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Deterring Emigration with Foreign Aid: An Overview of Evidence from...
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Can Development Assistance Deter Emigration?
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Can Regular Migration Channels Reduce Irregular Migration? Lessons for Europe...
Can Regular Migration Channels Reduce Irregular Migration? Lessons for Europe from the United StatesPublications2/14/18Lawful migration channels are often suggested as a tool to reduce unlawful...
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Fixing AML: Can New Technology Help Address the De-risking Dilemma?
Fixing AML: Can New Technology Help Address the De-risking Dilemma?Publications2/19/18Even while policy solutions to address de-risking are being implemented, new technologies have emerged to address...
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What Can We Learn about Energy Access and Demand from Mobile-Phone Surveys?...
What Can We Learn about Energy Access and Demand from Mobile-Phone Surveys? Nine Findings from Twelve African CountriesPublications2/20/18We conducted phone-based surveys on energy access and demand in...
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Guyana’s REDD+ Agreement with Norway: Perceptions of and Impacts on...
Guyana’s REDD+ Agreement with Norway: Perceptions of and Impacts on Indigenous Communities - Working Paper 476Publications2/21/18This report examines the impact of the REDD+ agreement between Guyana...
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Examining the Debt Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative from a Policy...
Examining the Debt Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative from a Policy PerspectivePublications3/4/18China’s Belt and Road Initiative hopes to deliver trillions of dollars in infrastructure...
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In the Face of China’s Ambition, US Policy Must Be Defined by a Positive...
In the Face of China’s Ambition, US Policy Must Be Defined by a Positive Agenda in the Developing WorldPublications3/8/18In his appearance before the committee, Morris outlined findings from newly CGD...
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Perspective in Economic Evaluations of Healthcare Interventions in Low- and...
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Paraguay: Is Good Macro Policy Enough to Ensure Adequate Resilience to...
Paraguay: Is Good Macro Policy Enough to Ensure Adequate Resilience to Adverse External Shocks? How Does It Compare to Other Emerging Markets? - Working Paper 477Publications3/15/18This paper assesses...
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Short-Term Impacts of Improved Access to Mobile Savings, with and without...
Short-Term Impacts of Improved Access to Mobile Savings, with and without Business Training: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania - Working Paper 478Publications3/16/18This paper presents short-term...
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Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic...
Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth - Working Paper 479Publications3/20/18Simply allowing more labor mobility holds vastly more promise for reducing...
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Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Prevalence? Evidence from Satellite Data...
Does Deforestation Increase Malaria Prevalence? Evidence from Satellite Data and Health Surveys - Working Paper 480Publications3/22/18In this paper we combine fourteen years of high-resolution...
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Illicit Financial Flows, Trade Misinvoicing, and Multinational Tax Avoidance:...
Illicit Financial Flows, Trade Misinvoicing, and Multinational Tax Avoidance: The Same or Different?Publications3/26/18Illicit financial flows (IFFs) connected with corruption, crime, and tax evasion...
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Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for Women
Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for WomenPublications3/22/18Mobile savings hold great promise, because they can considerably reduce transaction costs that can be unduly heavy for women....
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Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for Women (Factsheet)
Mindful Saving: Exploring the Power of Savings for Women (Factsheet)Publications3/22/18Mobile savings hold great promise for empowering women entrepreneurs. Women are often disproportionately burdened...
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Keynote Speech at Harvard University’s 9th Annual African Development Conference
Keynote Speech at Harvard University’s 9th Annual African Development ConferencePublications4/2/18On March 24, 2018, Antoinette Sayeh gave the afternoon keynote speech at Harvard University’s 9th...
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More Mobilizing, Less Lending: A Pragmatic Proposal for MDBs
More Mobilizing, Less Lending: A Pragmatic Proposal for MDBsPublications4/3/18MDB private sector operations or windows (PSWs) are essential actors in mobilizing private finance for development, but...
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Using Supervised Learning to Select Audit Targets in Performance-Based...
Using Supervised Learning to Select Audit Targets in Performance-Based Financing in Health: An Example from Zambia - Working Paper 481Publications4/11/18We examine alternative strategies for targeted...
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Atoms for Africa: Is There a Future for Civil Nuclear Energy in Sub-Saharan...
Atoms for Africa: Is There a Future for Civil Nuclear Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa?Publications4/16/18This paper explores the feasibility of commercial nuclear power in sub-Saharan Africa, especially...
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