Detail on individual research grants
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Cross-country comparisons of the impact of family size on child
welfare
Deon Filmer
The World Bank
January 2007-2009
$86,000
So we will know how current the information is.
a. Publications:
 Filmer,Deon, Jed Friedman, and Norbert Schady. 2009.
"Development, Modernization, and Childbearing: The Role of
Family Sex Composition." World Bank Economic Review
23(3):371-398. (also World Bank Policy Research Working Paper
4716)
 Filmer, Deon, Jed Friedman and Norbert Schady. 2009. "The
Preference for Sons Does Not Always Decrease with
Development." Research Brief. February 12, 2009.2-3
sentences.
b. Presented at: The Pop-Pov network conference, Cape Town,
January 2010
Socio Economic Impact of Reducing Premature Adult Mortality
Damien de Walque
The World Bank
Oklahoma State University, Center for Global Development, Institut
de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (Ouagadougou), Institute of
Economic Growth (Delhi), Indian Institute of Public Health
(Gandhinagar),
National AIDS Control Programme, Ghana,
Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service
January 2007 – June 2011
$200,000
June 2011
a. Publications:
• “Antiretroviral Therapy Awareness and Risky Sexual Behaviors:
Evidence from Mozambique”, World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper 5486, November 2010 (with Harounan Kazianga
and Mead Over)
• Food Crisis, Household Welfare and HIV/AIDS Treatment.
Evidence from Mozambique. (joint with Harounan Kazianga,
Mead Over and Julia Vaillant). (World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper # 5522, 2011).
• “Assessing the Quality Of Life of HIV/AIDS Patients And Their
Families In Ghana During The Scale-Up of Anti-Retroviral
Treatment Delivery” by C. Machingauta, J. Amponsah, B. Ocran,
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S. Ahmed, S. Sory, R.A. Selby, S. Ayisi Addo, B.T. Dornoo, H.
Kazianga, M. Over, N. Akwei Addo, J.O. Gyapong, D. de Walque.
Paper submitted for review.
• “How do the presence and extent of ARV services affect other
health services? Evidence from Mozambique” by Rita Costa,
Damien de Walque, Harounan Kazianga and Mead Over. Paper
in final draft.
• “HIV services delivery and overall quality of care and
satisfaction in Burkina Faso: are there privileged patients?” by
Harounan Kazianga Seni Kouanda , Laetitia N. Ouedraogo, Elisa
Rothenbuhler , Mead Over & Damien de Walque. Paper
submitted for review.
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):
• International Conference on AIDS and Sexual Infections in
Africa (ICASA) in Dakar, Senegal, December 2008.
• Africa Research Fair at the World Bank in October 2008.
• International Workshop on Impact Evaluation, Cape Town,
2009
• 8th European Conference on Health Economics, 7-10 July 2010,
Helsinki, Finland.
• The 4th annual workshop on the Economic Consequences of
HIV/AIDS, Amsterdam December 2009 (3 papers presented).
• AIDS Impact conference in Gaborone, Botswana, September
2009
• The Development Research Group, The World Bank, January
2010
• The 7th Midwest International Economic Development
Conference, Minneapolis April 2010.
• Symposium and Festschrift in Paul Schultz’s honor,
Washington DC, May 2010.
• the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna July 2010
• IAEN Pre-Conference Workshop and the XVIII International
AIDS Conference in Vienna, July 2010
c. Datasets:
• Longitudinal household survey of HIV patients in Rwanda,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, and South Africa
• Household survey in general population in Burkina Faso and
Ghana
• Longitudinal health facility survey in Rwanda, Burkina Faso,
Mozambique, South Africa, and India
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Socio-economic consequences of fertility decline and rising child
sex ratios in China
Monica Das Gupta
The World Bank
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, & University of Pennsylvania
July 2009 – July 2010
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Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
$20,000
July 2010
a. Publication: “China’s marriage market and upcoming
challenges for elderly men” World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper # 5351, July 2010 (with Avi Ebenstein and Ethan
Jennings), submitted for journal publication
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):

The Pop-Pov network conference, Cape Town, January 2010

The Asian Population Association meeting, New Delhi,
November 2010

The Population Association of America annual meeting, 2011

UNFPA conference on sex-selection, Hanoi, Vietnam, October
2011

Conference on Gender and Sustainable Social Development
X’ian, China, October 2011
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Population Programs and Reproductive Health
Monica Das Gupta
The World Bank
The Population Council,
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Brown University, & University of Pennsylvania
April 2010-June 2011
$ 85,000
June 2011
a. Publication: “Population, Poverty, and Sustainable
Development” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #
5719, June 2011 (with John Bongaarts and John Cleland),
submitted for journal publication
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):

