, especially its impact on economic development, is rather limited. In order to expand knowledge on migration, and identify policies and reforms that would...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 33988 Date du document: 1 janvier 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Schiff,Maurice,Ozden,Caglar,Mora,Jorge Antonio,Taylor,John Edward,Adams, Richar H. jr.,,Yang,Dean,Martinez, Claudia A.,McKenzie, David J.,Docquier,Frederic,Marfouk, Abdeslam,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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The contribution of skilled immigration and international graduate students to U.S. innovation (anglais)
The impact of international students and skilled immigration in the United States on innovative activity is estimated using a model of idea generation. In the main specification a system of three equations...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3588 Date du document: 1 mai 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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Health, nutrition, and population indicators : a statistical handbook (anglais)
This statistical handbook is intended to provide a comparative perspective on country performance and to point to future challenges in the health sector. This volume is part of the process of developing...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 18772 Date du document: 31 décembre 1998 Auteur: Preker,Alexander S.,Bos,Eduard R.,Maeda,Akiko,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Hon,Vivian Y. N.