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Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work: Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality

Author/Editor: Cristian Alonso, Mariya Brussevich, Era Dabla-Norris, Yuko Kinoshita, Kalpana Kochhar.

Release Date:October, 2019

Unpaid work, such as caring for children, the elderly, and household chores represents a significant share of economic activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder more...



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Gender, Technology, and the Future of Work

Author/Editor: Mariya Brussevich, Era Dabla-Norris, Christine Kamunge, Pooja Karnane, Salma Khalid, Kalpana Kochhar.

Release Date:October, 2018

New technologies?digitalization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning?are changing the way work gets done at an unprecedented rate. Helping people adapt to a fast-changing world of work and more...



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Gender Equality: Which Policies Have the Biggest Bang for the Buck?

Author/Editor: Sonali Jain-Chandra, Kalpana Kochhar, Monique Newiak, Yang Yang, Edda Zoli.

Release Date:May, 2018

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal and structural policies and gender inequality in education and labor force participation for countries at different stages of development. Due to more...



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Gender Equality and Economic Diversification

Author/Editor: Romina Kazandjian, Lisa Kolovich, Kalpana Kochhar, Monique Newiak.

Release Date:July, 2016

We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at more...



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Sharing the Growth Dividend : Analysis of Inequality in Asia

Author/Editor: Sonali Jain-Chandra, Tidiane Kinda, Kalpana Kochhar, Shi Piao, Johanna Schauer.

Release Date:March, 2016

This paper focusses on income inequality in Asia, its drivers and policies to combat it. It
 finds that income inequality has risen in most of Asia, in contrast to many regions. While more...



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Catalyst for Change : Empowering Women and Tackling Income Inequality

Author/Editor: Christian Gonzales, Sonali Jain-Chandra, Kalpana Kochhar, Monique Newiak, Tlek Zeinullayev.

Release Date:October, 2015

This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study analyzes gender more...



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Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality : A Global Perspective

Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris, Kalpana Kochhar, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Frantisek Ricka, Evridiki Tsounta.

Release Date:June, 2015

This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some common drivers more...



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Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full? : Issues in Managing Water Challenges and Policy Instruments

Author/Editor: Kalpana Kochhar, Catherine A Pattillo, Yan M Sun, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Andrew J Swiston, Robert Tchaidze, Benedict J Clements, Stefania Fabrizio, Valentina Flamini, Laure Redifer, Harald Finger.

Release Date:June, 2015

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public more...



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Make in India : Which Exports Can Drive the Next Wave of Growth?

Author/Editor: Rahul Anand, Kalpana Kochhar, Saurabh Mishra.

Release Date:May, 2015

Structural transformation depends not only on how much countries export but also on whatthey export and with whom they trade. This paper breaks new ground in analyzing India’sexports by the more...



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The New Normal: A Sector-level Perspective on Productivity Trends in Advanced Economies

Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris, Si Guo, Vikram Haksar, Minsuk Kim, Kalpana Kochhar, Kevin Wiseman, Aleksandra Zdzienicka.

Release Date:March, 2015

Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This paper documents sector-level productivity patterns across advanced economies prior more...



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