Documents et rapports

When Emotion Regulation Matters : The Efficacy of Socio-Emotional Learning to Address School-Based Violence in Central America (anglais)

After-school programs (ASP) that keep youth protected while engaging them in socio-emotional learning might address school-based violent behaviors. This paper experimentally studies the socio-emotional-learning...

Empowering Migrant Women : Impacts of Amnesties on Crime Reports : Empowering Migrant Women : Regularization Programs and Crime (anglais)

Do undocumented forced migrants change their propensity to report or commit a crime when they are granted proper documentation, a job permit, and access to social services? This paper examines the impacts...

Agglomeration Economies in Developing Countries : A Meta-Analysis (anglais)

Recent empirical work suggests that there are large agglomeration gains from working and living in developing country cities. These estimates find that doubling city size is associated with an increase...

Does the Gender Wage Gap Influence Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil ? Evidence from Administrative Health Data (anglais)

Improving women’s economic status has been presented in theory as a protective mechanism against intimate partner violence. Using panel data from 2011–16 for the most populous 20 percent of municipalities...

Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) Document - Colombia: Collective Reparation for Victims through Social Reconstruction Project - P148552 (anglais)

Is Informality Good for Business ? The Impacts of IDP Inflows on Formal Firms (anglais)

This paper examines the effects of large inflows of internally displaced persons (IDP), who are primarily absorbed by the informal sector, on the behavior of formal manufacturing firms in Colombia. To...

Etats financiers au 31122018 version du 01072019 (anglais)

Preventing Violence in the Most Violent Contexts : Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence (anglais)

This paper provides experimental evidence of the impact of an after-school program on vulnerable public-school students in El Salvador. The program combined a behavioral intervention with ludic activities...

Crime Violence and Exclusion in South African Society : Background Note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic (anglais)

While South Africa has made important gains in reducing violence in the post-Apartheid- era, it remains among the most violent countries in the world. This violence exacts high economic and social costs...

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - HN Safer Municipalities - P130819 (anglais)

The objectives of the Safer Municipalities Project are to support Honduras to: (i) improve the capacity of national and local authorities in violence prevention, (ii) address risk factors of crime and...

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - HN Safer Municipalities - P130819 (anglais)

The development objective of the Safer Municipalities Project for Honduras are to support to (i) improve the capacity of national and local authorities inviolence prevention, (ii) address risk factors...

Public works programs and crime : evidence for El Salvador (anglais)

Most evaluations of public works programs in developing countries study their effects on poverty reduction and other labor market outcomes (job creation, earnings, and participation). However, very few...

Stop the Violence in Latin America : A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood (anglais)

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world's most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering...

Crime and persistent punishment : a long-run perspective on the links between violence and chronic poverty in Mexico (anglais)

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence...

Crime and persistent punishment : a long-run perspective on the links between violence and chronic poverty in Mexico (anglais)

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long- term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence...

Unemployment and mortality : evidence from the great recession (anglais)

Did unemployment in the Great Recession hurt people's health? The broad answer is no: job losses have statistically insignificant impacts on mortality. The exogenous sources of job losses in a U.S. county...

Idle youth in Mexico : trapped between the war on drugs and economic crisis (anglais)

The present study combines data from Mexico's employment surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Empleo and Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo) with the country's official statistics on murder rates to create...

Women’s police stations and domestic violence : evidence from Brazil (anglais)

Although women’s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any...

Women’s police stations and domestic violence : evidence from Brazil (anglais)

Although women's police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any...

Do performance agreements help improve service delivery ? the experience of Brazilian states (anglais)

A growing number of states and municipalities in Brazil rely on results-based management, and many other local and state governments are considering adopting the practice. This paper examines the experiences...