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The Risk that Travels with You : Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia (Inglés)

Displacement and conflict substantially heighten the risk of gender-based violence including intimate partner violence (IPV), experienced by women and girls. This study aims to examine the links between...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 196993 Fecha del documento: 5 de noviembre de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kelly, Jocelyn,Ekhator-Mobayode, Uche,Hanmer, Lucia C.,Rubin, Amalia,Diana Jimena Arango

Forced displacement, Gender and Livelihoods : Refugees in Ethiopia (Inglés)

This study uses the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and host communities. The results show a significant...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 196994 Fecha del documento: 5 de noviembre de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Admasu, Yeshwas

Corruption and Government Revenue : Evidence of a Non-linear Relationship Driven by Crises (Inglés)

A large body of literature studies the relationship between corruption and economic outcomes, including government revenue mobilization, but there is little evidence on how this relationship changes during...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 197014 Fecha del documento: 22 de diciembre de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Zeljko Bogetic,Dominik Naeher

Impacts of Performance Based Financing on Health System Performance : Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Inglés)

Health systems’ weakness remains one of the primary obstacles towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare in low-income settings. Performance-based financing (PBF) programs have been increasingly...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185249 Fecha del documento: 16 de octubre de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Shapira,Gil,Emma Clarke-Deelder,Baudouin Makuma Booto,Samaha,Hadia Nazem,Fritsche,Gyorgy Bela,Lushimba,Michel Muvudi,Dominique Baabo,Delphin Antwis,Ramanana Rahary,Didier,Benami,Saloua,Fink,Gunther

Using Individual-Level Randomized Treatment to Learn about Market Structure? (Inglés)

Interference across competing firms in RCTs can be informative about market structure. An experiment that subsidizes a random sub-set of traders who buy cocoa from farmers in Sierra Leone illustrates this...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185247 Fecha del documento: 16 de octubre de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Casaburi,Lorenzo,Reed,Tristan

The Portfolio Theory of Inflation and Policy (In) Effectiveness : A Revisitation (Inglés)

This article revisits the Portfolio Theory of Inflation (PTI), with a view to further articulating its findings and implications. The article adds to the micro-foundations of the PTI, framing more rigorously...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185263 Fecha del documento: 11 de agosto de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bossone,Biagio

COVID-19 in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Communities : Preliminary Results from a Global Rapid Data Collection Exercise (Inglés)

As early as March 2020, anecdotal reports and some news stories began trickling in about COVID-19 related restrictions and their impacts on strategic mineral supply chains, and the miners who labor in...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 180694 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Perks,Rachel Bernice,Schneck,Nathan Allen

Information, Knowledge, and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents (Inglés)

This paper evaluates alternative approaches to disseminating information about a school-based management program in Indonesia. Low-intensity approaches, sending a letter from the principal or a colorful...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 177997 Fecha del documento: 24 de noviembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Cerdan-Infantes,Pedro,Filmer,Deon P.,Santoso

Does More Cash in Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Always Lead to Larger Impacts on School Attendance? (Inglés)

There is considerable evidence that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about what features...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 177995 Fecha del documento: 24 de noviembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Filmer,Deon P.,Schady,Norbert Rudiger

Can Cities Bounce Back Better From COVID-19? Reflections From Emerging Post-Pandemic Recovery Plans and Trade-Offs (Inglés)

As cities plan for post-COVID recovery, many questions preoccupy mayors, policymakers, planners, and developers. This article examines COVID-19’s impact on cities, drawing on local governments’ developing...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 178073 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Wahba Tadros,Sameh Naguib

Effectiveness of Fertilizer Policy Reforms to Enhance Food Security in Kenya : A Macro-Microsimulation Analysis (Inglés)

Food security represents a key challenge in most Sub-Saharan African countries and in Kenya in particular where still a relevant share of the population lives below a minimum dietary energy consumption...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 178032 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Boulanger,Pierre,Dudu,Hasan,Emanuele Ferrari,Mainar Causape,Alfredo Jose,Ramos,Maria Priscila

Explaining Differences in the Returns to R&D in Argentina : The Role of Contextual Factors (Inglés)

Argentinean firms’ investments in R&D are well below its regional peers. One potential explanation for this fact is the existence of low and heterogeneous returns for these investments. This paper uses...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185241 Fecha del documento: 31 de enero de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arza,Valeria Luciana,Cirera,Xavier,López, Emanuel,Colonna,Agustina

Using Allocative Efficiency Analysis to Inform Health Benefits Package Design for Progressing towards Universal Health Coverage : Proof-of-Concept Studies in Countries Seeking Decision Support (Inglés)

Countries are increasingly defining health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for health are commonly constrained, so it is imperative to...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 168222 Fecha del documento: 29 de noviembre de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fraser-Hurt,Nicole,Hou,Xiaohui,Wilkinson,Thomas David,Duran,Denizhan,Abou Jaoude, Gerard J.,Skordis, Jolene,Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi,Pena,Christine Lao,Tshivuila Matala,Opope Oyaka,Prestidge,Marelize,Wilson, David P.

