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Inequality in the Developing WorldInequality has emerged as a key development challenge...
Inequality; Developing countries Middle-income countriesWorking Paper
Heterogeneous informality in Costa Rica and NicaraguaInformal work is often considered a place of employment for marginalized and vulnerable workers who have been rationed out of preferred formal work...
Informality Developing countries Costa RicaWorking Paper
Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countriesWe study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay...
child penalty event study female labour supplyPolicy Brief
Migration governance in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development...
International migration Emigration and immigration Economic Policy and Good GovernanceBlog
The debate around intellectual property rights and the COVID-19 vaccine
The most effective way to fight COVID-19 is by vaccinating against infection. But once the vaccine is developed, how can it be distributed across the world’s population?...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Intellectual property rightsBackground Note
Making a COVID-19 vaccine globally available once developed: Decoupling production of the vaccine from its developmentDevelopment and production of a COVID-19 vaccine There is a high risk that the intellectual property (IP) rights of a COVID-19 vaccine will effectively block people in many poorer countries from accessing it...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Intellectual propertyBackground Note
Artificial intelligence versus COVID-19 in developing countries: Priorities and trade-offsIn this note, I will refer to current efforts to harness artificial intelligence (AI) in the push back against COVID-19, note its promises, limitations, potential pitfalls, and identify priorities for developing countries...
Artificial intelligence COVID-19 Developing countriesJournal Article
Tax-motivated transfer mispricing in South Africa: Direct evidence using transaction dataThis paper provides the first direct systematic evidence of profit shifting through transfer mispricing in a developing country...
Tax International taxation Profit shiftingWorking Paper
Leapfrogging into the unknown: The future of structural change in the developing worldThis paper traces a set of major trends and future scenarios in global structural change...
Technological change Structural change EmploymentBook Chapter
Gas in Tanzania: Adapting to new realitiesFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Can ‘good’ social mobility news be ‘bad’ and vice versa?: Measurement (and downward mobility) pitfallsLimited attention has been paid to how well social mobility measures debated and used to study industrial countries perform in analysis of low-income settings...
Intergenerational Mobility Measurement Developing countriesProject
The developer’s dilemma – structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth
Theme: Transforming economies
Structural transformation Inclusive growth InequalityBook Chapter
Understanding the boomFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Income mobility in the developing world: Recent approaches and evidenceThis paper examines income mobility in developing countries. We start by synthesizing findings from the available evidence on relative mobility and poverty dynamics...
Intragenerational mobility Intergenerational Mobility Welfare dynamicsJournal Article
Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Social assistance Social protection Poverty