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  • Who benefited from Burundi's demobilization program ? (English)

    This paper assesses the impact of the demobilization, reinsertion and reintegration program in post-war Burundi. Two major rebel groups benefited from cash and in-kind transfers, the CNDD-FDD from 2004...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7732 Document Date: June 28, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: D'Aoust,Olivia Severine,Sterck,Olivier,Verwimp,Philip

  • The World Bank research observer 31 (1) (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 non specialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 120331 Document Date: February 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fink,Carsten,Maskus,Keith E.,Qian,Yi,Bruck,Tilman,Justino,Patricia,Verwimp,Philip,Avdeenko,Alexandra,Tedesco,Andrew Anthony,Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes,Furst Nichols,Rebecca Leigh,Cunningham,Wendy,Villasenor Torres,Paula,Gentilini,Ugo,Lederman,Daniel,Porto,Guido

  • Measuring Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys (English)

    Violent conflict has significant effects on the welfare, resilience and behavior of individuals, households and communities. These impacts deserve close study at the micro-level, both as a new field of...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 147745 Document Date: December 31, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brück,Tilman,Justino,Patricia,Verwimp,Philip,Tedesco,Andrew Anthony

  • Forced displacement and refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa : an economic inquiry (English)

    Most reports on refugees deal with the immediate needs of displaced people. This paper seeks to go beyond the emergency phase and explore the challenges surrounding protracted refugee situations. The paper...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7517 Document Date: December 15, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verwimp,Philip,Maystadt,Jean Francois Paul C

  • The World Bank economic review 28 (2) (English)

    This paper is organized in following headings: economic development as opportunity equalization; the measurement of educational inequality: achievement and opportunity; economic growth and equality of...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 113049 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Roemer,John E.,Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Gignoux,Jérémie,Peragine,Vito,Palmisano,Flaviana,Brunori,Paolo,Van de gaer,Dirk,Vandenbossche,Joost,Figueroa,José Luis,Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes,Das Gupta,Monica,Shemyakina,Olga N.,Justino,Patricia,Leone,Marinella,Salardi,Paola,Valente,Christine,Verwimp,Philip,Van Bavel,Jan

  • Measuring Conflict Exposure in Micro-Level Surveys (English)

    Violent conflict has significant effects on the welfare, resilience and behaviour of individuals, households and communities. These impacts deserve close study at the micro-level, both as a new field of...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147686 Document Date: August 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brück,Tilman,Justino,Patricia,Verwimp,Philip,Tedesco,Andrew Anthony

  • Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi (English)

    The authors investigate the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. The authors combine a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 112406 Document Date: May 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verwimp,Philip,Van Bavel,Jan

  • Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi (English)

    This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It combines a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and timing...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6418 Document Date: April 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verwimp,Philip,Van Bavel,Jan

  • Violent conflict and gender inequality : an overview (English)

    Violent conflict, a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape, has lasting impacts on human capital, and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and destruction alter the structure and dynamics...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 112498 Document Date: February 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes,Das Gupta,Monica,Casabonne,Ursula,Verwimp,Philip

  • Violent conflict and gender inequality : an overview (English)

    Violent conflict, a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape, has lasting impacts on human capital, and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and destruction alter the structure and dynamics...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6371 Document Date: February 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes,Das Gupta,Monica,Casabonne,Ursula,Verwimp,Philip

  • Health and civil war in rural Burundi (English)

    This paper combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi's civil war on children's health status. The identification strategy...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4500 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bundervoet,Tom,Verwimp,Philip,Akresh,Richard

  • Civil war, crop failure, and child stunting in Rwanda (English)

    Economic shocks at birth have lasting effects on children's health several years after the shock. The authors calculate height for age z-scores for children under age five using data from a Rwandan nationally...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4208 Document Date: April 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Akresh,Richard,Bundervoet,Tom,Verwimp,Philip