Natural Disasters, Poverty, and Inequality : New Metrics for Fairer Policies (Inglés)

Conventional risk assessments underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of disasters, leading to inefficient risk management strategies. This happens because conventional assessments focus on asset...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 166657 Fecha del documento: 28 de octubre de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Hallegatte,Stephane,Walsh,Brian James

Public Financial Management and Fiscal Performance : Evidence from Panel Data Analyses (Inglés)

This paper attempts to assess the impact of the practical public financial management (PFM) dimensions on fiscal performance in 86 countries observed between 2005 and 2019. Based on augmented panel data...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185237 Fecha del documento: 4 de agosto de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Gui-Diby,Steve Loris

Generating Political Priority for Primary Health Care Reform in Romania (Inglés)

This paper examines how political priority was generated for comprehensive reforms to address inequitable access to high-quality primary health care (PHC) in Romania. We apply John Kingdon’s model of political...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 168209 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Wang,Huihui,Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi,Comsa,Radu Bogdan,Dmytraczenko,Tania,Estelle Gong,Lidia Onofrei

How Many Infants May Have Died in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in 2020 Due to the Economic Contraction Accompanying the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mortality Projections Based on Forecasted Declines in Economic Growth (Inglés)

While COVID-19 has a relatively small direct impact on infant mortality, the pandemic is expected to indirectly increase mortality of this vulnerable group in low-income and middle-income countries through...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 168211 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Shapira,Gil,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Friedman,Jed

Improving Services for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Samoa : An Implementation Research Study Using the Care Cascade Framework (Inglés)

Samoa needs to intensify the response to the growing non-communicable disease burden. This study aimed to assess bottlenecks in the care continuum and identify possible solutions. The mixed-methods study...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 168210 Fecha del documento: 26 de julio de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fraser-Hurt,Nicole,Naseri, Leausa Take,Thomsen, Robert,Matalavea, Athena,Ieremia-Faasili, Victoria,Reupena, Muagatutia Sefuiva,Hawley, Nicola L.,Pomer, Alysa,Rivara, Anna C.,Obure,Carol Atieno,Zhang, Zhang

Siting Priorities for Congestion-reducing Projects in Dhaka : A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Traffic Congestion, Travel Times, Air Pollution, and Exposure Vulnerability (Inglés)

Traffic congestion increases travel time and is a major source of pollution and health damage in developing-country cities. Data scarcity frequently confines traffic improvement projects to sites where...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 185238 Fecha del documento: 21 de julio de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Dasgupta,Susmita,Wheeler,David R.,Khaliquzzaman,M.,Huq,Mainul

Assessing Bias in Smartphone Mobility Estimates in Low Income Countries (Inglés)

It has become common for governments and practitioners to measure mobility using data from smartphones, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet in countries where few people have smartphones, or use...

Tipo de documento: Artículo de periódico Número del informe: 168212 Fecha del documento: 28 de junio de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Milusheva, Sveta,Bjorkegren,Daniel C I,Teixeira Viotti,Leonardo

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The Risk that Travels with You : Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia (Inglés)

Forced displacement, Gender and Livelihoods : Refugees in Ethiopia (Inglés)

Corruption and Government Revenue : Evidence of a Non-linear Relationship Driven by Crises (Inglés)

Impacts of Performance Based Financing on Health System Performance : Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Inglés)

Using Individual-Level Randomized Treatment to Learn about Market Structure? (Inglés)

The Portfolio Theory of Inflation and Policy (In) Effectiveness : A Revisitation (Inglés)

COVID-19 in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Communities : Preliminary Results from a Global Rapid Data Collection Exercise (Inglés)

Information, Knowledge, and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents (Inglés)

Does More Cash in Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Always Lead to Larger Impacts on School Attendance? (Inglés)

Can Cities Bounce Back Better From COVID-19? Reflections From Emerging Post-Pandemic Recovery Plans and Trade-Offs (Inglés)

Effectiveness of Fertilizer Policy Reforms to Enhance Food Security in Kenya : A Macro-Microsimulation Analysis (Inglés)

Explaining Differences in the Returns to R&D in Argentina : The Role of Contextual Factors (Inglés)

Using Allocative Efficiency Analysis to Inform Health Benefits Package Design for Progressing towards Universal Health Coverage : Proof-of-Concept Studies in Countries Seeking Decision Support (Inglés)

Natural Disasters, Poverty, and Inequality : New Metrics for Fairer Policies (Inglés)

Public Financial Management and Fiscal Performance : Evidence from Panel Data Analyses (Inglés)

Generating Political Priority for Primary Health Care Reform in Romania (Inglés)

How Many Infants May Have Died in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in 2020 Due to the Economic Contraction Accompanying the COVID-19 Pandemic? Mortality Projections Based on Forecasted Declines in Economic Growth (Inglés)

Improving Services for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Samoa : An Implementation Research Study Using the Care Cascade Framework (Inglés)

Siting Priorities for Congestion-reducing Projects in Dhaka : A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Traffic Congestion, Travel Times, Air Pollution, and Exposure Vulnerability (Inglés)

Assessing Bias in Smartphone Mobility Estimates in Low Income Countries (Inglés)