Documents & Reports
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A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality (English)
Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10470 Document Date: June 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kraay,Aart C.,Lakner,Christoph,Ozler,Berk,Decerf,Benoit Marie A,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Yonzan,Nishant
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With or Without Him ? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia (English)
Is it possible to stimulate women’s employment by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints? Does involving husbands help or hinder the effort? Using an experiment in Tunisia, this paper shows...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10132 Document Date: July 28, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
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Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interactions : Evidence from East Africa (English)
Building upon the literature on contact theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and host communities in East Africa. It draws upon first-hand...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9917 Document Date: January 27, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman,Stierna,Maria Flinder,Omata,Naohiko,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
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Enhancing Female Entrepreneurship through Cash Grants : Experimental Evidence from Rural Tunisia (English)
In Tunisia, while social protection and labor programs are in place, severe challenges including inefficiency, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country’s ability to respond to increasing social needs...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 161148 Document Date: July 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferrah,Samih,Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Shrotri,Varada,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Ben Zineb,Samir
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Death and Destitution : The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in well-being around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses—increased mortality and higher...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9673 Document Date: May 24, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Decerf,Benoit Marie A
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Enhancing Female Entrepreneurship through Cash Grants : Preliminary Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Tunisia (English)
In Tunisia, while social protection and labor programs are in place, severe challenges including inefficiency, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country’s ability to respond to increasing social needs...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 157897 Document Date: March 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferrah,Samih,Gazeaud,Jules,Khan,Nausheen,Mvukiyehe,Eric,Shrotri,Varada,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Benkirane,Zineb
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Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)
The authors evaluate the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 161479 Document Date: January 11, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Decerf,Benoit Marie A,Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte