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Half a World : Regional Inequality in Five Great Federations

Milanović, Branko - 2012

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the …

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A Poor Means Test? : Econometric Targeting in Africa

Brown, Caitlin; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2016

Proxy-means testing is a popular method of poverty targeting with imperfect information. In a now widely-used version, a regression for log consumption calibrates a proxy-means test score based on chosen covariates, which is then implemented for targeting out-of-sample. In this paper, the...

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Creative Trade for Human Development

Kabanda, Patrick - 2016

In recent years, international trade in creative goods and services has been expanding. But this upward march is not lifting all boats. Although many developing countries are endowed with vast cultural wealth, they still lag behind. In addition, women are not faring well. Much needs to be done...

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Creative Natives in the Digital Age : How Digital Technology Has Revolutionized Creative Work

Kabanda, Patrick - 2016

Digital technologies have permeated modern life, and their impact on creative work has been revolutionary. This revolution, as widely noted, has disrupted the making, distribution, and consumption of creative output. On the downside, key concerns include Internet-induced piracy and inequality....

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The Impact of Expanding Access to Early Childhood Services in Rural Indonesia : Evidence from Two Cohorts of Children

Brinkman, Sally Anne; Hasan, Amer; Jung, Haeil; … - 2015

This paper uses three waves of longitudinal data to examine the impact of expanding access to preschool services in rural areas of Indonesia on two cohorts of children. One cohort was children aged 4 at the start of the project and was immediately eligible for project-provided services when they...

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Association of World Bank Policy Lending with Social Development Policies and Institutions

Bogetić, Željko; Smets, Lodewijk - 2017

Do World Bank policy loans that are focused on social policy reform help improve social policies and institutions in … borrower countries? To help answer this question, this paper provides new empirical evidence of the association between World … supports. Results from estimating a two-stage least squares model indicate that the World Bank's policy lending has a …

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Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Improving Human Development Outcomes?

Alderman, Harold; Bossavie, Laurent; Giles, John; Mete, Cem - 2017

This paper uses unique data collected in rural Pakistan to assess the extent to which consanguinity, which is widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia, and most parts of South Asia, is linked to child cognitive ability and nutritional status. As economic benefits of marrying cousins may...

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Superstition, Family Planning, and Human Development

Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - 2012

Are wanted and unwanted children treated equally by their parents? To address this question, the authors rely on the observation that, according to Vietnamese astrology, dates of birth are believed to be determinants of success, luck, character, and good match between individuals. They then...

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City Indicators : Now to Nanjing

Hoornweg, Daniel A.; Ruiz Nu??ez, Fernanda; Freire, Mila - 2012

indicators and the systems developed to date, including the World Bank's initiatives. After identifying the strengths and …

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A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development

Lambert, Sylvie; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2012

This paper shows how differences in aggregate human development outcomes over time and space can be additively decomposed into a pure economic-growth component, a component attributed to differences in the distribution of income, and components attributed to "non-income" factors and differences...

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