Building public support to reduce fossil fuel subsidies is a critical step in #ClimateAction.   What factors matter to persuading citizens?   Based on a survey of over 37,000 people across 12 middle-income countries, Christopher Hoy, Yeon Soo Kim, Minh Cong Nguyen, Mariano

My favorite overlapping generations setting… t-1, t+1

#Inequality is a constraint to unlocking the transformative potential of Generative AI (#GenAI) for jobs and productivity. For example, in #LatinAmerica, a new World Bank and International Labour Organization study finds: > Productivity-enhancing missed opportunity: While GenAI has the potential to

The knowledge of people with lived experiences of #poverty is too often missing from policy and research spaces. If we are going to succeed in ending poverty on a livable planet, we must listen to and amplify these voices. On this International Day of the World's Indigenous

What is the "middle-income trap" and how can countries escape it? A new World Bank study provides the first comprehensive roadmap to help developing countries overcome obstacles that hinder high-quality growth. Drawing on lessons from the past 50 years, the World Development

Raising people’s aspirations is an important element to drive #poverty reduction. However, higher aspirations need to be accompanied by expanded opportunities. If policy interventions don’t consider both elements, this can lead to different types of negative outcomes:

Is the growth elasticity of #poverty in #SubSaharanAfrica (SSA) lower relative to other regions? A recent study by Haoyu Wu, Aziz Atamanov, tom bundervoet and Pierella Paci concludes that in SSA a 1% growth in GDP per capita is associated with a 1% reduction in the poverty rate,

The first World Bank World Development Report (#WDR) was published 46 years ago today, on August 16th 1978. Each WDR provides an in-depth exploration of critical global development topics—ranging from governance (2017) to the value of data (2021) to escaping the middle-income

Ensuring that #refugees have access to good quality #education is critical for expanding #agency and advancing long term social and economic inclusion.   However, the financing currently available is not sufficient to deliver on this basic need. In 2021, almost US$ 3 billion of

Join us at the 3rd Research Conference on Forced Displacement to discuss initiatives that can close the gap between research and policy. When? 19-21 September 2024 Where? Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and Online Register HERE: wrld.bg/y1OA50SXOXh For more info, visit the

Gender #inequalities are hard to reverse, particularly within the household sphere. Looking at the #Gender Equality Index, in #Croatia, while substantial progress has been achieved in the public sphere (representation of women in political, economic, and social decision-making),

Encantado de estar de vuelta en el Centro de Estudios Económicos (CEE COLMEX) de El Colegio de México, donde tuve el honor de ser docente hace 20 años, para celebrar su 60 aniversario. Fue un honor participar en un panel junto a Nora Lustig, Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez y Roberto Vélez G..

Analyzing over 1 million academic articles, this paper proposes a novel method to track academic data use by country, revealing correlations with GDP, population, & statistical systems. Explore how nations can leverage data for better policymaking: wrld.bg/fEFN50SXzwj

How can we implement integrated policy responses for multidimensional #poverty reduction? A key challenge is understanding how the different dimensions are interlinked and how they jointly evolve over time. In my recently published World Bank Policy Research Working Paper

Poverty is multidimensional. It was my pleasure to participate virtually in the 9th High-Level Annual Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) in #Uzbekistan to discuss the complementary role of monetary and multidimensional poverty measures, the importance of

A great pleasure to present at Columbia | SIPA on the challenge of global #poverty. This time, we discussed the concept of #poverty in development economics, the evolution of how it is measured and the welfare impacts of climate change and climate action. It was also an

Teenage pregnancy constrains women’s opportunities and agency. It is associated with a risk of health complications, lower educational achievements and #job opportunities, as well as intergenerational #poverty. However, there is growing evidence of the potential of using network

What are the implications of scaling up “green” #policies for developing countries' labor markets?   While green policies are essential for sustainable development, they can inadvertently impact income distribution and labor opportunities, particularly for those with lower