Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14532 Document Date: NOV 15, 2018

Author: Abdul Qadir Tareen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Project Information and Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Report No.: PIDISDSA21541 Document Date: NOV 14, 2018

Author: Morella,Elvira Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Project Information and Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Report No.: PIDISDSC25451 Document Date: NOV 13, 2018

Author: Kappen,Jan Friedrich Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14483 Document Date: NOV 13, 2018

Author: Jean-Pierre,Paule Muriel Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14431 Document Date: NOV 12, 2018

Author: Xavier Rakotozafy Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0017673 Document Date: NOV 11, 2018

Author: Hartung,Stephen Paul Disclosure Status: Disclosed

What determines the distribution of information acquired within the hierarchy of a public organization? Without market processes, the generation and absorption of information in bureaucracy relies on individual actors undertaking costly action to acquire it. ... See More + This paper reports on comparisons between individual-level claims by public officials in the Government of Ethiopia regarding the characteristics of local constituents they serve and objective benchmark data. Public officials make large errors about their constituents' characteristics. The errors of 49 percent of public officials are at least 50 percent of the underlying benchmark data. Given public officials' stated reliance on this information to make public policy decisions, such mistakes imply a substantial misallocation of public resources. The results are consistent with classic theoretical predictions related to the incentives that determine information acquisition in hierarchies, such as de facto control over decision making and an organizational culture of valuing operational information. A field experiment implies that these incentives mediate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving the information of public-sector agents.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8644 Document Date: NOV 09, 2018

Author: Rogger,Daniel Oliver; Somani,Ravi Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP14255 Document Date: NOV 06, 2018

Author: Demba JALLOW Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR32630 Document Date: NOV 05, 2018

Author: Touati,Manaf Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Financing Agreement Report No.: Document Date: NOV 02, 2018

Author: LEGRL Disclosure Status: Disclosed