In the face of the trifecta of fiscal adversity currently facing governments as
a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this report brings good…
We assess whether financing can help private schools, which now account for one-third of primary school enrollment in low- and middle-…
Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global goal…
Informal workers represent 61% of all workers globally—a total of 2 billion workers worldwide (ILO 2018). Of these, an estimated 1.6…
We use aggregated and anonymized information based on international expenditures through corporate payment cards to map the network of…
The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, Volume 2: Birth of a Nation is a welcome addition to the global library of emerging markets…
In this paper, we develop a heterogeneous agent general equilibrium framework to analyze optimal joint policies of a lockdown and transfer…
Several policy proposals to suppress severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been supporting mass individual…
This study examines the impact of returns to work, for adult labor and child labor, on child work and schooling outcomes. We propose an…
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labour-market shocks. We consider:…