Documents et rapports
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A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality (anglais)
Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10470 Date du document: 1 juin 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kraay,Aart C.,Lakner,Christoph,Ozler,Berk,Decerf,Benoit Marie A,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Yonzan,Nishant
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With or Without Him ? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia (anglais)
Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints? Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort? Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10132 Date du document: 28 juillet 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
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Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interactions : Evidence from East Africa (anglais)
Building upon the literature on contact theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and host communities in East Africa. It draws upon first-hand...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9917 Date du document: 27 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman,Stierna,Maria Flinder,Omata,Naohiko,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
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Enhancing Female Entrepreneurship through Cash Grants : Experimental Evidence from Rural Tunisia (anglais)
In Tunisia, while social protection and labor programs are in place, severe challenges including inefficiency, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country’s ability to respond to increasing social needs...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161148 Date du document: 1 juillet 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferrah,Samih,Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Shrotri,Varada,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Ben Zineb,Samir
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Death and Destitution : The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic (anglais)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in well-being around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses—increased mortality and higher...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9673 Date du document: 24 mai 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Decerf,Benoit Marie A
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Enhancing Female Entrepreneurship through Cash Grants : Preliminary Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Tunisia (anglais)
In Tunisia, while social protection and labor programs are in place, severe challenges including inefficiency, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country’s ability to respond to increasing social needs...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 157897 Date du document: 1 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferrah,Samih,Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Shrotri,Varada,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Benkirane,Zineb
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Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (anglais)
The authors evaluate the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 161479 Date du document: 11 janvier 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Decerf,Benoit Marie A,Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte