World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 1(3)

Abstract

In this issue: making finance work for Africa; focus on water in the Middle East: how to manage scarcity; fungibility, and the apos;flypaper effectapos; of aid; do girls gain from migration-induced male absence? The distributional effects of World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural reforms in rich and poor countries; clientelism, credibility, and policy choices of young democracies; and entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship.