Early investments in education were key to the remarkable economic development of East Asia and Pacific. Basic literacy and numeracy equipped farmers to adopt new seeds and fertilizers and usher in the...
Early investments in education were key to the remarkable economic development of East Asia and Pacific. Basic literacy and numeracy equipped farmers to adopt new seeds and fertilizers and usher in the...
Early investments in education were key to the remarkable economic development of East Asia and Pacific. Basic literacy and numeracy equipped farmers to adopt new seeds and fertilizers and usher in the...
Cash transfer programs are regarded as providing effective protection against poverty and household-specific negative income shocks. Little research has been done on their performance in situations of...
Given rising inflation, governments around the world may be considering price controls. While inefficient in most cases and often costly, price controls may be warranted under certain circumstances to...
The authors find that decades of investment in EdTech helped the Republic of Korea avoid the largescale average declines in student learning during Coronavirus (COVID-19) that took place in much of the...
The deep global recession induced by Covid-19 (coronavirus) is putting at risk the gains in poverty reduction made over the past three decades. The ability of existing social protection programs to prevent...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought home the salience of digital technologies as vital elements of today’s economic and social systems. Technology plays an integral role in spurring economic growth, helping...
This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique...
The distributional effects of urban transport policies are a broadly understudied topic, particularly when in comes to developing countries. This study seeks to fill in this gap in the existing literature...
The effects of urban transport policies on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit...
The effects of urban transport policies on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit...
One of the primary motivations behind the establishment of noncontributory pension programs is to allow beneficiaries to retire from the labor force. Yet, as with other unconditional cash transfer schemes...
One of the primary motivations behind the establishment of noncontributory pension programs is to allow beneficiaries to retire from the labor force. Yet, as with other unconditional cash transfer schemes...