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  • Biased policy professionals (Inglês)

    A large literature focuses on the biases of individuals and consumers, as well as "nudges" and other policies that can address those biases. Although policy decisions are often more consequential than...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS8113 Data do documento: 26 de junho de 2017 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Banuri,Sheheryar,Dercon,Stefan,Gauri,Varun

  • Dull disasters? How planning ahead will make a difference (Inglês)

    In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: No. do relatório: 106944 Data do documento: 15 de julho de 2016 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Clarke,Daniel Jonathan,Dercon,Stefan

  • The World Bank research observer 30 (2) (Inglês)

    The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 120315 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2015 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Mckenzie,David J.,Yang,Dean,Boyden,Jo,Dercon,Stefan,Singh,Abhijeet,Miller,Margaret J.,Reichelstein,Julia Elaine,Salas,Christian,Zia,Bilal Husnain,Bhargava,Alok,Quatraro,Francesco,Vivarelli,Marco

  • Child development in a changing world : risks and opportunities (Inglês)

    This review explores current understandings of child development and the consequences for children of risk exposure in low- and middle-income countries by integrating empirical evidence from development...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 120320 Data do documento: 24 de setembro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Boyden, Jo,Dercon,Stefan,Singh,Abhijeet

  • The World Bank research observer 29 (2) (Inglês)

    The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 113057 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Wagstaff, Adam,Bredenkamp,Caryn,R. Buisman,Leander,Dercon,Stefan,Bruhn,Miriam,Mckenzie,David J.,De Hoop,Jacobus Joost,C. Rosati,Furio,Hasnain,Zahid,Manning,Nick,Pierskalla,Jan Henryk

  • Is green growth good for the poor? (Inglês)

    The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 112517 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dercon,Stefan

  • The price of empowerment : experimental evidence on land titling in Tanzania (Inglês)

    This paper reports on a randomized field experiment that uses price incentives to address economic and gender inequality in land tenure formalization. During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly two dozen African...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS6908 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Collin,Matthew Edward,Deininger,Klaus W.,Dercon,Stefan,Sandefur,Justin,Zeitlin,Andrew

  • Are poor slum-dwellers willing to pay for formal land title? : evidence from Dar es Salaam (Inglês)

    High levels of informality, from 70 percent to 80 percent in many developing country cities, increase poverty and make urbanization unsustainable. But it is not clear if this is due to lack of interest...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 81679 Data do documento: 1 de outubro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Collin,Matthew Edward,Deininger,Klaus W.,Dercon,Stefan,Sandefur,Justin,Zeitlin,Andrew

  • School inputs, household substitution, and test scores (Inglês)

    Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for household responses to changes in school inputs. Evidence from India and Zambia shows that student...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 92924 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Das,Jishnu,Dercon,Stefan,Habyarimana,James Paul,Krishnan,Pramila,Muralidharan,Karthik,Sundararaman,Venkatesh

  • Is green growth good for the poor ? (Inglês)

    The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS6231 Data do documento: 1 de outubro de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dercon,Stefan

  • Migration and economic mobility in Tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey (Inglês)

    This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 94670 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Beegle,Kathleen G.,Dercon,Stefan,De Weerdt,Joachim

  • Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (Inglês)

    This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 57428 Data do documento: 13 de abril de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Crost,Benjamin,Das,Jishnu,Das,Maitreyi B,Datt,Gaurav,Deaton,Angus S.,Dercon,Stefan,Dubey,Amaresh,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Hall,Gillette H.,Himanshu,Rai,Jaison,Shiny,Joddar,Pinaki,Mehta,Soumya Kapoor,Kapur, Davesh,Krutikova, Sonya,Lanjouw,Peter F.,May,Ernesto,Murgai,Rinku,Nikitin,Denis,Pigato,Miria A.,Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G.,Ravallion,Martin,Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.,Soni,Rita,Sriram,Jyoti,Vishwanath,Tara,Witsoe,Jeffrey Lawrence,Yoshida,Nobuo,Zagha,N. Roberto,De Janvry,Alain F.

  • School inputs, household substitution, and test scores (Inglês)

    Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for the fact that households will respond to changes in school inputs. This paper presents a dynamic...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5629 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Das,Jishnu,Dercon,Stefan,Habyarimana,James Paul,Krishnan,Pramila,Muralidharan,Karthik,Sundararaman,Venkatesh

  • Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Inglês)

    This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 57428 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Crost,Benjamin,Das,Jishnu,Das,Maitreyi B,Datt,Gaurav,Deaton,Angus S.,Dercon,Stefan,Dubey,Amaresh,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Hall,Gillette H.,Himanshu,Rai,Jaison,Shiny,Joddar,Pinaki,Mehta,Soumya Kapoor,Kapur, Davesh,Krutikova, Sonya,Lanjouw,Peter F.,May,Ernesto,Murgai,Rinku,Nikitin,Denis,Pigato,Miria A.,Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G.,Ravallion,Martin,Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.,Soni,Rita,Sriram,Jyoti,Vishwanath,Tara,Witsoe,Jeffrey Lawrence,Yoshida,Nobuo,Zagha,N. Roberto,De Janvry,Alain F.

  • The World Bank research observer 24 (1) (Inglês)

    Rural poverty: old challenges in new context by Stefan, Dercon; evaluation in the practice of development by Martin, Ravallion; timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs by Elizabeth...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 58349 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dercon,Stefan,Ravallion,Martin,King,Elizabeth M.,Behrman,Jere R.,Claessens, Stijn,Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas

  • Rural poverty : old challenges in new contexts (Inglês)

    Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 76791 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dercon,Stefan

  • Migration and economic mobility in Tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey (Inglês)

    This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4798 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Autor: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Dercon,Stefan

  • Moving out of poverty : cross-disciplinary perspectives on mobility : Salir de la pobreza : perspectivas interdisciplinarias sobre la movilidad social (Espanhol)

    This volume brings together multidisciplinary perspectives on poor people's mobility, a dynamic approach that hopefully will add to the reader's understanding of how and why people move into and out of...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 41448 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Davis,Shelton H.,Dercon,Stefan,Epstein,Trude Scarlett,Erikson,Robert,Godinot,Xavier,Hall,Anthony L,Heyberger, Claude,Heyberger, Patricia,Krishna,Anirudh,Narayan, Deepa (editor),Nolan, Brian,Perlman,Janice E.,Petesch, Patti (editor),Shapiro,Joseph S.,Tilly,Charles,Ugarte, Marco,Ugarte, Rosario

  • The long-run impact of orphanhood (Inglês)

    This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes, in a region of Northwestern Tanzania. The paper studies a sample of 718 non-orphaned children...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4353 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Dercon,Stefan