Global Working Papers

Tulio Medina (C) and Jennifer Vivas (centre R), parents of Eliannys Vivas, who died from diphtheria, pose for a photo with two of their children at the front porch of their home in Pariaguan, Venezuela January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RTX30FRR

Is a growing middle class good for the poor? Social policy in a time of globalization

Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Stairs, which are all that remain where a house once stood, are pictured in Waveland, Mississippi, August 26, 2015. FEMA described Waveland as "ground zero" for Hurricane Katrina. Next to a newly built city hall and a business center, dozens of housing lots remain empty. Grass and brush have grown around old "for sale" signs, some of them offering reduced prices. The whole region is littered with memories of what happened 10 years ago, and the possessions and the people that were lost. Picture taken August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman - RTX1Q1MY

Unequal hopes and lives in the U.S.

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Workers cast shadows as they stroll among the office towers Sydney's Barangaroo business district in Australia's largest city, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed - RTS15LMP

Combining good business and good development

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Magdi Amin

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the damaged Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki - RTX2VGTU

How do education and unemployment affect support for violent extremism?

Kartika Bhatia and Hafez Ghanem

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

A farmer harvests wheat on Qalyub farm in the El-Kalubia governorate, northeast of Cairo, Egypt May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2HOOW

Scaling up the impact of development interventions: Lessons from a review of UNDP country programs

Miliça Begovic, Johannes F. Linn, and Rastislav Vrbensky

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

A man watches the Huaxi village, at Jiangsu province December 2, 2010. In China's richest village of Huaxi, a booming market town of 36,000 in the affluent eastern province of Jiangsu, every family has at least one house, two cars and
$250,000 in the bank. Officials from elsewhere in China tour Huaxi to find out how this once sleepy village, just 576 residents in the 1950s, is now so rich and
why non-local businessmen would donate million-dollar factories to buy the privilege of a local residence permit. Picture taken December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) - RTXVCES

The unprecedented expansion of the global middle class

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Iraqi schoolchildren take their final examinations in Hay al-Masafi primary school in Baiji, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad June 4, 2007. Thousands of students across Iraq take their examinations before summer vacation in preparation for their next level of education next school year. REUTERS/Nuhad Hussin (IRAQ) - RTR1QFBZ

Information for accountability: Transparency and citizen engagement for improved service delivery in education systems

Lindsay Read and Tamar Manuelyan Atinc

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

A man pours a sack of rice at a warehouse in Quezon City, Metro Manila, April 1, 2008. The Philippines, one of the world's biggest rice importers, is in talks with Thailand for supplies this year and hopes to bring in shipments by June, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on Tuesday.
REUTERS/John Javellana (PHILIPPINES) - RTR1YZHQ

Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Newly-elected freshman U.S. House members depart the steps of the U.S. Capitol after holding a class photo in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2TSVW

Aid effectiveness: Reform in the new administration and Congress

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Colombian national flags are hung on the statue of Simon Bolivar the Liberator during a march at the central square in Bogota September 5, 2012. Thousands of students and teachers marched in a nation-wide protest against the government's education reforms for public universities, student organizations reported. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTR37JB2

Digital Colombia: Maximizing the global internet and data for sustainable and inclusive growth

Joshua P. Meltzer and Camila Pérez Marulanda

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Workers wrap metal chains around steel bars to be transported at warehouse of the Baifeng Iron and Steel Corporation in Tangshan in China's Hebei Province August 3, 2015.

Scaling up social enterprise innovations: Approaches and lessons

Natalia Agapitova and Johannes F. Linn

Thursday, July 7, 2016

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USAID’s public-private partnerships: A data picture and review of business engagement

George Ingram, Anne E. Johnson, and Helen Moser

Monday, February 29, 2016

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The post-2015 agenda and the evolution of the World Bank Group

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

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Driving sustainable development through better infrastructure: Key elements of a transformation program

Amar Bhattacharya, Jeremy Oppenheim, and Nicholas Stern

Friday, July 10, 2015

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Today’s challenges for girls’ education

Elizabeth King and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, June 26, 2015