Documents et rapports
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Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia (anglais)
This paper evaluates the short-term causal effects of a high-quality, intensive, part-time computer coding bootcamp for women on skill acquisition and employment outcomes. Spots were offered in an oversubscribed...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9721 Date du document: 29 juin 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Aramburu,Julian,Goicoechea,Ana,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq
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Migration and Remittances : The Impacts of a Government Intermediated International Migration Program (anglais)
This report evaluates the impacts of a government intermediated temporary international migration program on the migrants and their families. In 2012, governments of Malaysia and Bangladesh initiated a...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 139686 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shrestha,Maheshwor,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq,Sharif,Iffath Anwar
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Harnessing International Migration for Bangladesh : Lessons from an Impact Evaluation of a Government Intermediated Migration Program (anglais)
Each year, well-over half a million Bangladeshis engage in temporary international migration for low-skilled jobs. Yet, migrants from Bangladesh are paying some of the highest costs to migrate in the world...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 139683 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shrestha,Maheshwor,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq,Sharif,Iffath Anwar
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Are gender differences in performance innate or socially mediated ? (anglais)
To explain persistent gender gaps in market outcomes, a lab experimental literature explores whether women and men have innate differences in ability (or attitudes or preferences), and a separate field-based...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7689 Date du document: 31 mai 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Benyishay,Ariel,Jones,Maria Ruth,Kondylis,Florence,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq
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Does demand or supply constrain investments in education? Evidence from garment sector jobs in Bangladesh (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study; entitled Does demand or supply constrain investments in education? Evidence from garment sector jobs in Bangladesh, conducted in the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81292 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Heath,Rachel,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq
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Gender differences in the effects of vocational training : constraints on women and drop-out behavior (anglais)
This paper provides experimental evidence on the effects of vocational and entrepreneurial training for Malawian youth, in an environment where access to schooling and formal sector employment is extremely...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6545 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cho,Yoonyoung,Kalomba, Davie,Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq,Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo
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The political economy of health services provision and access in Brazil (anglais)
The authors examine the impact of local politics and government structure on the allocation of publicly subsidized (SUS) health services across municipios (counties) in Brazil, and on the probability that...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3508 Date du document: 1 février 2005 Auteur: Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq,Rajkumar,Andrew Sunil,Cropper,Maureen L.