The Pop-Pov network conference, Marseille, January 2011

The Population Association of America annual meeting
2011

Seminar at the World Bank, Washington DC, April 2011

Colombo University, May 2011

The Population Council, New Delhi, May 2011

The Population Footprints conference, London, May 2011

Conference on “Population Dynamics, Climate Change and
Sustainable Development ” Pretoria, November, 2011
c. Impact:
• Provided inputs to World Bank Africa region’s new program
of work on population
• Request from Ecuadorean government for VCR to discuss
their program to curb teenage pregnancies.
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Project Title
Financial incentives for female births and parental investments in
daughters in North India
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Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Nistha Sinha
The World Bank
Rand Corporation
January 2007 -March 2009
$32,600
March 2009
a. Publication: “Long-Term Financial Incentives and Investment in
Daughters: Evidence from Conditional Cash Transfers in North
India” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4860, March
2009 (with Joanne Yoong), submitted for journal publication
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):
• Seminar at TheWorld Bank, Washington DC
• Seminar at the Rand Corporation
• Workshop , International Center for Research on Women,
Washington DC
• Presentation, 5th Annual Conference on Economic Growth
and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
• Invited Labor Economics Seminar at the University of
Maryland, College Park Economics Department, Maryland.
c. Impact:
• Provided evidence for authors’ discussions of long-term
CCT programs with policymakers in India
• News media mention in major Indian news magazine
(IndiaToday)
• Proposal being developed for additional grant funding
being sought to perform follow-up impact evaluation.
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Marriage Transitions and HIV/AIDS in Malawi
Kathleen Beegle
The World Bank
University of North Texas, George Washington University
January 2007-June 2011
$ 185,000
So we will know how current the information is.
2-3 sentences. Include publications, presentations, etc. as bulleted
list.
a. Publications:
• Baird, Sarah et al . 2009. "The Short-Term Impacts of a
Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on theSexual
Behavior of Young Women." Health Economics.
• “Migration and the Transition to Adulthood in
Contemporary Malawi.” by Michelle Poulin and Kathleen
Beegle. Submitted to the IUSSP for a symposium journal
publication.
• “Out of Wedlock Pregnancy and Marriage Formation in
Malawi.” by Michelle Poulin and Kathleen Beegle. This
paper is being revised for publication.
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b. Presentations (past/forthcoming):
• Baird, Sarah et al . 2009. "The Short-Term Impacts of a
Schooling Conditional Cash Transfer Program on theSexual
Behavior of Young Women.", presented at the Pop-Pov
network conference, Cape Town, January 2010
• “Migration and the Transition to Adulthood in
Contemporary Malawi.” by Michelle Poulin and Kathleen
Beegle, presented at IUSSP workshop on “Youth Migration
and Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries”,
Brazil, December 2010.
• “Out of Wedlock Pregnancy and Marriage Formation in
Malawi.” by Michelle Poulin and Kathleen Beegle,
presented at the PAA 2011.
• “The Socioeconomic Consequences of HIV Testing on Young
Adults.” by Kathleen Beegle, Michelle Poulin and Shapira.
Submitted for presentation at the PAA 2012, and at the
Sixth Annual PopPov Conference on Population,
Reproductive Health, and Economic Development (Ghana
January 2012).
Methodological presentations:
• “Marriage Transitions in Malawi: Project Description and
Preliminary Analyses” by Michelle Poulin, at the College of
Medicine Research Dissemination Conference, Malawi
2008.
• “Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis” by
Michelle Poulin at “Using Mixed Methods to Study the
Relationship between Reproductive Health and Poverty:
Lessons from the Field: A Methods Workshop.” Sponsored
by the Population and Poverty Network (Hewlett
Foundation) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, London, November 2010.
c. New, innovative longitudinal datasets:
A longitudinal dataset on a sample of young adults in Malawi, on
sexual relations, transitions into marriage, socio-economic status
(both prior to and after marriage), and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In 2007 study investigators began to follow 1,183
unmarried young women and men in both semi-urban and rural
communities. MTM investigators collected data in short time
intervals, so that within a 26-month period, respondents were
interviewed up to five times. Upon marrying, new spouses
participated in the study. These design features enable MTM
researchers to capture events as they occur, effectively removing
important biases which plague research during this critical life
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juncture.
The MTM study began collecting data from a sample of 1,
183 young women and men, aged 13-25, in 60 communities in the
district of Salima, located east of the capital Lilongwe and bordering
Lake Malawi. Surveys are conducted with "core" respondents and
with heads of households. HIV biomarker data have been collected
at two rounds. Three sets of in-depth interviews have been
