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  • Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty (English)

    Purchasing power parity exchange rates (PPPs) are used to estimate the international poverty line (IPL) in a common currency and account for relative price differences across countries when measuring global...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9941 Document Date: February 21, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Lakner,Christoph,Atamanov,Aziz,Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi

  • The Distribution of Crisis Credit : Effects on Firm Indebtedness and Aggregate Risk (English)

    This paper studies the distribution of credit during crisis times and its impact on firm indebtedness and macroeconomic risk. Whereas policies can help firms in need of financing, they can lead to adverse...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9937 Document Date: February 14, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Huneeus,Federico,Kaboski,Joseph P.,Larrain,Mauricio,Schmukler,Sergio L.,Vera,Mario

  • COVID-19 and Economic Inequality : Short-Term Impacts with Long-Term Consequences (English)

    This paper examines the short-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for inequality in developing countries. The analysis takes advantage of high-frequency phone survey data collected by the World...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9902 Document Date: January 13, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayan,Ambar,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Agrawal,Sarthak,Bundervoet,Tom,Davalos,Maria Eugenia,Garcia,Natalia,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia,Ten,Andrey,Yonzan,Nishant

  • Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School : An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola (English)

    How should parents be mobilized for education in Africa? This study implemented a large-scale field experiment in Angolan primary schools, including three treatments: an information campaign at home, simple...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9876 Document Date: December 8, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Di Maro,Vincenzo,Leeffers,Stefan,Serra,Danila,Vicente,Pedro C.

  • Estimating the Impact of Weather on Agriculture (English)

    This paper quantifies the significance and magnitude of the effect of measurement error in remote sensing weather data in the analysis of smallholder agricultural productivity. The analysis leverages 17...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9867 Document Date: November 30, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Michler,Jeffrey David,Josephson,Anna Leigh,Kilic,Talip,Murray,Siobhan

  • Under What Conditions Are Data Valuable for Development ? (English)

    Data produced by the public sector can have transformational impacts on development outcomes through better targeting of resources, improved service delivery, cost savings in policy implementation, increased...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9811 Document Date: October 19, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Veerappan,Malarvizhi,Kilic,Talip,Wollburg,Philip Randolph

  • Corruption in Customs (English)

    This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port. Manipulation of assignment of import declarations to inspectors is identified by measuring...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9802 Document Date: October 12, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chalendard,Cyril Romain,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Rijkers,Bob

  • Patterns of Labor Market Adjustment to Trade Shocks with Imperfect Capital Mobility (English)

    This paper explores how different investment frictions affect the patterns of responses of labor markets to tariff cuts. To investigate these patterns, this paper formulates a multi-sector dynamic model...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9775 Document Date: September 14, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Artuc,Erhan,Brambilla,Irene,Porto,Guido

  • The Falling Price of Cement in Africa (English)

    Prices for several intermediate inputs, including cement, are higher in developing economies—particularly in Africa. Combining data from the International Comparison Program with a global directory of...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9706 Document Date: June 22, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Leone, Fabrizio,Macchiavello,Rocco,Reed,Tristan

  • One Country, Two Systems : Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China (English)

    This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. After documenting stark differences...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9650 Document Date: May 6, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Giles,John T.,Lei,Xiaoyan,Wang,Gewei,Wang,Yafeng,Zhao,Yaohui

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Micro Tax Data Simulations across Countries (English)

    How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting firm profits and tax payments in developing countries? This paper uses administrative corporate tax records from 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9437 Document Date: October 14, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bachas,Pierre Jean,Brockmeyer,Anne,Semelet,Camille Marine

  • Identifying Effective Teachers : Lessons from Four Classroom Observation Tools (English)

    Four different classroom observation instruments -- from the Service Delivery Indicators, the Stallings Observation System, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, and the Teach classroom observation...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9365 Document Date: August 25, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Filmer,Deon P.,Molina,Ezequiel,Wane,Waly

  • Teacher Pay in Africa : Evidence from 15 Countries (English)

    Pay levels for public sector workers—and especially teachers—are a constant source of controversy. In many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, protests and strikes suggest that pay is low, while simple comparisons...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9358 Document Date: August 13, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Evans,David K.,Yuan,Fei,Filmer,Deon P.

  • Big Data in Transportation : An Economics Perspective (English)

    This paper reviews the emerging big data literature applied to urban transportation issues from the perspective of economic research. It provides a typology of big data sources relevant to transportation...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9308 Document Date: June 30, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Selod,Harris,Soumahoro,Souleymane