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Blog Post
February 07, 2023
President Biden is scheduled to deliver his second State of the Union address tonight. Historically, these speeches have focused on domestic policy and leading national security issues, yielding limited airtime for international development. But, on occasion, past presidents of both parties have spo...
WORKING PAPERS
January 31, 2023
What is the response of bank foreign subsidiaries to climate policy in their host countries? We find that global banks with high environmental performance increase their presence in countries after local authorities strengthen their climate-related actions. Our findings show that strengthening clima...
Blog Post
December 13, 2022
Low- and middle-income countries are increasingly interested in separating purchasers from providers of health care services, and engaging private sector providers to increase efficiency and healthcare coverage for the poor and vulnerable as part of Universal Health Coverage strategies. But a recent...
Blog Post
December 09, 2022
With climate change already affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world, the need for a coordinated global response has never been more urgent. But to mobilize the huge sums required to finance the investments we need to ensure a climate-resilient future, the world mus...
Blog Post
December 01, 2022
The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC presents an important opportunity to discuss the public good provided by African countries in hosting 7 million refugees. One critical tool that African and US officials should focus on and jointly advocate for is the World Bank’s Window for Host Commun...
WORKING PAPERS
November 29, 2022
We study whether providing affordable childcare improves women's economic empowerment and child development, using data from a sample of 1,990 women participating in a public works program in Burkina Faso. Out of 36 urban work sites, 18 were randomly selected to receive community-based childcare cen...
Blog Post
November 29, 2022
Research and policymaking relating to childcare often occurs in siloes and because of this, few studies connect the vision of caring for children with the vision of encouraging women’s employment and economic wellbeing. In a new paper, we bridge this gap to examine whether community-based childcare...
Blog Post
November 28, 2022
In August, Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the administration’s new US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa. His remarks underscored the pivotal role Africa will play in shaping the future of the world and acknowledged that tackling the shared priorities of the United States and African cou...