Documents & Reports

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Sudan Household Budget and Poverty Survey - P176302 - Sequence No : 01 (English)

Modeling the Revenue and Distributional Effects of Tax Reform in Paraguay : Challenges and Lessons (English)

In 2019, the Government of Paraguay (GOP) embarked on a comprehensive tax reform to simplify and modernize its tax system. At the request of the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and building on long-standing...

Poor Expectations : Experimental Evidence on Teachers~^!!^ Stereotypes and Student Assessment : Poor Expectations : Experimental Evidence on Teachers' Stereotypes and Student Assessment (English)

Do teachers’ stereotypes of social class bias their assessment of students? This study uses a lab-in-the-field experiment among primary school teachers to test whether they are biased against poor students...

Project Information Document (PID) - Sudan Household Budget and Poverty Survey - P176302 (English)

Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Sudan Household Budget and Poverty Survey - P176302 (English)

Obesity and Food away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ? (English)

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise...

Poverty Measurement in the Era of Food Away from Home : Testing Alternative Approaches in Vietnam (English)

Food consumed outside the home in restaurants or other food establishments is a growing segment of consumption in many developing countries. However, the survey methods that are utilized to collect data...

Poverty Measurement in the Era of Food Away from Home : Testing Alternative Approaches in Vietnam (English)

Food consumed outside the home in restaurants or other food establishments is a growing segment of consumption in many developing countries. However, the survey methods that are utilized to collect data...

LC7 Poverty Update (English)

The report introduces a new set of complementary measures to monitor global poverty. This brief provides an overview of results specific to LC7.

Paraguay : analysis of the fiscal system and its impact on poverty and equity : Paraguay : análisis del sistema fiscal y su impacto en la pobreza y la equidad (Spanish)

A pesar de los importantes avances experimentados en Paraguay en los últimos años en lo que respecta a crecimiento económico y mejoras en la calidad de vida, reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad continúan...

How is the slowdown affecting households in Latin America and the Caribbean ? (English)

This paper shows evidence that suggests the economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean has already translated into slowing social gains, including decelerating poverty reduction, stagnating growth...

How is the slowdown affecting households in Latin America and the Caribbean? (English)

This paper shows evidence that suggests the economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean has already translated into slowing social gains, including decelerating poverty reduction, stagnating growth...

You are what (and where) you eat : capturing food away from home in welfare measures (English)

Consumption of food away from home is rapidly growing across the developing world. Surprisingly, the majority of household surveys around the world haven not kept up with its pace and still collect limited...