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Micro-level analysis of Mexican retail markets and their response to changes in market structure and competition policies
Sanchez-Bayardo, Luis Fernando; Gonzalez, Alvaro; … - 2018
This paper develops the following price indicators to measure the relative efficiency (functioning) of markets: (a) price dispersion, (b) price volatility, and (c) price transmission (speed, completeness, and symmetry). The paper uses these indicators to study trends and conditions of the outlet...
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Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing
World Bank Group - 2018
Stakeholder and public support are critical for an enduring and robust carbon pricing policy. How jurisdictions communicate their carbon pricing policy plays a key role in creating and maintaining that support. Drawing on case studies, research and best practice, the report provides guidance on...
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Sweden's Fifteen Years of Communication Efforts
Boado-Penas, Maria del Carmen - 2019
pension amount. This paper describes the Swedish pension experience in communication with pension participants over the last …
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Communication during Disaster Recovery
World Bank Group - 2020
the recovery phase following an emergency. It explains how to identify communication needs and presents best fit … communication methods and strategies to deploy to support disaster recovery frameworks (DRF) and recovery strategies. For the … purposes of this guide, recovery communication includes sending, gathering, managing, and evaluating information. Communication …
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Communication Research on Energy Efficiency in India : Communication Needs Assessment and Stakeholder Mapping
Worley, Heather - 2016
increasing EE in South Asia would be enabled by a well-planned, professionally executed public communication strategy and … outreach program with clear audience segmentation. As the first step towards implementing a strategic communication program … energy consumers. This communication analysis, including mapping of key stakeholders in the Indian EE communications …
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Group-based cognitive behavioral training improves mental health of SME entrepreneurs : experimental evidence from conflict-affected areas of Pakistan
Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Jamison, Julian C. - 2019
Mental health, well-being and lasting economic outcomes are intimately connected. However, in geographies marked by fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a regular basis. This paper describes the incremental...
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School-based management and learning outcomes : experimental evidence from Colima, Mexico
Garcia-Moreno, Vicente; Gertler, Paul J.; Patrinos, … - 2019
A school-based management program was implemented Mexico in 2001 and continued until 2014. This national program, Programa Escuelas de Calidad, was considered a key intervention to improve learning outcomes. In 2006, the national program was evaluated in the Mexican state of Colima, being the...
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Do information technologies improve teenagers' sexual education? : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Colombia
Chong, Alberto; González-Navarro, Marco; Karlan, Dean; … - 2019
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge,...
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Does school safety and classroom disciplinary climate hinder learning? : evidence from the MENA region
Cahu, Paul; Quota, Manal - 2019
School safety and classroom disciplinary climate have a direct impact on teachers' ability to teach and students' ability to learn. School safety and classroom disciplinary climates have been declining in the Middle East and North Africa region, as is demonstrated in this paper using data from...
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Voice and punishment : a global survey experiment on tax morale
Sjoberg, Fredrik M.; Mellon, Jonathan; Peixoto, Tiago; … - 2019
An online survey experiment spanning 50 countries finds sizable improvements in tax morale when (a) the salience of …
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