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What do teachers know and do? : does it matter? : evidence from primary schools in Africa : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Bold, Tessa; Filmer, Deon; Martin, Gayle; Molina, Ezequiel - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622638
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What can the service delivery indicator surveys tell us about COVID-19 preparedness?
Sharma, Jigyasa; Andrews, Kathryn; Conner, Ruben; … - 2020
To aid national and international efforts to support countries in enhancing their pandemic preparedness in the face of COVID-19, this paper draws from the World Bank's Service Delivery Indicator surveys to highlight key aspects of health service preparedness in Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297785
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Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from six national phone surveys
Kanyanda, Shelton; Markhof, Yannick; Wollburg, Philip; … - Weltbankgruppe - 2021
Recent debates surrounding the lagging COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in low-income countries center around vaccine supply and financing. Yet, relatively little is known about attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in these countries and in Africa in particular. This paper provides cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012700826
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Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in four African countries
Josephson, Anna; Kilic, Talip; Michler, Jeffrey D. - 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the attempts to limit its spread have resulted in profound economic impacts … pandemic. The headline findings are fourfold. First, although false beliefs about COVID-19 remain prevalent, government action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390648
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Who did Covid-19 Hurt the Most in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Seuyong, Feraud Tchuisseu; Edochie, Ifeanyi; Newhouse, … - 2024
How did the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic impact poor households in Sub-Saharan Africa This paper tackles this question by combining 73 High-Frequency Phone Surveys collected by national governments in 14 countries with older nationally representative surveys containing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516827
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From theory to practice : open government data, accountability, and service delivery
Jelenic, Michael Christopher - 2019
Open data and open government data have recently attracted much attention as a means to innovate, add value, and … and political impacts. In the public sector, a murky theory of change has emerged that links the use of open government … data with greater government accountability as well as improved service delivery in key sectors, including health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051847
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Corruption, regulatory burden and firm productivity
Amin, Mohammed; Ulku, Hulya - 2019
Using firm-level data from more than 39,000 firms in 111 economies, this paper tests the hypothesis that corruption impedes productivity more at higher levels of regulation. The analysis finds that there is a significant negative relationship between corruption and firm productivity when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058952
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The next frontier in water supply service delivery : an assessment of the performance of water sector service providers in Pourashavas in Bangladesh
Bahuguna, Aroha; Andrés, Luis; Joseph, George; Huq, Mainul - 2019
Using data from the International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities, this paper on the water sector in pourashavas (municipalities) in Bangladesh provides an analysis of the trends in the water sector development over 2010-16. The main purpose of the paper is to examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058994
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What is state capacity?
Khemani, Stuti - 2019
government agencies, staffed by thousands of bureaucrats and state personnel, to deliver. This paper provides a framework for … coordinates their beliefs and expectations, and thereby the performance of government agencies. Recognizing these roles of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005030
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Willingness to pay for electricity access in extreme poverty : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sievert, Maximiliane; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2019
Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor households' willingness-to-pay for different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051950