Documents & Reports
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How Well Do We Measure Non-Cognitive Skills in Developing Countries? Initial Lessons from STEP Skills Measurement Program (English)
Standard skills indicators leave an information gap on workforce skill characteristics, job skill requirements, and quality of worker-job matches that prevents policymakers from making informed and timely...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123792 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Laajaj,Rachid,Arias Diaz,Omar S.,Macours,Karen,Rubio-Codina,Marta,Vakis,Renos
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Measuring skills in developing countries (English)
Measures of cognitive, noncognitive, and technical skills are increasingly used in development economics to analyze the determinants of skill formation, the role of skills in economic decisions, or simply...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8000 Document Date: March 8, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Laajaj,Rachid,Macours,Karen
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Disasters, climate change, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa : lessons and future directions (English)
This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change, and economic development. It attempts to outline a framework for thinking about these links. The paper summarizes the limited knowledge...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 53368 Document Date: June 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chhibber,Ajay,Laajaj,Rachid
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When instability increases the effectiveness of aid projects (English)
The authors assess the effect of economic instability on the success of projects funded by the World Bank using the outcome of the projects, which is a notation of their overall success determined by the...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4034 Document Date: October 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Guillaumont,Patrick,Laajaj,Rachid