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  • The development impact of a best practice seasonal worker policy (Inglês)

    Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, yet there is little evidence as to their development impacts. A multiyear prospective evaluation of New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 94647 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.

  • Development through seasonal worker programs : the case of New Zealand's RSE program (Inglês)

    Seasonal worker programs are increasingly seen as offering the potential to be part of international development policy. New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer program is one of the first and most...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS6762 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.

  • The challenge of measuring hunger (Inglês)

    There is widespread interest in the number of hungry people in the world and trends in hunger. Current global counts rely on combining each country's total food balance with information on distribution...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS6736 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: De Weerdt,Joachim,Beegle,Kathleen G.,Friedman,Jed,Gibson, John

  • Navigating turbulent waters : addressing looming policy challenges for revived growth and improved living standards (Inglês)

    Papua New Guinea's (PNGs) economy has slowed from the very strong growth rates of recent years, as construction of the PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility nears completion and export prices weaken...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 83242 Data do documento: 4 de dezembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Bulman,Timothy John,Suri,Vivek,Bailey,Laura E.,Shetty,Sudhir,Adelman,Melissa Ann,Cairns,Alan Thomas,Gibson, John,Knight,David Stephen,Irava, Wayne,Narimatsu,Junko,Sharma,Manohar,Somanathan,Aparnaa,Sur,Mona

  • 2012 Vietnam poverty assessment : well begun, not yet done - Vietnam's remarkable progress on poverty reduction and the emerging challenges (Inglês)

    This report examines the lives of poor men, women, and children and explores the constraints and opportunities they face today in rising out of poverty. It builds on a rich body of poverty analysis and...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Avaliação da pobreza No. do relatório: 74910 Data do documento: 16 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Badiani-Magnusson,Reena C,Baulch, Bob,Brandt,Loren,Vu,Dat Hoang,Nguyen,Giang Tam,Gibson, John,Giles,John T.,Hinsdale,Ian Palmer,Hung,Pham Manh,Kozel,Valerie J.,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Marra,Marleen,Ngoc, Vu Van,Phuong, Nguyen Thi,Schuler,Paul Joseph,Thang,Nguyen Chien,Hoang,Thanh Xuan,Le,Trung Dang,Tung, Phung Duc,Cuong,Nguyen Viet,Vu,Linh Hoang,Wells Dang,Andrew

  • Migration and mental health : evidence from a natural experiment (Inglês)

    This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Migration and mental health : evidence from a natural experiment, began in the year 2002 in Tonga. The study observed that...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 81393 Data do documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric

  • The impact of financial literacy training for migrants (Inglês)

    Remittances are a major source of external financing for many developing countries, but the cost of sending them remains high in many migration corridors. Despite efforts to lower these costs by offering...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 112400 Data do documento: 23 de dezembro de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.,Zia,Bilal Husnain

  • The impact of financial literacy training for migrants at destination (Inglês)

    Lowering the cost of sending remittances has become a major goal of policy efforts in migration, and an area the World Bank has worked on across the globe. Two main channels for lowering these costs are...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 71405 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.,Zia,Bilal Husnain

  • Eight questions about brain drain (Inglês)

    High-skilled emigration is an emotive issue that in popular discourse is often referred to as brain drain, conjuring images of extremely negative impacts on developing countries. Recent discussions of...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5668 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.

  • Spurring development through a Seasonal Migration Program (Inglês)

    Lack of mobility of labor is likely the biggest distortion in global factor markets, resulting in large differences in the productivity and income a given worker can have in different places. As a result...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 63672 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.

  • Methods of household consumption measurement through surveys : experimental results from Tanzania (Inglês)

    Consumption expenditure has long been the preferred measure of household living standards. However, accurate measurement is a challenge and household expenditure surveys vary widely across many dimensions...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5501 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Friedman,Jed,Gibson, John

  • The development impact of a best practice seasonal worker policy (Inglês)

    Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, and are increasingly seen as offering a potential "triple-win"-- benefiting the migrant, sending country, and receiving country. Yet there...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5488 Data do documento: 1 de novembro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gibson, John,Mckenzie,David J.

  • Migration and mental health : evidence from a natural experiment (Inglês)

    People migrate to improve their well-being, whether through an expansion of economic and social opportunities or a reduction in persecution. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a stressful...

    Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4138 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Stillman, Steven,Mckenzie,David J.,Gibson, John