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How partial registries and data fusion can improve targeting and evaluating anti-poverty policies

The widespread availability of free geospatial data has accelerated interest in data fusion. While village-level welfare estimates are key to the design and evaluation of anti-poverty programs,…

Melany Gualavisi, David Newhouse|
Competitiveness, Education, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Nutrition, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

The challenges facing small states in five charts

Small states were hit hard by the pandemic and face a slow recovery. Accelerating growth while building resilience to future shocks will require extensive domestic efforts supported by the global…

Patrick Kirby, Dana Vorisek, Philip Kenworthy|
Competitiveness, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Trade

Can trade policy reforms improve resilience to economic shocks?

Given the growing connectivity between firms through global value chains, trade policy can be an important determinant of resilience. Our new research tests whether a country's trade policy…

Massimiliano Calì, Devaki Ghose, Michele Ruta, Angella Faith Montfaucon|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Trade

Protecting the most vulnerable: Lessons from the fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic

This is the fourth and final blog in a series about how countries can correct course and make progress in global poverty reduction. It identifies key lessons from the pandemic for protecting the…

Ruth Hill, Yeon Soo Kim, Ben Brunckhorst|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Trade

A Missing Middle or too much Informality?

This blog dives into the quest to understand the gap in total factor productivity between advanced and developing economies. It revisits the missing middle hypothesis by taking advantage of…

Kaleb Abreha, Xavier Cirera, Elwyn Davies, Roberto N. Fattal Jaef, Hibret Maemir|
Competitiveness, Financial Sector, Governance, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Trade
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