conducted, two with core respondents, and one with community
leaders. Market and health facility information in the study site are
collected yearly. Finally, the MTM study tracks respondents who’ve
moved, which is a critical feature for a sample of this age, where
physical mobility is common and lack of tracking will increase
attrition. MTM's schedule and activities were:
1.
Household Surveys are administered annually for
three years (2007, 2008, 2009). Data are collected from household
heads on household-level characteristics, and at the individuallevel. Once core respondents marry, background/family data are
collected from new spouse/s; in a handful of cases where a core
respondent married and divorced in the time frame of the survey.
divorce information is collected.
2. Partnership Interviews (PIs) are administered roughly
six months following each Household Survey. Two rounds of PIs
have been conducted (in early 2008, and in early 2009). The PIs
collect detailed information on five areas: formation and
dissolution of unions; marriage characteristics; exchange between
partners; social capital; and economic shocks.
3. Community, market price, and health facility
questionnaires are administered annually, alongside the Household
Surveys (2007, 2008, 2009).
More details of the MTM study design, including sampling
procedures and questionnaires, can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/site/mtmalawiproject/home.
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Declining fertility and rising investment in private tutoring
Halsey Rogers
The World Bank
University of Minnesota
January 2007-June 2011
$ 63,600
2011
a. Publications:
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Research
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•
Dang, Hai Anh and F Halsey Rogers. 2008. "The Growing
Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Does It Deepen Human
Capital, Increase Inequality, or Waste Resources?" World Bank
Research Observer, 23(2):161-200.
Working paper being finalized, also for journal submission
b. Presented at:
• The Population Association of America annual meeting 2009
• The Pop-Pov network conference, Cape Town, January 2010
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Fertility and Women's Laborforce Participation
Elizabeth King
The World Bank
Oxford University
January 2007 -June 2011
$ 53,000
June 2011
a. Being finalized for publication
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):
 PAA Annual Meeting 2009
 IUSSP conference in Marrakech, September 2009
 Fertility and Poverty conference, University of Southampton,
January 2010
 The Pop-Pov network conference, Cape Town, January 2010
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Demographic change & women’s work and earnings in Bangladesh
Nistha Sinha
The World Bank
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Climate Volatility, Fertility, and Infant Mortality
Jed Friedman
The World Bank
George Washington University
April 2010-June 2011
$ 18,000
Under preparation
a. Publications: Paper expected to be finalized and submitted for
publication by October 2011
b. Presentations: Draft paper presented at The Pop-Pov network
January 2007-June 2011
$ 29,000
June 2011
a. Being finalized for publication
b. Presentations (past / forthcoming):
 The Pop-Pov network conference, Cape Town, January 2010
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conference, Marseille, January 2011
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Impact of Scholarships on Schooling in Cambodia
Deon Filmer
The World Bank
Project Title
Family size and investments in early childhood development in
Ecuador
Norbert Schady
The World Bank
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
April 2010-June 2011
$ 40,500
Under preparation
Analysis under way
Impact: Used as input to the World Development Report 2012, on
Gender Equality andDevelopment
July 2006-June2011
$110,557
Not anticipated
Two rounds of longitudinal data collection on children and their
households, including cognitive tests, achievement tests,
anthropometrics, and household information.
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
Demographic Trends, Economic Growth and Distribution Dynamics
Maurizio Bussolo
The World Bank
Project Title
The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Early Childhood
Development in Malawi
Berk Ozler
The World Bank
University of Pennsylvania
April 2010-June 2011
$ 50,000
Under preparation
Data have been collected on:
• breast-feeding and feeding practices;
• prenatal visits and deliveries at health clinics;
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
January 2007-June 2011
$ 173,000
Not anticipated
Datasets prepared, preliminary analysis completed.
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immunizations;
anthropometrics; and
parental practices
Due to the demands of the data collection and structural modelling,
the analysis has been delayed. We have a new post-doc (Gil
Shapira) collaborating with Petra Todd (UPenn) on this work.
Project Title
Lead Investigator
Lead Institution
Partner Institutions
Project Dates
Award Amount
Date Report Submitted
Brief Update on Status of
Research
The Effects of Crisis on Women’s Reproductive Behavior, and the
welfare of the next generation
Matthias Lundberg
The World Bank
April 2010-June 2011
$ 13,234
Under preparation
Analysis under way
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