Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and…
In poor countries, over a quarter of children under the age of five years
are malnourished. The corresponding rate in rich countries is…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…
Poverty, although it has declined dramatically in the last few decades, affects more than a billion
people in the contemporary world. Their…
This article examines the conceptual, measurement, and regulatory challenges of promoting decent work for domestic workers. After a brief…
Book abstract: In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has…