Documents & Reports
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The Risk that Travels with You : Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia (English)
Displacement and conflict substantially heighten the risk of gender-based violence including intimate partner violence (IPV), experienced by women and girls. This study aims to examine the links between...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 196993 Document Date: November 5, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kelly, Jocelyn,Ekhator-Mobayode, Uche,Hanmer, Lucia C.,Rubin, Amalia,Diana Jimena Arango
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Forced displacement, Gender and Livelihoods : Refugees in Ethiopia (English)
This study uses the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and host communities. The results show a significant...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 196994 Document Date: November 5, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Admasu, Yeshwas
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Corruption and Government Revenue : Evidence of a Non-linear Relationship Driven by Crises (English)
A large body of literature studies the relationship between corruption and economic outcomes, including government revenue mobilization, but there is little evidence on how this relationship changes during...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 197014 Document Date: December 22, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zeljko Bogetic,Dominik Naeher
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Impacts of Performance Based Financing on Health System Performance : Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (English)
Health systems’ weakness remains one of the primary obstacles towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare in low-income settings. Performance-based financing (PBF) programs have been increasingly...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185249 Document Date: October 16, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shapira,Gil,Emma Clarke-Deelder,Baudouin Makuma Booto,Samaha,Hadia Nazem,Fritsche,Gyorgy Bela,Lushimba,Michel Muvudi,Dominique Baabo,Delphin Antwis,Ramanana Rahary,Didier,Benami,Saloua,Fink,Gunther
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Using Individual-Level Randomized Treatment to Learn about Market Structure? (English)
Interference across competing firms in RCTs can be informative about market structure. An experiment that subsidizes a random sub-set of traders who buy cocoa from farmers in Sierra Leone illustrates this...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185247 Document Date: October 16, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Casaburi,Lorenzo,Reed,Tristan
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The Portfolio Theory of Inflation and Policy (In) Effectiveness : A Revisitation (English)
This article revisits the Portfolio Theory of Inflation (PTI), with a view to further articulating its findings and implications. The article adds to the micro-foundations of the PTI, framing more rigorously...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185263 Document Date: August 11, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bossone,Biagio
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COVID-19 in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Communities : Preliminary Results from a Global Rapid Data Collection Exercise (English)
As early as March 2020, anecdotal reports and some news stories began trickling in about COVID-19 related restrictions and their impacts on strategic mineral supply chains, and the miners who labor in...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 180694 Document Date: March 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Perks,Rachel Bernice,Schneck,Nathan Allen
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Information, Knowledge, and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents (English)
This paper evaluates alternative approaches to disseminating information about a school-based management program in Indonesia. Low-intensity approaches, sending a letter from the principal or a colorful...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 177997 Document Date: November 24, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cerdan-Infantes,Pedro,Filmer,Deon P.,Santoso
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Does More Cash in Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Always Lead to Larger Impacts on School Attendance? (English)
There is considerable evidence that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about what features...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 177995 Document Date: November 24, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Filmer,Deon P.,Schady,Norbert Rudiger
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Can Cities Bounce Back Better From COVID-19? Reflections From Emerging Post-Pandemic Recovery Plans and Trade-Offs (English)
As cities plan for post-COVID recovery, many questions preoccupy mayors, policymakers, planners, and developers. This article examines COVID-19’s impact on cities, drawing on local governments’ developing...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 178073 Document Date: October 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wahba Tadros,Sameh Naguib
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Effectiveness of Fertilizer Policy Reforms to Enhance Food Security in Kenya : A Macro-Microsimulation Analysis (English)
Food security represents a key challenge in most Sub-Saharan African countries and in Kenya in particular where still a relevant share of the population lives below a minimum dietary energy consumption...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 178032 Document Date: February 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Boulanger,Pierre,Dudu,Hasan,Emanuele Ferrari,Mainar Causape,Alfredo Jose,Ramos,Maria Priscila
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Explaining Differences in the Returns to R&D in Argentina : The Role of Contextual Factors (English)
Argentinean firms’ investments in R&D are well below its regional peers. One potential explanation for this fact is the existence of low and heterogeneous returns for these investments. This paper uses...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185241 Document Date: January 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arza,Valeria Luciana,Cirera,Xavier,López, Emanuel,Colonna,Agustina
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Using Allocative Efficiency Analysis to Inform Health Benefits Package Design for Progressing towards Universal Health Coverage : Proof-of-Concept Studies in Countries Seeking Decision Support (English)
Countries are increasingly defining health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for health are commonly constrained, so it is imperative to...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 168222 Document Date: November 29, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fraser-Hurt,Nicole,Hou,Xiaohui,Wilkinson,Thomas David,Duran,Denizhan,Abou Jaoude, Gerard J.,Skordis, Jolene,Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi,Pena,Christine Lao,Tshivuila Matala,Opope Oyaka,Prestidge,Marelize,Wilson, David P.
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Natural Disasters, Poverty, and Inequality : New Metrics for Fairer Policies (English)
Conventional risk assessments underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of disasters, leading to inefficient risk management strategies. This happens because conventional assessments focus on asset...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 166657 Document Date: October 28, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hallegatte,Stephane,Walsh,Brian James
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Public Financial Management and Fiscal Performance : Evidence from Panel Data Analyses (English)
This paper attempts to assess the impact of the practical public financial management (PFM) dimensions on fiscal performance in 86 countries observed between 2005 and 2019. Based on augmented panel data...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185237 Document Date: August 4, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gui-Diby,Steve Loris
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How Many Infants May Have Died in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in 2020 Due to the Economic Contraction Accompanying the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mortality Projections Based on Forecasted Declines in Economic Growth (English)
While COVID-19 has a relatively small direct impact on infant mortality, the pandemic is expected to indirectly increase mortality of this vulnerable group in low-income and middle-income countries through...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 168211 Document Date: August 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shapira,Gil,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Friedman,Jed
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Generating Political Priority for Primary Health Care Reform in Romania (English)
This paper examines how political priority was generated for comprehensive reforms to address inequitable access to high-quality primary health care (PHC) in Romania. We apply John Kingdon’s model of political...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 168209 Document Date: August 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wang,Huihui,Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi,Comsa,Radu Bogdan,Dmytraczenko,Tania,Estelle Gong,Lidia Onofrei
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Improving Services for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Samoa : An Implementation Research Study Using the Care Cascade Framework (English)
Samoa needs to intensify the response to the growing non-communicable disease burden. This study aimed to assess bottlenecks in the care continuum and identify possible solutions. The mixed-methods study...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 168210 Document Date: July 26, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fraser-Hurt,Nicole,Naseri, Leausa Take,Thomsen, Robert,Matalavea, Athena,Ieremia-Faasili, Victoria,Reupena, Muagatutia Sefuiva,Hawley, Nicola L.,Pomer, Alysa,Rivara, Anna C.,Obure,Carol Atieno,Zhang, Zhang
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Siting Priorities for Congestion-reducing Projects in Dhaka : A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Traffic Congestion, Travel Times, Air Pollution, and Exposure Vulnerability (English)
Traffic congestion increases travel time and is a major source of pollution and health damage in developing-country cities. Data scarcity frequently confines traffic improvement projects to sites where...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 185238 Document Date: July 21, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Wheeler,David R.,Khaliquzzaman,M.,Huq,Mainul
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Assessing Bias in Smartphone Mobility Estimates in Low Income Countries (English)
It has become common for governments and practitioners to measure mobility using data from smartphones, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet in countries where few people have smartphones, or use...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 168212 Document Date: June 28, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Milusheva, Sveta,Bjorkegren,Daniel C I,Teixeira Viotti,Leonardo