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  • Biased policy professionals (English)

    A large literature focuses on the biases of individuals and consumers, as well as "nudges" and other policies that can address those biases. Although policy decisions are often more consequential than...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8113 Document Date: June 26, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Banuri,Sheheryar,Dercon,Stefan,Gauri,Varun

  • Dull disasters? How planning ahead will make a difference (English)

    In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya...

    Document Type: Report No.: 106944 Document Date: July 15, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Clarke,Daniel Jonathan,Dercon,Stefan

  • The World Bank research observer 30 (2) (English)

    The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 120315 Document Date: August 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mckenzie,David J.,Yang,Dean,Boyden,Jo,Dercon,Stefan,Singh,Abhijeet,Miller,Margaret J.,Reichelstein,Julia Elaine,Salas,Christian,Zia,Bilal Husnain,Bhargava,Alok,Quatraro,Francesco,Vivarelli,Marco

  • Child development in a changing world : risks and opportunities (English)

    This review explores current understandings of child development and the consequences for children of risk exposure in low- and middle-income countries by integrating empirical evidence from development...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 120320 Document Date: September 24, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Boyden, Jo,Dercon,Stefan,Singh,Abhijeet

  • The World Bank research observer 29 (2) (English)

    The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 113057 Document Date: August 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wagstaff, Adam,Bredenkamp,Caryn,R. Buisman,Leander,Dercon,Stefan,Bruhn,Miriam,Mckenzie,David J.,De Hoop,Jacobus Joost,C. Rosati,Furio,Hasnain,Zahid,Manning,Nick,Pierskalla,Jan Henryk

  • Is green growth good for the poor? (English)

    The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 112517 Document Date: August 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dercon,Stefan

  • The price of empowerment : experimental evidence on land titling in Tanzania (English)

    This paper reports on a randomized field experiment that uses price incentives to address economic and gender inequality in land tenure formalization. During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly two dozen African...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6908 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Collin,Matthew Edward,Deininger,Klaus W.,Dercon,Stefan,Sandefur,Justin,Zeitlin,Andrew

  • Are poor slum-dwellers willing to pay for formal land title? : evidence from Dar es Salaam (English)

    High levels of informality, from 70 percent to 80 percent in many developing country cities, increase poverty and make urbanization unsustainable. But it is not clear if this is due to lack of interest...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81679 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Collin,Matthew Edward,Deininger,Klaus W.,Dercon,Stefan,Sandefur,Justin,Zeitlin,Andrew

  • School inputs, household substitution, and test scores (English)

    Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for household responses to changes in school inputs. Evidence from India and Zambia shows that student...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 92924 Document Date: April 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Das,Jishnu,Dercon,Stefan,Habyarimana,James Paul,Krishnan,Pramila,Muralidharan,Karthik,Sundararaman,Venkatesh

  • Is green growth good for the poor ? (English)

    The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6231 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dercon,Stefan

  • Migration and economic mobility in Tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey (English)

    This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 94670 Document Date: August 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beegle,Kathleen G.,Dercon,Stefan,De Weerdt,Joachim

  • Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English)

    This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57428 Document Date: April 13, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Crost,Benjamin,Das,Jishnu,Das,Maitreyi B,Datt,Gaurav,Deaton,Angus S.,Dercon,Stefan,Dubey,Amaresh,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Hall,Gillette H.,Himanshu,Rai,Jaison,Shiny,Joddar,Pinaki,Mehta,Soumya Kapoor,Kapur, Davesh,Krutikova, Sonya,Lanjouw,Peter F.,May,Ernesto,Murgai,Rinku,Nikitin,Denis,Pigato,Miria A.,Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G.,Ravallion,Martin,Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.,Soni,Rita,Sriram,Jyoti,Vishwanath,Tara,Witsoe,Jeffrey Lawrence,Yoshida,Nobuo,Zagha,N. Roberto,De Janvry,Alain F.

  • School inputs, household substitution, and test scores (English)

    Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for the fact that households will respond to changes in school inputs. This paper presents a dynamic...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5629 Document Date: April 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Das,Jishnu,Dercon,Stefan,Habyarimana,James Paul,Krishnan,Pramila,Muralidharan,Karthik,Sundararaman,Venkatesh

  • Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (English)

    This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57428 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Crost,Benjamin,Das,Jishnu,Das,Maitreyi B,Datt,Gaurav,Deaton,Angus S.,Dercon,Stefan,Dubey,Amaresh,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Hall,Gillette H.,Himanshu,Rai,Jaison,Shiny,Joddar,Pinaki,Mehta,Soumya Kapoor,Kapur, Davesh,Krutikova, Sonya,Lanjouw,Peter F.,May,Ernesto,Murgai,Rinku,Nikitin,Denis,Pigato,Miria A.,Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G.,Ravallion,Martin,Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.,Soni,Rita,Sriram,Jyoti,Vishwanath,Tara,Witsoe,Jeffrey Lawrence,Yoshida,Nobuo,Zagha,N. Roberto,De Janvry,Alain F.

  • Rural poverty : old challenges in new contexts (English)

    Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 76791 Document Date: February 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dercon,Stefan

  • The World Bank research observer 24 (1) (English)

    Rural poverty: old challenges in new context by Stefan, Dercon; evaluation in the practice of development by Martin, Ravallion; timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs by Elizabeth...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 58349 Document Date: February 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dercon,Stefan,Ravallion,Martin,King,Elizabeth M.,Behrman,Jere R.,Claessens, Stijn,Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas

  • Migration and economic mobility in Tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey (English)

    This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4798 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Author: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Dercon,Stefan

  • The long-run impact of orphanhood (English)

    This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes, in a region of Northwestern Tanzania. The paper studies a sample of 718 non-orphaned children...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4353 Document Date: September 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Dercon,Stefan