Developing countries lose billions each
year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other
corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption
find “safe...
Type: PublicationReport#: 154948Date: January 28, 2021Author:
Brun,Jean Pierre ;
Sotiropoulou,Anastasia ;
Gray,Larissa Alanna ;
Scott,Clive ;
Stephenson,Kevin Mark
For nearly 30 years, the rates of both
wasting and stunting in the Philippines have been nearly
flat. For 2019, the rate of stunting among children under
five years...
Type: PublicationReport#: 155963Date: January 20, 2021Author:
Mbuya,Nkosinathi Vusizihlobo ;
Demombynes,Gabriel ;
Piza,Sharon Faye Alariao ;
Adona,Ann Jillian Villanueva
The digital agriculture revolution holds
a promise to build an agriculture and food system that is
efficient, environmentally sustainable, and equitable, one
that can...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157455Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Schroeder,Kateryna Goychuk ;
Elabed,Ghada ;
Pachon,Maria Claudia ;
Lampietti,Julian A.
Higher education in Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC) has expanded dramatically in the new
millennium, yet enrollment in short-cycle programs (SCPs) is
still relatively...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164606Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ferreyra,Maria Marta ;
Dinarte Diaz,Lelys Ileana ;
Urzua Soza,Sergio Samuel ;
Bassi,Marina
Although the global economy is emerging
from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, the recovery is
likely to be subdued, and global GDP is projected to remain
well below...
The majority of the world’s children
live in countries where local governments are responsible
for the provision of basic education services. Although
subnational governments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 161583Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Al-Samarrai,Samer ;
Lewis,Blane David
Development Research in Practice leads
the reader through a complete empirical research project,
providing links to continuously updated resources on the
DIME Wiki as...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160593Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Bjarkefur,Kristoffer Gustav ;
Cardoso De Andrade,Luiza ;
Daniels,Benjamin B. ;
Jones,Maria Ruth
Agriculture plays a central role in
Bangladesh’s economy, especially in rural areas, and further
progress in agriculture will remain important as
Bangladesh’s economy...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158001Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ahmed,Md Mansur ;
Saint-Geours,Jean Edouard Albert ;
Gitau,Ciliaka Millicent Wanjiru
Although global economic activity is
recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is
expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a
challenge in the...
Strengthening the health workforce in
Saudi Arabia is central to ongoing reform efforts in the
country and to the changing business priorities in the
health sector and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164326Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Alghaith, Taghred ;
Liu,Jenny Xin ;
Alluhidan, Mohammed ;
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
Alazemi, Nahar
Because trucks in Bangladesh and India
are not allowed to operate across the border, cargo is
transloaded at the border, and Indian trucks traveling
between northeast...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157295Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Kunaka,Charles
This report seeks to deepen policy
makers’ understanding of the critical role for innovation in
the future growth and development of developing East Asia.
To achieve...
Type: PublicationReport#: 156947Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Mason,Andrew D. ;
De Nicola,Francesca ;
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Mare,Davide Salvatore ;
Tran,Trang Thu
The COVID-19 pandemic struck the global
economy after a decade that featured a broad-based slowdown
in productivity growth. Global Productivity: Trends,
Drivers, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160057Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Pazarbasioglu,Ceyla ;
Dieppe,Alistair Matthew ;
Francis,Neville Ricardo ;
Kawamoto,Atsushi ;
Kilic Celik,Sinem ;
Kindberg-Hanlon,Gene ;
Matsuoka,Takenori ;
Okawa, Yoki ;
Okou,Cedric Iltis Finafa ;
Steinbach,Max Rudibert ;
Taskin,Temel ;
Temple,Jonathan Richard William ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Ye,Lei Sandy
A new, innovation-led growth model would
enable Argentina to increase economic stability and achieve
stronger shared prosperity. Argentina can escape
boom-and-bust cycles...
Type: PublicationReport#: 159126Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Gurcanlar,Tugba ;
Criscuolo,Alberto ;
Gomez Gaviria,Hernando Enrique Daniel ;
Cirera,Xavier
Tonnoma is the protagonist of her own
story of development. 26 years old, illiterate, and married
to a man 15 years her senior, Tonnoma lives in a rural area
of Burkina...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157138Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Grun,Rebekka E. ;
Jillson,Irene Anne ;
Kantiono,Florence ;
Kedote,Ayaba Gilberte ;
Ouangraoua,Nathalie ;
Daouda-Koudjo, Moudjibath
Food for cities in Africa is changing
under the triple effect of growth demography, urbanization
and transformations in agricultural production and trade.
These changes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 156183Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Balineau,Gaëlle ;
Bauer,Arthur Louis David ;
Kessler, Martin ;
Madariaga,Nicole
The State of Economic Inclusion Report
2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges
faced by development policy makers and practitioners:
transforming...
Type: PublicationReport#: 155964Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Andrews,Colin ;
De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude ;
Arevalo Sanchez,Ines ;
Dutta,Puja Vasudeva ;
Paul,Boban Varghese ;
Samaranayake,Sadna J. ;
Heisey,Janet Marie ;
Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter ;
Chaudhary,Sarang
State aid impact evaluation is new in
Romania. Given its novelty, the ex post evaluation seeks to
provide evidence on how effective state aid has been, on
whether state...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160313Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Pop,Georgiana ;
Iootty De Paiva Dias,Mariana ;
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Ruiz Ortega,Claudia
How can countries make sustainable gains
in student learning at scale? This is a pressing question
for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – and the
developing world...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158651Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Lemos,Renata Freitas
Because trucks in Bangladesh and India
are not allowed to operate across the border, cargo is
transloaded at the border, and Indian trucks traveling
between northeast...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157295Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Kunaka,Charles
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