This paper examines the potential distributional effects of a tax increase on processed and ultra-processed foods. Using data from the most recent Brazilian consumption survey (POF 2017/2018), it analyzes...
The Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) is a multiparty unicameral parliamentary democracy. It was the first country in the Americas to elect a female Head of Government (Prime Minister), which it did...
अध्ययनको उद्देश्य मंगोलियामा जीवन प्रत्याशा (जीजीएलई) मा लैंगिक अन्तरमा कारण कारकहरू बुझ्नु थियो। पुरुषहरूको मापदण्ड र व्यवहारमा ध्यान केन्द्रित गरिएको थियो, उत्पादनले विश्व बैंकको सञ्चालनलाई सूचित गर्न...
Health is a fundamental human right, and universal health coverage (UHC) is critical for achieving that right. UHC represents the aspiration that good quality health services should be received by everyone...
This paper studies the optimal taxation of bequests in a model in which individuals have heterogeneous preferences over their consumption and the net-of-tax bequest received by their heir. The bequest...
With close to 30 emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) using inflation targeting to determine monetary policy, and many of them for over 15 years, it is possible to create a meaningful measure...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in well-being around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses—increased mortality and higher...
There are many definitions of long-term care (LTC) in the literature on the subject. That said, LTC could be uniformly defined as a range of services required by persons with a reduced degree of functional...
Eighty-two percent of respondents in a sample of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries were able to access medical care despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the remaining 18 percent, about one-third reported...
The objective of the study was to understand the causal factors in the gender gap in life expectancy (GGLE) in Mongolia. The focus was on norms and behaviors of men, with the output expected to help inform...
India’s economy had been slowing prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The spread of the virus and containment measures have severely disrupted supply and demand conditions. Monetary policy has...
Exploiting cross–birth cohort and cross-country variation from a pool of 188 household surveys from 111 countries, this paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings...
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life...
Human capital is the Philippines’ most important resource. Two examples of its benefit to the country: remittances from skilled and semi-skilled workers who work abroad amount to about 10 percent of its...
This report is the latest in a series of World Bank reports on pensions in Mongolia and was prepared in late 2019 at the request of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. This report discusses the...
This paper analyzes the factors that affect countries' graduation from International Development Association (IDA) assistance and develops a statistical model of graduation. IDA provides concessional financing...