Documentos e informes
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Geography, Institutions, and Global Cropland Dynamics (Inglés)
The paper studies the dynamics of agricultural land use at the global scale as measured from space using satellite imagery between 2003 and 2018. It shows large global movements in and out of cropland...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS10078 Fecha del documento: 9 de junio de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Park,Hogeun,Selod,Harris,Murray,Siobhan,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Beyond Money : Does Migration Experience Transfer Gender Norms ? Empirical Evidence from Kerala, India (Inglés)
This paper examines the impact of return migration from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the transfer of gender norms to the Indian state of Kerala. Migration to countries in the Middle East has led to significant...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9966 Fecha del documento: 14 de marzo de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Joseph,George,Wang,Qiao,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Tas,Emcet Oktay,Andres,Luis Alberto,Javaid,Syed Usman,Rajan,Irudaya
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Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh (Inglés)
Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9059 Fecha del documento: 18 de noviembre de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Joseph,George,Hoo,Yi Rong,Moqueet,Nazia Sultana,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Impact of Salinity on Infant and Neonatal Mortality in Bangladesh (Inglés)
In this paper, the impact of salinity on maternal and child health in Bangladesh is analyzed using data from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Surveys. A U-shaped association between drinking water salinity...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9058 Fecha del documento: 14 de noviembre de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Joseph,George,Wang,Qiao,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Shamsudduha,Mohammed,Naser,Abu Mohammed
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The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility : Directions for Research (Inglés)
International trade in higher education services in the form of international student mobility has increased sharply since the 1960s and especially from Eastern Europe and Central Asia since the fall of...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS8848 Fecha del documento: 7 de mayo de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Why Do So Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania ? An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors (Inglés)
According to the 2015 Tanzania Water Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the first year. This paper analyzes the various factors...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS8729 Fecha del documento: 5 de febrero de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Joseph,George,Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Grabinsky Zabludovsky,Jonathan,Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi,Hoo,Yi Rong
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Why are so many water points in Nigeria non-functional? : an empirical analysis of contributing factors (Inglés)
This paper utilizes information from the 2015 Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Survey to identify the extent, timing, as well as reasons for the failure of water points. The paper finds that more...
Número del informe: WPS8388 Fecha del documento: 28 de marzo de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Das Gupta,Basab,Grabinsky,Jonathan,Joseph,George
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An evaluation of the contributing factors of water scheme failures in Nigeria (Inglés)
This paper utilizes information from the 2015 Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Survey to identify the extent and timing of the failure of water schemes in the country and the factors affecting it...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS8371 Fecha del documento: 21 de marzo de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Das Gupta,Basab,Grabinsky,Jonathan,Joseph,George
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Underreporting of gender-based violence in Kerala, India : an application of the list randomization method (Inglés)
This paper analyzes the incidence and extent to which domestic violence and physical harassment on public/private buses is underreported in Kerala, India, using the list randomization technique. The results...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS8044 Fecha del documento: 26 de abril de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Joseph,George,Javaid,Syed Usman,Andres,Luis Alberto,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Solotaroff,Jennifer,Rajan,Sebastian Irudaya
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Dynamics of rural growth in Bangladesh : sustaining poverty reduction (Inglés)
The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 103244 Fecha del documento: 17 de mayo de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Gautam,Madhur,Faruqee,Rashidur R.,Ahmed,Md Mansur,Shilpi,Forhad J.,Khandker,Shahidur R.,Ahmed, S. Amer,Verissimo,Patrick,Kar,Anuja,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj
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Can the knowledge capital model explain foreign investment in services ? the case of Singapore (Inglés)
Singapore has been a powerful magnet for foreign direct investment and in recent years has also made significant investments abroad, especially in developing countries and increasingly in services. This...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS7186 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Mattoo,Aaditya
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Labor skills and foreign investment in a dynamic economy : estimating the knowledge-capital model for Singapore (Inglés)
Singapore is an interesting example of how the pattern of foreign investment changes with economic development. The authors analyze inbound and outbound investment between Singapore and a sample of industrialized...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS4950 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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International migration, remittances, and the brain drain (Inglés)
Knowledge of the economic effects of migration, especially its impact on economic development, is rather limited. In order to expand knowledge on migration, and identify policies and reforms that would...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 33988 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2006 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Schiff,Maurice,Ozden,Caglar,Mora,Jorge Antonio,Taylor,John Edward,Adams, Richar H. jr.,,Yang,Dean,Martinez, Claudia A.,McKenzie, David J.,Docquier,Frederic,Marfouk, Abdeslam,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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The contribution of skilled immigration and international graduate students to U.S. innovation (Inglés)
The impact of international students and skilled immigration in the United States on innovative activity is estimated using a model of idea generation. In the main specification a system of three equations...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3588 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Maskus,Keith E.,Mattoo,Aaditya
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Health, nutrition, and population indicators : a statistical handbook (Inglés)
This statistical handbook is intended to provide a comparative perspective on country performance and to point to future challenges in the health sector. This volume is part of the process of developing...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 18772 Fecha del documento: 31 de diciembre de 1998 Autor: Preker,Alexander S.,Bos,Eduard R.,Maeda,Akiko,Chellaraj,Gnanaraj,Hon,Vivian Y. N.