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Building Public Support for Reducing Fossil Fuel Subsidies : Evidence across 12 Middle-Income Countries (Английский)

This study examines which factors influence support for reducing fossil fuel subsidies and what types of information shift people’s views through surveying 37,000 respondents across 12 middle-income countries...

Displaced During Crisis : Lessons Learned from High-Frequency Phone Surveys and How to Protect the Most Vulnerable (Английский)

This report makes several contributions to the literature on the welfare of FDPs and their hosts. On the data front, the harmonized database compiled for this report represents a large and unique source...

Tracing Pandemic Impacts in the Absence of Regular Survey Data: What Have We Learned from the World Bank’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys? (Английский)

The World Bank’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys were deployed to support the monitoring of household welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic, when most of the regular household survey data collection was suspended...

The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Bhutan : An Application with Limited Income Data (Английский)

This paper analyzes the distributional impact of the tax-benefit system in Bhutan. It makes two main contributions: first, this is the first substantive study of this kind in Bhutan, and second, due to...

Long COVID : The Evolution of Household Welfare in Developing Countries during the Pandemic (Английский)

This paper examines the welfare impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, using harmonized data from 343 high-frequency phone surveys conducted in 80 economies during 2020 and 2021, representing more than 2.5...

Long COVID : The Evolution of Household Welfare in Developing Countries During the Pandemic (Английский)

This paper examines the welfare impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, using harmonized data from 343 high frequency phone surveys (HFPS) conducted in 80 economies during 2020 and 2021, representing over 2.5...

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in 53 Developing Countries : Levels, Trends, and Reasons for Hesitancy (Английский)

This paper presents new evidence on the levels and trends of vaccine hesitancy in developing countries based on harmonized high-frequency phone surveys from more than 120,000 respondents in 53 low- and...

The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Bhutan : An Application with Limited Income Data (Английский)

This paper analyzes the distributional impact of the tax-benefit system in Bhutan. It makes two main contributions: first, this is the first substantive study of this kind in Bhutan, and second, due to...

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in 53 Developing Countries : Levels, Trends and Reasons for Hesitancy (Английский)

This paper presents new evidence on the levels and trends of vaccine hesitancy in developing countries based on harmonized high frequency phone surveys (HFPS) from over 120,000 respondents in 53 low and...

Exploring the Sources of the Agricultural Productivity Gender Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka (Английский)

Previous literature found overwhelming evidence of an agricultural gender gap in favor of male farmers. The case of Sri Lanka is unique as agricultural productivity, measured by yield per unit of land...

Results from a COVID-19 Rapid Phone Survey in Sri Lanka (Английский)

The brief presents the main findings from a rapid phone survey conducted by the World Bank across eight South Asian countries. The primary aim of the survey was to understand changes in the labor market...

Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment : Accelerating Economic Transformation - Synthesis Report (Английский)

Sri Lanka Poverty Update : Background Report to Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment (Английский)

Sri Lanka has made strong progress in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity among the less well-off in recent years. The poverty rate using the World Bank's 3.20 Dollars poverty line (in 2011 purchasing...

Economic and Poverty Impact of COVID-19 : Sri Lanka Development Update 2021 (Английский)

Amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sri Lanka’s economy contracted by 3.6 percent in 2020, the worst growth performance on record, as is the case in many countries fighting the pandemic. Swift measures...

Bhutan - Development Update : Special Topic - Ramping up e-trade (Английский)

Although Bhutan has made progress in recent years, notably by initiating the development of a domestic e-commerce ecosystem, gaps still remain. The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) has prioritized information...

The COVID-19 Impact on Livelihoods and Poverty in Sri Lanka : Background Note to Sri Lanka (Английский)

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has dealt a significant shock to Sri Lanka’s economy and people. This note examines the expected impact on poverty and inequality amid widespread job and earnings losses...

Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka (Английский)

Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of the work force informally employed. There are generally three reasons to be concerned...

Poverty, Vulnerability, and Welfare in Bhutan : Progress and Challenges  (Английский)

Bhutan has made significant progress in poverty reduction in the last decade. This note uses data from the Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) for 2007, 2012, and 2017 to examine trends in poverty reduction...

Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation : Informal Employment and Worker’s Well-Being in the Russian Federation (Английский)

This paper finds that informal workers are more likely to have inferior work conditions, but do not necessarily report worse subjective well-being. Starting with lower wages, but also with less regularity...

Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation (Английский)

This paper finds that informal workers are more likely to have inferior work conditions, but do not necessarily report worse subjective well-being. Starting with lower wages, but also with less regularity...