Documentos e informes
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Reducing crime and violence : experimental evidence on adult noncognitive investments in Liberia (Inglés)
The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS7648 Fecha del documento: 20 de abril de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Jamison,Julian C,Sheridan,Margaret
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The Sustainable Transformation of Youth in Liberia (STYL) Program (Inglés)
Liberia underwent two civil wars between 1989 and 2004. During the wars, nearly 10 percent of Liberia’s 3.5 million people died, a majority were displaced, and tens of thousands of young men were recruited...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 114314 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Jamiso, Julian C.,Sheridan, Margaret
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Liberia : can employment opportunities help build peace? (Inglés)
What's the most effective way to reintegrate ex-combatants and reduce illegal activities? This policy note reviews an innovative program that had a big impact. In Liberia, where civil wars were fought...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 88613 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Annan,Jeannie Ruth
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Reintegrating and employing high risk youth in Liberia : lessons from a randomized evaluation of a landmine action an agricultural training program for ex-combatants (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Reintegrating and employing high risk youth in Liberia : lessons from a randomized evaluation of a landmine action an agricultural...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81452 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Annan,Jeannie Ruth
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Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the youth opportunities program in Northern Uganda (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the youth opportunities program...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81312 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development : long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Credit constraints, occupational choice and the process of development : long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81224 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81204 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Green, Eric,Annann, Jeannie,Jamison, Julain
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How to promote order and property rights under weak rule of law? : an experiment in changing dispute resolution behavior through community education (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled How to promote order and property rights under weak rule of law? : an experiment in changing dispute resolution behavior...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81365 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Hartman,Alexandra,Blair, Robert
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? (Inglés)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 79446 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise : an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) Program in Uganda (Inglés)
This study investigates an attempt to economically and socially empower some of the poorest and most vulnerable young women in one of the poorest and most fragile places in the world: northern Uganda...
Número del informe: 86059 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Annan,Jeannie Ruth,Blattman,Christopher,Green, Eric,Jamison,Julian C
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? : ¿Ayudan las transferencias monetarias a crear trabajo y a lograr estabilidad? (Español)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 79446 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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If you give the poor cash, does it help? : Des transferts monétaires peuvent-ils aider à créer des emplois et contribuer à la stabilité? (Francés)
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 79446 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Employment generation in rural Africa : mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the Youth Opportunities Program in Northern Uganda (Inglés)
Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty reduce the risk of social instability? The authors experimentally evaluate one of Uganda's...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 66523 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Fiala,Nathan V.,Martinez,Sebastian
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Enhancing the competitiveness of Kenya's manufacturing sector: the role of the investment climate (Inglés)
The objectives of the ICA are to assess the current performance of formal manufacturing firms, to identify the key constraints on their growth and competitiveness, and to prioritize and assess policy priorities...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 33664 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2004 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Blattman,Christopher,Cotton,Linda,Desai,Vyjayanti Tharmaratnam,Elbadawi,Ibrahim Ahmed,Habyarimana,James Paul,Marchat,Jean Michel Noel,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Ajayi, Kehnide,Kimuyu,Peter K.,Ngugi,Rose,Bigsten,Arne L,Soderbom,Mans Martin