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Data Deprivation : Another Deprivation to End

Serajuddin, Umar - 2017

The Millennium Development Goal of halving the incidence of extreme poverty from its 1990 level will be achieved in 2015, and the international development community is now moving to a new goal of ?ending extreme poverty.? However, the data needed to monitor progress remain severely limited....

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Quantifying International Migration : A Database of Bilateral Migrant Stocks

Parsons, Christopher Robert - 2016

This paper introduces four versions of an international bilateral migration stock database for 226 by 226 countries and territories. The first three versions each consist of two matrices, the first containing migrants defined by country of birth, that is, the foreign-born population; the second,...

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Estimation of Climate Change Damage Functions for 140 Regions in the Gtap9 Database

Roson, Roberto - 2017

Climate change damage (or, more correctly, impact) functions relate variations in temperature (or other climate variables) to economic impacts in various dimensions, and are at the basis of quantitative modeling exercises for the assessment of climate change policies. This document provides a...

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Overview and Meta-Analysis of Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Impact Evaluations

Andres, Luis Alberto - 2018

This paper presents an overview and meta-analysis of the effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions around the world. It is based on 136 impact evaluations (randomized and quasi-experimental studies) that explore the effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on health...

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Methodology for a World Bank Human Capital Index

Kraay, Aart - 2018

This paper describes the methodology for a new World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI). The HCI combines indicators of …

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A Global Urban Risk Index

Brecht, Henrike - 2017

major hazards change over the coming decades? This paper develops a global urban disaster risk index that evaluates the …, and landslides, single hazard risk indices are developed. In addition, a multi-hazard index gives a holistic picture of …

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A Socioeconomic Disaggregation of the World Bank Human Capital Index

Dsouza, Ritika - 2019

This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital … disaggregated by quintiles of socioeconomic status (SES) for a sample 51 mostly low- and middle-income countries. The index measures … the expected future human capital of children born today, following the methodology of the World Bank Human Capital Index …

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Kann man Globalisierung messen? Ein Vergleich zweier unterschiedlicher Indizes zur Messung der Globalisierung

Rohwer, Anja - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 10, pp. 31-37

einen Index zur Messung der Globalisierung der Länder. Beide Indizes werden hier verglichen und beurteilt. …

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Gemeinschaftsdiagnose Frühjahr 2014: Deutsche Konjunktur im Aufschwung – aber Gegenwind von der Wirtschaftspolitik

Gemeinschaftsdiagnose, Projektgruppe - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 08, pp. 03-64

Am 10. April 2014 stellte die Projektgruppe Gemeinschaftsdiagnose in Berlin ihr Frühjahrsgutachten der Presse vor. Ihrer Ansicht nach befindet sich die deutsche Wirtschaft im Frühjahr 2014 im Aufschwung. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird in diesem Jahr voraussichtlich um 1,9% steigen. Das...

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Konjunktur zieht an – Haushaltsüberschüsse sinnvoll nutzen

Gemeinschaftsdiagnose, Projektgruppe - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 20, pp. 03-60

Am 17. Oktober 2013 stellten die Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute der Projektgruppe Gemeinschaftsdiagnose in Berlin ihr Herbstgutachten der Presse vor. Sie gehen davon aus, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft vor einem Aufschwung steht. Getragen wird er von der Binnennachfrage. Das sich bessernde...

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