Документы и доклады
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Assessing Bias in Smartphone Mobility Estimates in Low Income Countries (Английский)
It has become common for governments and practitioners to measure mobility using data from smartphones, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet in countries where few people have smartphones, or use...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 168212 Дата подготовки документа: 28 июня 2021 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Milusheva, Sveta,Bjorkegren,Daniel C I,Teixeira Viotti,Leonardo
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Geothermal Power Production (Английский)
Geothermal power production may result in significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions from geothermal power production, mostly in the form of CO2, are generally low in comparison to traditional...
Типу документа: Доклад/ отчет Номер отчета: 149930 Дата подготовки документа: 23 июня 2020 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Fridriksson, Thráinn,Mateos Merino,Almudena,Orucu,Ayse Yasemin,Audinet,Pierre
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Entertainment, Education, and Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence (Английский)
The authors study attitudes towards domestic violence in a sample of young women and men exposed to the edutainment TV series MTV Shuga 3, which features a sub-plot on this theme, and in a sample that...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 137010 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2019 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Banerjee,Abhijit,La Ferrara,Eliana,Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo
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Heat exposure and youth migration in Central America and the Caribbean (Английский)
Emerging evidence demonstrates migration may be used by individuals in the southern hemisphere to adapt to environmental changes. The authors build upon recent work in the region using a similar triple...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 122568 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo,Niu,Chiyu,Caruso,German Daniel,Mueller,Valerie Martina
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The impact of ethnic diversity in bureaucracies : evidence from the Nigerian civil service (Английский)
The authors document the correlation between the workplace diversity of bureaucracies and public services delivered. The authors do so in the context of the federal civil service in Nigeria, the most important...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 100271 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2015 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Rasul,Imran,Rogger,Daniel Oliver
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Behavioral biases and firm behavior : evidence from Kenyan retail shops (Английский)
Many subjects in lab experiments show considerable risk aversion in small-stakes gambles. This is counter to the predictions of expected utility theory for any reasonable degree of risk aversion but is...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 92931 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Kremer,Michael Robert,Lee, Jean,Robinson,Jonathan M.,Rostapshova,Olga V.
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Is ignorance bliss? : the effect of asymmetric information between spouses on intra-household allocations (Английский)
Fundamental questions about how resources are allocated within the family remain unresolved. Because family decision making is a repeated game and there is caring, it is generally posited that the marriage...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 92930 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Castilla, Carolina,Walker,Thomas
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Competitiveness and sustainable economic recovery in Thailand (Английский)
The conference "Thailand's Dynamic Economic Recovery and Competitiveness" (Bangkok, May 20-21, 1998) was organized by the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) with assistance...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 41589 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 1998 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Witte, Johanna,Koeberle,Stefan G.,Novy,Milena
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Prospects for food production and consumption in developing countries. World agricultural trade and food security (Английский)
The available evidence indicates that, in aggregate, the growth in world food production over the past two decades has more than kept pace with the growth in population. This paper analyzes recent trends...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: REP275 Дата подготовки документа: 31 мая 1983 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Bale,Malcolm D.,Duncan, R.,Southworth, V.
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Principles of modern electricity pricing (Английский)
This paper presents a framework for electric power pricing, reviews the basic theory of marginal cost pricing applicable to the power sector, and summarizes recent developments. The adaptation of the theory...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: REP185 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1981 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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The cost of sample survey designs (Английский)
Methods to analyze and reduce the costs of surveys must receive greater attention if research budgets are to be utilized efficiently. This paper analyzes two of the factors that contribute to the unit...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: REP151 Дата подготовки документа: 31 января 1979 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Humphreys, C.