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The Role of Cash Transfers in Smoothing the Income Shock of COVID-19 in the Arab Republic of Egypt (anglais)

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Arab Republic of Egypt’s economy and its people in many ways. By combining micro-simulations and imputation techniques, this paper models early impacts of the pandemic...

Implications of Using Nonstandard Poverty Lines : An Illustration Using the Case of the Arab Republic of Egypt (anglais)

Many developing countries’ official poverty methodologies rely on nonstandard poverty lines, which complicate poverty comparisons across space or time. The paper considers the case of the Arab Republic...

Scaling Up Oportunidades and Its Impact on Child Nutrition (anglais)

Oportunidades was an innovative anti-poverty program that put additional resources in the hands of women and their families and encouraged parents to invest in the human capital of their children. This...

Data Triangulation Strategies to Design a Representative Household Survey of Hosts and Rohingya Displaced in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (anglais)

Obtaining representative information on hosts and displaced populations in a single survey is not straightforward. This paper demonstrates the value of combining traditional and nontraditional sampling...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Economic Management and Statistics Development for Policy Making - P171777 - Sequence No : 03 (anglais)

COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong (Vol. 1 of 2) : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation as of Second Round (anglais)

By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained...

COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong (Vol. 2 of 2) : Bangladesh Food Security and Coping Strategies as of Second Round (anglais)

By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained...

COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong : Bangladesh Labor Market Situation As of Round 3 (anglais)

To track the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets and household coping strategies, a rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of households living in poor and slum areas...

The Distributional Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh (anglais)

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending...

Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh (anglais)

This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in...

COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong (Vol. 1 of 2) : Labor Markets Impacts From Round 1 (anglais)

To track the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets and household coping strategies, a rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of households living in poor and slum areas...

COVID-19 Monitoring Survey in Poor and Slum Areas of Dhaka and Chittagong (Vol. 2 of 2) : Bangladesh Food Security and Coping Strategies from Round 1 (anglais)

To track the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on labor markets and household coping strategies, a rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of households living in poor and slum areas...

Bangladesh Poverty Assessment : Facing Old and New Frontiers in Poverty Reduction (Vol. 2 of 2) : Equity in Education Outcomes and Spending in Bangladesh (anglais)

Bangladesh has continued to improve access to education and educational attainment. Gains have been equitable, reducing disparities by gender, wealth, and geography. Yet progress is still needed at higher...

Bangladesh Poverty Assessment : Facing Old and New Frontiers in Poverty Reduction (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

Bangladesh has continued to improve access to education and educational attainment. Gains have been equitable, reducing disparities by gender, wealth, and geography. Yet progress is still needed at higher...

Bangladesh Poverty Assessment : Facing Old and New Frontiers in Poverty Reduction (Vol. 2 of 2) : Background Papers (anglais)

Bangladesh has continued to improve access to education and educational attainment. Gains have been equitable, reducing disparities by gender, wealth, and geography. Yet progress is still needed at higher...

Bangladesh - Education Sector Public Expenditure Review (anglais)

Adequate investment in human capital development is critical for enabling Bangladesh to reach its goal of becoming an upper middle-income country. Bangladesh, currently a lower-middle country with an annual...

The Distributional Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh (anglais)

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending...

The Distributional Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh (anglais)

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - National Strategy for Development of Statistics Implementation Support - P157987 - Sequence No : 01 (anglais)

The distributional of impacts of cigarette taxation in Bangladesh (anglais)

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending...