the thematic priorities that guided the "World We Want" campaign—a global stakeholder consultation conducted by the UN … discussed and shortlisted during a two-day workshop with academic and practitioners representing different world regions and …

-permanent) membership on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the subnational distribution of World Bank aid. Specifically, we … analyze whether World Bank projects are targeted to regions in which the head of state was born, or to regions dominated by … regions) receive significantly more World Bank projects and loan commitments during UNSC membership years compared to other …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

borderland regions, considering that protracted armed conflict, chronic poverty, humanitarian emergencies, state failure, and … to combine efforts to reduce opium cultivation with a wider set of rural development strategies aimed at tackling poverty …