This paper investigates the concentration of access to safe water across income levels in Bolivia. In particular, it focuses on how privatisation has changed coverage, affordability and the concentration of access to water on the part of the poor. We compare the performance of cities in which...

This paper introduces a methodology that measures the effort made by countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The methodology compares the rate of progress on MDG indicators in the period before and after the adoption of the MDGs. We correct for two biases ignored in...

Progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is often monitored in terms of levels of indicators, based on how ?on track? or ?off track? the indicators are from their 2015 targets. This One Pager, by contrast, introduces a method for evaluating the commitment of countries, as measured by...

This paper investigates the time allocation of women in Ghana as a trade-off between domestic chores and market-oriented activities when households are provided with water and electricity infrastructure. Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey, Round Four, we find that the time spent on...

O progresso realizado nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio (ODM) é frequentemente monitorado em termos de níveis de indicadores, com base em quão ?alinhados? ou ?desalinhados? encontram-se os indicadores em relação às metas para 2015. Em contraste, este One Pager introduz um...

This paper investigates the impact of water service privatization in Bolivia. It compares the performance of cities in which the service was privatized (La Paz and El Alto) with a city in which it is managed as a cooperative (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) and one where the service is publicly...

O cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio (ODMs) continua sendo um desafio enorme para muitos países face aos pequenos orçamentos nacionais e ao limitado apoio dos doadores. Este Policy Research Brief destaca a contribuição, para a realização dos ODMs, de estratégias de...

The economics profession has long debated whether there is a trade-off between growth and equity. Countries that pursued inequality-reducing strategies have been warned that growth will be affected, and hence that poverty increases. The harbingers of doom advocated a growth-focused strategy....