Documentos e informes

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Iraq Household Socioeconomic Survey III - P176590 - Sequence No : 04 (Inglés)

Social Norms and Gender Disparities with a Focus on Female Labor Force Participation in South Asia (Inglés)

Despite decades of economic growth, gender disparities in South Asia remain remarkably high. Although not the only one, social norms are a crucial driver of various gender outcomes, including differential...

Synthesis of the Impacts of Covid-19 on India’s Labor Market : Looking at People, Places and Policies (Inglés)

This paper examines the impact of Covid-19 on a host of labor market outcomes in India, using a continuous household survey. Cross-sectional trends of headline indicators like unemployment and labor force...

Social Norms and Gender Equality : A Descriptive Analysis for South Asia (Inglés)

Despite decades of economic growth, gender inequality in South Asia remains remarkably high. Although not the only one, social norms are a crucial driver of various gender outcomes, including differential...

Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Vaccine Acceptance (Inglés)

The information set from which individuals make their decision on vaccination includes signals from trusted agents, such as governments, community leaders, and the media. By implementing restrictions...

Exploring Smartphone Data to Estimate Mobility in India (Inglés)

Accurate and timely migration data are vital for effective policy on matters of urbanization, structural transformation of labor, disease control, and disaster relief, to name a few. However, large scale...

Economic and Poverty Impact of COVID-19 : Sri Lanka Development Update 2021 (Inglés)

Amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sri Lanka’s economy contracted by 3.6 percent in 2020, the worst growth performance on record, as is the case in many countries fighting the pandemic. Swift measures...

South Asia Economic Focus, Fall 2020 : Beaten or Broken? - Informality and COVID-19 (Inglés)

The COVID-19 pandemic, which is still impacting South Asia, has temporarily brought the region to a near standstill. Governments proactively stabilized activity through monetary easing, fiscal stimulus...

It Takes Two (To Make Things Right) : Women's Empowerment and Couple Concordance in South Asia (Inglés)

This paper empirically assesses the relevance of women’s agency for family health and domestic violence outcomes in South Asia. It discerns three forms of agency by considering how decisions are taken...