Documentos e informes
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Texting Parents about Early Child Development : Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects (Inglés)
Parenting interventions have the potential to improve early childhood development. Text messages are considered a promising channel to deliver parenting information at large scale. This paper tests whether...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9492 Fecha del documento: 9 de diciembre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Barrera,Oscar,Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Report : Long-term Evaluation of Atencion a Crisis Interventions (Vol. 1 of 2) (Inglés)
In recent years, there has been renewed attention on policies to enhance the income generating capacity and productivity of the poor (World Bank, 2012). Since both skills and capital can limit productive...
Tipo de documento: Informe Número del informe: 145957 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos,Premand,Patrick
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Preschool and Parental Response in a Second Best World : Evidence from a School Construction Experiment (Inglés)
Interventions targeting early childhood hold promise for reducing the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Results from a randomized evaluation of a preschool construction program in Cambodia suggest...
Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 178014 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Combining income generation with Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs to cope with severe weather conditions (Inglés)
Severe weather conditions can undo even the best efforts of families to break free of poverty. Households that rely on subsistence or small-scale farming are especially at the mercy of severe weather...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 123791 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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How Well Do We Measure Non-Cognitive Skills in Developing Countries? Initial Lessons from STEP Skills Measurement Program (Inglés)
Standard skills indicators leave an information gap on workforce skill characteristics, job skill requirements, and quality of worker-job matches that prevents policymakers from making informed and timely...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 123792 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Laajaj,Rachid,Arias Diaz,Omar S.,Macours,Karen,Rubio-Codina,Marta,Vakis,Renos
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Adoption of Improved Seeds and Land Allocation : Evidence from DRC (Inglés)
There is a resurgent interest in agricultural input subsidies as instruments to increase adoption of yield increasing technologies in developing countries. But what is the impact of such technologies on...
Tipo de documento: Informe Número del informe: 150140 Fecha del documento: 3 de julio de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bernard,Tanguy,Lambert,Sylvie,Macours,Karen,Vinez,Margaux Laurence
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Measuring skills in developing countries (Inglés)
Measures of cognitive, noncognitive, and technical skills are increasingly used in development economics to analyze the determinants of skill formation, the role of skills in economic decisions, or simply...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS8000 Fecha del documento: 8 de marzo de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Laajaj,Rachid,Macours,Karen
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Sustaining impacts when transfers end : the role of women leaders for aspirations and human capital investments (Inglés)
Sustainability of short-term interventions may depend on whether they manage to change families’ attitudes towards the future and related social norms. This investigation shows that role female models...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 121569 Fecha del documento: 17 de septiembre de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos
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Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries (Inglés)
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6779 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Behrman,Jere R.,Araujo,Maria Caridad,Azuero,, Rodrigo,Bernal,Raquel,Bravo, David,Lopez Boo,Florencia,Macours,Karen,Marshall, Daniela,Paxson,Christina H.,Vakis,Renos
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Cambodia - Challenges in scaling up preschools : Cambodge - Les défis liés au développement des écoles maternelles à grande echelle (Francés)
This bulletin showcases a World Bank supported study in Cambodia, where researchers set out to study the effects of scholarships on encouraging primary school students to continue their studies in lower...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 83178 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Cambodia - Challenges in scaling up preschools : Cambodia : challenges in scaling up preschools (Inglés)
This bulletin showcases a World Bank supported study in Cambodia, where researchers set out to study the effects of scholarships on encouraging primary school students to continue their studies in lower...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 83178 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Changing households' investment and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Changing households' investment and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81212 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos
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Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training in Nicaragua for 2005-2006. Interventions aimed at increasing the income generating...
Número del informe: 81231 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment (Inglés)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81209 Fecha del documento: 14 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Vakis,Renos
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Impact evaluation of three types of early childhood development interventions in Cambodia (Inglés)
Scaling up early childhood development services has the potential to increase children's cognitive and socio-emotional development and promote school readiness in a large segment of the population. This...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6540 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bouguen,Adrien,Filmer,Deon P.,Macours,Karen,Naudeau,Sophie
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Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (Inglés)
Interventions aimed at increasing the income generating capacity of the poor, such as vocational training, micro-finance or business grants, are widespread in the developing world. How to target such interventions...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6389 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Can small farmers protect themselves against bad weather? (Inglés)
Severe weather conditions can undo even the best efforts of families to break free of poverty. Households that rely on subsistence or small-scale farming are especially at the mercy of severe weather...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 71392 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos,Marcus,Aliza
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Transfers, diversification and household risk strategies : experimental evidence with lessons for climate change adaptation (Inglés)
While climate change is likely to increase weather risks in many developing countries, there is little evidence on effective policies to facilitate adaptation. This paper presents experimental evidence...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS6053 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Premand,Patrick,Vakis,Renos
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment (Inglés)
Cash transfer programs have become extremely popular in the developing world. A large literature analyzes their effects on schooling, health and nutrition, but relatively little is known about possible...
Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 92920 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Vakis,Renos
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Changing households' investments and aspirations through social interactions : evidence from a randomized transfer program (Inglés)
Low aspirations can limit households’ investments and contribute to sustained poverty. Vice versa, increased aspirations can lead to investment and upward mobility. Yet how aspirations are formed is not...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS5137 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Macours,Karen,Vakis,Renos