Documents et rapports
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The Prices in the Crises : What We Are Learning from Twenty Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (anglais)
Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10313 Date du document: 22 février 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Das,Jishnu,Do,Quy-Toan
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Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills in Low-Income Countries : Measurement and Associations with Schooling and Earnings (anglais)
This paper assesses the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and investigates the correlation between schooling, skills acquisition, and labor earnings. The primary...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10309 Date du document: 15 février 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Danon,Alice Madeleine,Das,Jishnu,De Barros,Andreas,Filmer,Deon P.
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New Evidence on Learning Trajectories in a Low-Income Setting (anglais)
Using a unique longitudinal data set collected from primary school students in Pakistan, this paper documents four new facts about learning in low-income countries. First, children’s test scores increase...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9597 Date du document: 25 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bau,Natalie,Das,Jishnu,Yi Chang,Andres
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Safety First : Improving Access to Quality Health Services in Kenya, Expanding Global Knowledge on Disease Prevention (anglais)
KePSIE is the largest randomized control trial on patient safety in any low- and middle-income setting, covering the census of 1,258 health facilities (private and public), serving 4.5 million individuals...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154385 Date du document: 12 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Das,Jishnu,Dolinger,Amy Beth
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Regulation for Safety and Quality of Care : A Process Evaluation of the Health Inspection Pilots of the Kenya Patient Safety Impact Evaluation (anglais)
The largest randomized control trial on patient safety standards in any low- and middle-income country, conducted in Kenya, shows that regulation on minimum patient safety standards for all types of facilities...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154386 Date du document: 12 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Das,Jishnu,Dolinger,Amy Beth,De Guttry,Rebecca,Hur,Yoon Sun,Lee,Ju Young
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Women in the Pipeline : A Dynamic Decomposition of Firm Pay Gaps (anglais)
This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method accounts for pipeline effects, nonstationary environments, and dynamic interactions between...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9295 Date du document: 23 juin 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Das,Jishnu,Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard
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Pakistan : What~^!!^s the Best Way to Invest in Private School~^!!^s : Pakistan : What's the Best Way to Invest in Private Schools? (anglais)
Private schools that cater to low-income students are popular with parents seeking alternatives to government schools. But these private schools, which are often owned by local entrepreneurs, may lack...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 137993 Date du document: 1 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andrabi,Tahir,Das,Jishnu,Khwaja,Asim Ijaz,Ozyurt, Selcuk,Singh, Niharika
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Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities (anglais)
India has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). Although most patients with TB in India seek care from the private sector, there is limited evidence on quality of TB care or its correlates. Following...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 136155 Date du document: 25 septembre 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Daniels,Benjamin B.,Saria,Vaibhav,Satyanarayana,Srinath,Subbaraman,Ramnath,Mcdowell,Andrew Thomas,Bergkvist,Sofi,Das,Ranendra K.,Das,Veena,Das,Jishnu,Pai,Madhukar
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Upping the ante: the equilibrium effects of unconditional grants to private schools (anglais)
This paper tests for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country. In an experimental setup, unconditional cash grants are allocated to one private school or all private...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8563 Date du document: 21 août 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andrabi,Tahir,Das,Jishnu,Khwaja,Asim Ijaz,Ozyurt,Selcuk,Singh,Niharika
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Report cards : the impact of providing school and child test scores on educational markets (anglais)
The study of the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 122573 Date du document: 1 novembre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andrabi,Emaad Ahmad,Das,Jishnu,Khwaja,Asim Ijaz
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Tuberculosis detection and the challenges of integrated care in rural China : a cross-sectional standardized patient study (anglais)
Despite recent reductions in prevalence, China still faces a substantial tuberculosis (TB) burden, with future progress dependent on the ability of rural providers to appropriately detect and refer TB...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 125362 Date du document: 17 octobre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sylvia,Sean Yuji,Xue,Hao,Zhou,Chengchao,Shi,Yaojiang,Yi,Hongmei,Zhou,Huan,Rozelle,Scott Douglas,Pai,Madhukar,Das,Jishnu
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Compensation, diversity and inclusion at the World Bank Group (anglais)
This paper examines salary gaps by gender and nationality at the World Bank Group between 1987 and 2015 using a unique panel of all employees over this period. The paper develops and implements a dynamic...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8058 Date du document: 12 mai 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Das,Jishnu,Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard,Tordoir,Sander Florian
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The misallocation of pay and productivity in the public sector : evidence from the labor market for teachers (anglais)
This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers and their students to present among the first estimates in a low-income country of (a) teacher effectiveness;...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8050 Date du document: 4 mai 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bau,Natalie,Das,Jishnu
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A Systematic Tale of Two Differing Reviews : Evaluating the Evidence on Public and Private Sector Quality of Primary Care in Low and Middle Income Countries (anglais)
Systematic reviews are powerful tools for summarizing vast amounts of data in controversial areas; but their utility is limited by methodological choices and assumptions. Two systematic reviews of literature...
Numéro du rapport: 136134 Date du document: 12 avril 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Coarasa,Jorge A.,Das,Jishnu,Gummerson,Elizabeth Anne,Bitton,Asaf
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The fiscal cost of weak governance : evidence from teacher absence in India (anglais)
The relative return to strategies that augment inputs versus those that reduce inefficiencies remains a key open question for education policy in low-income countries. Using a new nationally-representative...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 125236 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Muralidharan,Karthik,Das,Jishnu,Holla,Alaka,Mohpal,Aakash
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Use of Standardized Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study (Vol. 2 of 2) : Supplementary Appendix (anglais)
India’s total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here the authors aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 136154 Date du document: 1 novembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Satyanarayana,Srinath,Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Daniels,Benjamin B.,Subbaraman,Ramnath,Mcdowell,Andrew Thomas,Bergkvist,Sofi,Das,Ranendra K.,Das,Veena,Das,Jishnu,Pai,Madhukar
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Use of Standardized Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (anglais)
India’s total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here the authors aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 136154 Date du document: 1 novembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Satyanarayana,Srinath,Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Daniels,Benjamin B.,Subbaraman,Ramnath,Mcdowell,Andrew Thomas,Bergkvist,Sofi,Das,Ranendra K.,Das,Veena,Das,Jishnu,Pai,Madhukar
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The fiscal cost of weak governance : evidence from teacher absence in India (anglais)
The relative return to input-augmentation versus inefficiency-reduction strategies for improving education system performance is a key open question for education policy in low-income countries. Using...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7579 Date du document: 25 février 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Muralidharan,Karthik,Das,Jishnu,Holla,Alaka,Mohpal,Aakash
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Quality and accountability in healthcare delivery : audit evidence from primary care providers in India (anglais)
This paper presents direct evidence on the quality of health care in low-income settings using a unique and original set of audit studies, where standardized patients were presented to a nearly representative...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7334 Date du document: 23 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Das,Jishnu,Holla,Alaka,Mohpal,Aakash,Muralidharan,Karthik
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Delivering education : a pragmatic framework for improving education in low-income countries (anglais)
Even as primary-school enrollments have increased in most low-income countries, levels of learning remain low and highly unequal. Responding to greater parental demand for quality, low-cost private schools...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7277 Date du document: 26 mai 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Andrabi,Tahir,Das,Jishnu,Khwaja,Asim Ijaz