Documents & Reports
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Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects (English)
Parenting interventions have the potential to improve early childhood development. Text messages are considered a promising channel to deliver parenting information at large scale. This paper tests whether...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9492 Document Date: December 9, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barrera,Oscar,Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Report : Long-term Evaluation of Atencion a Crisis Interventions (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
In recent years, there has been renewed attention on policies to enhance the income generating capacity and productivity of the poor (World Bank, 2012). Since both skills and capital can limit productive...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145957 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos,Premand,Patrick
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Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World : Evidence from a School Construction Experiment (English)
Interventions targeting early childhood hold promise for reducing the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Results from a randomized evaluation of a preschool construction program in Cambodia suggest...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 178014 Document Date: March 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Combining income generation with Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs to cope with severe weather conditions (English)
Severe weather conditions can undo even the best efforts of families to break free of poverty. Households that rely on subsistence or small-scale farming are especially at the mercy of severe weather...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123791 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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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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Adoption of Improved Seeds and Land Allocation : Evidence from DRC (English)
There is a resurgent interest in agricultural input subsidies as instruments to increase adoption of yield increasing technologies in developing countries. But what is the impact of such technologies on...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 150140 Document Date: July 3, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bernard,Tanguy,Lambert,Sylvie,Macours,Karen,Vinez,Margaux Laurence
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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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Sustaining impacts when transfers end : the role of women leaders for aspirations and human capital investments (English)
Sustainability of short-term interventions may depend on whether they manage to change families’ attitudes towards the future and related social norms. This investigation shows that role female models...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 121569 Document Date: September 17, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos
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Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries (English)
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6779 Document Date: February 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Behrman,Jere R.,Araujo,Maria Caridad,Azuero,, Rodrigo,Bernal,Raquel,Bravo, David,Lopez Boo,Florencia,Macours,Karen,Marshall, Daniela,Paxson,Christina H.,Vakis,Renos
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Cambodia - Challenges in scaling up preschools : Cambodge - Les défis liés au développement des écoles maternelles à grande echelle (French)
This bulletin showcases a World Bank supported study in Cambodia, where researchers set out to study the effects of scholarships on encouraging primary school students to continue their studies in lower...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83178 Document Date: November 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Cambodia - Challenges in scaling up preschools : Cambodia : challenges in scaling up preschools (English)
This bulletin showcases a World Bank supported study in Cambodia, where researchers set out to study the effects of scholarships on encouraging primary school students to continue their studies in lower...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83178 Document Date: November 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Changing households' investment and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program (English)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Changing households' investment and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81212 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos
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Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (English)
This brief summarizes the demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training in Nicaragua for 2005-2006. Interventions aimed at increasing the income generating...
Report No.: 81231 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment (English)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81209 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Vakis,Renos
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Impact evaluation of three types of early childhood development interventions in Cambodia (English)
Scaling up early childhood development services has the potential to increase children's cognitive and socio-emotional development and promote school readiness in a large segment of the population. This...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6540 Document Date: July 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (English)
Interventions aimed at increasing the income generating capacity of the poor, such as vocational training, micro-finance or business grants, are widespread in the developing world. How to target such interventions...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6389 Document Date: March 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Can small farmers protect themselves against bad weather? (English)
Severe weather conditions can undo even the best efforts of families to break free of poverty. Households that rely on subsistence or small-scale farming are especially at the mercy of severe weather...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 71392 Document Date: June 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos,Marcus,Aliza
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Transfers, diversification and household risk strategies : experimental evidence with lessons for climate change adaptation (English)
While climate change is likely to increase weather risks in many developing countries, there is little evidence on effective policies to facilitate adaptation. This paper presents experimental evidence...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6053 Document Date: April 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment (English)
Cash transfer programs have become extremely popular in the developing world. A large literature analyzes their effects on schooling, health and nutrition, but relatively little is known about possible...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 92920 Document Date: April 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Vakis,Renos
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Changing households' investments and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program (English)
Low aspirations can limit households’ investments and contribute to sustained poverty. Vice versa, increased aspirations can lead to investment and upward mobility. Yet how aspirations are formed is not...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5137 Document Date: November 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos