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  • Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty (anglais)

    Purchasing power parity exchange rates (PPPs) are used to estimate the international poverty line (IPL) in a common currency and account for relative price differences across countries when measuring global...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9941 Date du document: 21 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Lakner,Christoph,Atamanov,Aziz,Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi

  • The Distribution of Crisis Credit : Effects on Firm Indebtedness and Aggregate Risk (anglais)

    This paper studies the distribution of credit during crisis times and its impact on firm indebtedness and macroeconomic risk. Whereas policies can help firms in need of financing, they can lead to adverse...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9937 Date du document: 14 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Huneeus,Federico,Kaboski,Joseph P.,Larrain,Mauricio,Schmukler,Sergio L.,Vera,Mario

  • COVID-19 and Economic Inequality : Short-Term Impacts with Long-Term Consequences (anglais)

    This paper examines the short-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for inequality in developing countries. The analysis takes advantage of high-frequency phone survey data collected by the World...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9902 Date du document: 13 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Narayan,Ambar,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Agrawal,Sarthak,Bundervoet,Tom,Davalos,Maria Eugenia,Garcia,Natalia,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia,Ten,Andrey,Yonzan,Nishant

  • Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School : An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola (anglais)

    How should parents be mobilized for education in Africa? This study implemented a large-scale field experiment in Angolan primary schools, including three treatments: an information campaign at home, simple...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9876 Date du document: 8 décembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Di Maro,Vincenzo,Leeffers,Stefan,Serra,Danila,Vicente,Pedro C.

  • Can Business Grants Mitigate a Crisis ? Evidence from Youth Entrepreneurs in Kenya during COVID-19 (anglais)

    COVID-19 was a major shock to youth entrepreneurs and their businesses in Kenya. This paper studies the causal impact of grants—worth two months of baseline business revenue—and business development services...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9874 Date du document: 7 décembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Domenella,Yanina Eliana,Jamison,Julian C,Safir,Abla,Zia,Bilal Husnain

  • Estimating the Impact of Weather on Agriculture (anglais)

    This paper quantifies the significance and magnitude of the effect of measurement error in remote sensing weather data in the analysis of smallholder agricultural productivity. The analysis leverages 17...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9867 Date du document: 30 novembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Michler,Jeffrey David,Josephson,Anna Leigh,Kilic,Talip,Murray,Siobhan

  • Under What Conditions Are Data Valuable for Development ? (anglais)

    Data produced by the public sector can have transformational impacts on development outcomes through better targeting of resources, improved service delivery, cost savings in policy implementation, increased...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9811 Date du document: 19 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Veerappan,Malarvizhi,Kilic,Talip,Wollburg,Philip Randolph

  • Corruption in Customs (anglais)

    This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port. Manipulation of assignment of import declarations to inspectors is identified by measuring...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9802 Date du document: 12 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chalendard,Cyril Romain,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Rijkers,Bob

  • Patterns of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade Shocks with Imperfect Capital Mobility (anglais)

    This paper explores how different investment frictions affect the patterns of responses of labor markets to tariff cuts. To investigate these patterns, this paper formulates a multi-sector dynamic model...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9775 Date du document: 14 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Artuc,Erhan,Brambilla,Irene,Porto,Guido

  • The Falling Price of Cement in Africa (anglais)

    Prices for several intermediate inputs, including cement, are higher in developing economies—particularly in Africa. Combining data from the International Comparison Program with a global directory of...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9706 Date du document: 22 juin 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Leone, Fabrizio,Macchiavello,Rocco,Reed,Tristan

  • Diamonds in the Rough? : Repurposing Multi-Topic Surveys to Estimate Individual-Level Consumption Poverty (anglais)

    Traditional per capita measures of poverty assign the same poverty status to individuals living in the same household and overlook differences in living standards within households. There has been a long-standing...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9661 Date du document: 13 mai 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bose-Duker,Theophiline,Gaddis,Isis,Kilic,Talip,Lechene,Valérie,Pendakur,Krishna

  • One Country, Two Systems : Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China (anglais)

    This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. After documenting stark differences...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9650 Date du document: 6 mai 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Giles,John T.,Lei,Xiaoyan,Wang,Gewei,Wang,Yafeng,Zhao,Yaohui

  • Statistical Performance Indicators and Index : A New Tool to Measure Country Statistical Capacity (anglais)

    The World Bank’s Statistical Capacity Index has been widely employed to measure country statistical capacity since its inception two decades ago. This paper builds on the existing advantages of the Statistical...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9570 Date du document: 19 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Pullinger,John James,Serajuddin,Umar,Stacy,Brian William

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Micro Tax Data Simulations across Countries (anglais)

    How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting firm profits and tax payments in developing countries? This paper uses administrative corporate tax records from 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9437 Date du document: 14 octobre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bachas,Pierre Jean,Brockmeyer,Anne,Semelet,Camille Marine

  • Identifying Effective Teachers : Lessons from Four Classroom Observation Tools (anglais)

    Four different classroom observation instruments -- from the Service Delivery Indicators, the Stallings Observation System, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, and the Teach classroom observation...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9365 Date du document: 25 août 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Filmer,Deon P.,Molina,Ezequiel,Wane,Waly

  • Teacher Pay in Africa : Evidence from 15 Countries (anglais)

    Pay levels for public sector workers—and especially teachers—are a constant source of controversy. In many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, protests and strikes suggest that pay is low, while simple comparisons...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9358 Date du document: 13 août 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Evans,David K.,Yuan,Fei,Filmer,Deon P.

  • Big Data in Transportation : An Economics Perspective (anglais)

    This paper reviews the emerging big data literature applied to urban transportation issues from the perspective of economic research. It provides a typology of big data sources relevant to transportation...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9308 Date du document: 30 juin 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Selod,Harris,Soumahoro,Souleymane