Documents et rapports
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Changes to the Extrapolation Method for Global Poverty Estimation (anglais)
This technical note summarizes changes to how the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) lines up survey-based estimates of poverty to a common reference year. The prior line-up method assumed that welfare...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 188330 Date du document: 27 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Newhouse,David Locke
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Who did Covid-19 hurt the most in Sub-Saharan Africa ? (anglais)
How did the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic impact poor households in Sub-Saharan Africa? This paper tackles this question by combining 73 High-Frequency Phone Surveys collected by national...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10726 Date du document: 19 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tchuisseu Seuyong,Feraud,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra
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Malnourished but Not Destitute : The Spatial Interplay between Nutrition and Poverty in Madagascar (anglais)
Hidden hunger, or micronutrient deficiencies, is a serious public health issue affecting approximately 2 billion people worldwide. Identifying areas with high prevalence of hidden hunger is crucial for...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10627 Date du document: 5 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Matekenya,Dunstan,Mulangu,Francis Muamba,Newhouse,David Locke
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Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines (anglais)
This paper analyzes extreme child poverty ($2.15/day poverty line) trends, as well as child poverty based on the higher international poverty lines of $3.65 and $6.85. The paper provides a trajectory of...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10525 Date du document: 24 juillet 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Salmeron Gomez,Daylan Alberto,Engilbertsdottir,Solrun,Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio,Newhouse,David Locke,Stewart,David
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Small Area Estimation of Poverty and Wealth Using Geospatial Data : What Have We Learned So Far ? (anglais)
This paper offers a nontechnical review of selected applications that combine survey and geospatial data to generate small area estimates of wealth or poverty. Publicly available data from satellites and...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10512 Date du document: 28 juin 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newhouse,David Locke
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Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) : Codebook and Explanatory Note (anglais)
The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) are a project of the Bureaucracy Lab at the World Bank. The Lab seeks to promote the use of evidence and technology in the study of the civil service through...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 183324 Date du document: 27 juin 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Baig,Muhammad Faisal Ali,Hasnain,Zahid,Rogger,Daniel Oliver,Newhouse,David Locke
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How Did Countries Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis? Emerging Patterns on Jobs-Relates Policies (anglais)
This brief investigates differences in countries’ jobs-related policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four main patterns emerge. First, the type of labor policies adopted by countries varied greatly...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 181620 Date du document: 19 avril 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria,Khamis,Melanie,Newhouse,David Locke,Weber,Michael
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Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries (anglais)
The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 181166 Date du document: 3 avril 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Khamis,Melanie,Prinz,Daniel,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael
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The Size and Distribution of Digital Connectivity Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Access to digital technology in Africa is important to measure accurately given its role in facilitating economic growth, innovation, job creation, and access to services. This note describes the digital...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 180817 Date du document: 14 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Feraud Tchuisser Seuyong,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla,Newhouse,David Locke,N Ghauran,Konan Alain Ives Delaure
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How Did Urban Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa Fare during COVID-19 ? Evidence from High-Frequency Phone Surveys (anglais)
While the impact of COVID-19 on Sub-Saharan African labor markets is well documented, there is suggestive evidence that urban households may have fared particularly poorly. This paper uses data from high-frequency...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10360 Date du document: 13 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cunningham,Wendy,Tchuisseu,Feraud,Viollaz,Mariana,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Newhouse,David Locke,Ricaldi,Federica
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How Well Do Internet-Based Surveys Track Labor Market Indicators in Middle-Income Countries ? (anglais)
Online surveys are convenient, cost-effective, speedy, and increasingly popular instruments for data collection. This study investigates whether online surveys that used Random Domain Intercept Technology...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10359 Date du document: 13 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Soundararajan,Vidhya,Soubeiga,Sidiki,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael
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Improving Estimates of Mean Welfare and Uncertainty in Developing Countries (anglais)
Reliable estimates of economic welfare for small areas are valuable inputs into the design and evaluation of development policies. This paper compares the accuracy of point estimates and confidence intervals...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10348 Date du document: 8 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Merfeld,Joshua David,Newhouse,David Locke
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From Middle Class to Poverty : The Unequal Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Developing Countries (anglais)
This study combines pre-COVID-19 household surveys with 2020 macro data to simulate changes in household economic welfare and poverty rates through job losses, labor income changes, and non-labor (remittance)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10304 Date du document: 13 février 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Viollaz,Mariana,Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Newhouse,David Locke,Weber,Michael
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Jobs Watch COVID-19 : Exploring Two Years of Labor Market Policy Responses to COVID‑19 - A Global Effort to Protect Workers and Jobs (anglais)
To mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have responded with an unprecedented number of social protection and jobs interventions. This brief is based on the COVID-19 social protection...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 179361 Date du document: 13 janvier 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kamran,Mareeha,Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica,Fontenez,Maria Belen,Newhouse,David Locke,Rodriguez Alas,Claudia P,Weber,Michael
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Integrating Survey and Geospatial Data to Identify the Poor and Vulnerable : Evidence from Malawi (anglais)
Generating timely data to identify the poorest villages in developing countries remains a fundamental challenge for existing data systems. This paper investigates the accuracy of four alternative methods...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10257 Date du document: 8 décembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gualavisi,Melany,Newhouse,David Locke
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Nowcasting Global Poverty (anglais)
This paper evaluates different methods for nowcasting country-level poverty rates, including methods that apply statistical learning to large-scale country-level data obtained from the World Development...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 186346 Date du document: 6 octobre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,R. Andrés Castañeda Aguilar,Newhouse,David Locke
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in 53 Developing Countries : Levels, Trends, and Reasons for Hesitancy (anglais)
This paper presents new evidence on the levels and trends of vaccine hesitancy in developing countries based on harmonized high-frequency phone surveys from more than 120,000 respondents in 53 low- and...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10191 Date du document: 26 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dayton,Julia M.,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Newhouse,David Locke,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Deudibe,Gildas Bopahbe,Kakietek,Jakub Jan,Kim,Yeon Soo,Montes,Jose
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Small Area Estimation of Monetary Poverty in Mexico Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning (anglais)
Estimates of poverty are an important input into policy formulation in developing countries. The accurate measurement of poverty rates is therefore a first-order problem for development policy. This paper...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10175 Date du document: 14 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newhouse,David Locke,Merfeld,Joshua David,Ramakrishnan,Anusha Pudugramam,Swartz,Tom,Lahiri,Partha
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How Well Can Real-Time Indicators Track the Economic Impacts of a Crisis Like COVID-19 ? (anglais)
This paper presents evidence on the extent to which a set of real-time indicators tracked changes in gross domestic product across 142 countries in 2020. The real-time indicators include Google mobility...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10080 Date du document: 13 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ten,Gi Khan,Merfeld,Joshua David,Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere,Newhouse,David Locke,Pape,Utz Johann
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The Welfare Implications of COVID-19 for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas (anglais)
Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on households’ welfare in areas at the admin-1 level subject to fragility, conflict, and violence is important to inform programs and policies in this...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10081 Date du document: 13 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tabakis,Chrysostomos,Ten,Gi Khan,Merfeld,Joshua David,Newhouse,David Locke,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael