Documents et rapports
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Dynamic, High-Resolution Wealth Measurement in Data-Scarce Environments (anglais)
Accurate and comprehensive measurement of household livelihoods is critical for monitoring progress toward poverty alleviation and targeting social assistance programs for those who most need it. However...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11058 Date du document: 6 février 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Zheng,Zhuo,Wu,Timothy,Lee,Richard,David Newhouse,Talip Kilic,Burke,Marshall,Ermon,Stefano,Lobell,David B.
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How Well Did Real-Time Indicators Track Household Welfare Changes in Developing Countries during the COVID-19 Crisis? (anglais)
This paper investigates the extent to which real-time indicators derived from internet search, cell phones, and satellites predict changes in household socioeconomic indicators across approximately 300...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10916 Date du document: 18 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: David Newhouse,Swindle,Rachel,Wang,Shun,Joshua David Merfeld,Utz Johann Pape,Kibrom Tafere,Michael Weber
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Small Area Estimation of Poverty in Four West African Countries by Integrating Survey and Geospatial Data (anglais)
The paper presents a methodology to generate experimental small area estimates of poverty in four West African countries: Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. Due to the absence of recent census data in these...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10892 Date du document: 4 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie,David Newhouse,Tzavidis,Nikos,Schmid,Timo,Elizabeth Mary Foster,Hernandez,Angela Luna,Aissatou Ouedraogo,Aly Sanoh,Aboudrahyme Savadogo
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Does Climbing the Jobs Ladder Promote Poverty Reduction ? (anglais)
This paper explores trends in and the potential determinants of the types of jobs held by workers, and their relationship with poverty reduction, in an unbalanced panel of 89 countries over the past 30...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10856 Date du document: 18 juillet 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Choi,Yunji,Mario Gronert,Maddalena Honorati,Merfeld,Joshua D.,David Newhouse
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Urban Informality in Sub-Saharan Africa : Profiling Workers and Firms in an Urban Context (anglais)
This paper describes the state of informal sector work in urban Sub-Saharan Africa, using household surveys from 26 countries representing 61 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa and firm surveys...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10703 Date du document: 14 février 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wendy Cunningham,David Newhouse,Federica Ricaldi,Seuyong,Feraud Tchuisseu,Viollaz,Mariana,Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie