Working Papers
COVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries. With Kathleen Beegle, Gabriel Demombynes, Paul Gubbins and Jeremy Veillard. World Bank Policy Research working paper 10750. Washington, D.C. 2024.
Influence of COVID-19 on Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : A Mixed-Methods Analysis. With Marianna Balampama, William H Dow and Rebecca Hemono. World Bank Policy Research working paper 10572. Washington, D.C. 2023.
Effect of a Lottery Intervention on Gender-Based Violence among Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Results from a Randomized Trial. With Rebecca Hemono, Marianna Balampama, Sandra I Mccoy and William H Dow. World Bank Policy Research working paper 10573. Washington, D.C. 2023.
Effects of a Lottery Incentive on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Incidence among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania : Results from the RESPECT II Randomized Trial. With Marianna Balampama, William H Dow and Rebecca Hemono. World Bank Policy Research working paper 10571. Washington, D.C. 2023.
Early Education, Preferences, and Decision-Making Abilities. With Joana Cardim, Pedro Carneiro and Leandro Carvalho. World Bank Policy Research working paper 10187. Washington, D.C. 2022.
Cash Transfers after Ebola in Guinea. Lessons Learned on Human Capital. With Dimitris Mavridis. World Bank Policy Research working paper 9989. Washington, D.C. 2022
Financial Incentives to Increase Utilization of Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. With Sven Neelsen, Jed Friedman and Adam Wagstaff. World Bank Policy Research working paper 9793. Washington, D.C. 2021.
Five Ways that COVID-19 Diagnostics Can Save Lives: Prioritizing Uses of Tests to Maximize Cost-Effectiveness. With Tristan Reed, William Waites, David Mannheim, Chiara Vallini, Roberta Gatti and Timothy B. Hallett. Research and Policy Briefs; no. 43. Washington, DC. World Bank Group.
How Two Tests Can Help Contain COVID-19 and Revive the Economy. de Walque, Damien; Friedman, Jed; Gatti, Roberta V.; Mattoo, Aaditya. Research & Policy Briefs 29. 2020.
Encouraging Service Delivery to the Poor : Does Money Talk When Health Workers Are Pro-Poor ? . Banuri, Sheheryar; de Walque, Damien; Keefer, Philip E.; Robyn, Paul Jacob. Policy Research working paper 8666. 2018. Best Paper Award Essen Health Conference, May 2021.
Love the job... or the patient ? task vs. mission-based motivations in health care. Banuri, Sheheryar; Keefer, Philip E.; de Walque,Damien. Policy Research working paper 8338. 2018.
Baseline study for the maternal and newborn health performance based financing project in Lesotho. Walldorf, Jeanette; de Walque,Damien ; Shapira, Gil; Yamashita-Allen, Kanako. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 2017.
Baseline study for the impact evaluation of a Performance Based Financing (PBF) pilot in Tajikistan. Arur, Aneesa; Walldorf, Jeanette; de Walque, Damien; Shapira,Gil. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 2017.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Incentives to Improve HIV Prevention Outcomes for Young Females in Swaziland : Baseline Report. Mabuza, Khanyakwezwe; Prestidge, Marelize; de Walque,Damien ; Heard, Wendy; Longosz, Andrew Francis; Wilson, David; Makhathini, Thokozile Octavia Zanele; Hawkins, Theodore John. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. 2016
A randomized control trial of a peer adherence and nutritional support program for public sector antiretroviral patients. Booysen, Frederik Le Roux; de Walque, Damien ; Over, Mead; Hashimoto, Satoko; de Reuck, Chantell. Policy Research working paper 7760, 2016.
Evidence from a randomized evaluation of the household welfare impacts of conditional and unconditional cash transfers given to mothers or fathers. Akresh, Richard ; de Walque, Damien ; Kazianga, Harounan. Policy Research working paper 7730, 2016.
Rewarding safer sex : conditional cash transfers for HIV/STI prevention. de Walque, Damien; Dow, William H.; Nathan, Rose. Policy Research working paper 7099, 2014.
Information is power : experimental evidence on the long-run impact of community based monitoring. Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina; de Walque, Damien; Svensson, Jakob. Policy Research working paper 7015, 2014.
Coping with risk : the effects of shocks on reproductive health and transactional sex in rural Tanzania. de Walque, Damien; Dow, William H.; Gong, Erick. Policy Research working paper 6751, 2014
Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda, de Walque, Damien; Binagwaho, Agnes; Condo, Jeanine; Kwan, Ada; Gertler, Paul J; Vermeersch, Christel; Bautista-Arredondo, Sergio; de Dieu Bizimana, Jean, Policy Research Working Paper 6364, 2013.
Cash transfers and child schooling : evidence from a randomized evaluation of the role of conditionality, Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan, Policy Research Working Paper 6340, 2013.
Sexual behavior change intentions and actions in the context of a randomized trial of a conditional cash transfer for HIV prevention in Tanzania, Packel, Laura; Dow, William H.; de Walque, Damien; Isdahl, Zachary; Majura, Albert, Policy Research Working Paper 5997, 2012.
Child labor, schooling, and child ability, Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Bagby, Emilie; Kazianga, Harounan, Policy Research Working Paper 5965, 2012.
Mines, migration and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, de Walque, Damien; Corno, Lucia, Policy Research Working Paper 5966, 2012.
Stimulating demand for AIDS prevention : lessons from the RESPECT trial, de Walque, Damien; Nathan, Rose; Dow, William H.; Medlin, Carol, Policy Research Working Paper 5973, 2012.
Alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms : impacts on routine preventative health clinic visits in Burkina Faso, Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan, Policy Research Working Paper 5958, 2012.
Trends and socioeconomic gradients in adult mortality around the developing world, de Walque, Damien; Filmer, Deon, Policy Research Working Paper 5716, 2011.
Food crisis, household welfare and HIV/AIDS treatment : evidence from Mozambique, de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan; Over, Mead; Vaillant, Julia, Policy Research Working Paper 5522, 2011.
Antiretroviral therapy awareness and risky sexual behaviors : evidence from Mozambique , de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan; Over, Mead, Policy Research Working Paper 5486, 2010.
Child ability and household human capital investment decisions in Burkina Faso, Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Bagby, Emilie; Kazianga, Harounan, Policy Research Working Paper 5370, 2010.
The association between remarriage and HIV infection : evidence from national HIV surveys in Africa, de Walque, Damien; Kline, Rachel, Policy Research Working Paper 5118, 2009.
Comparing condom use with different types of partners : evidence from national HIV surveys in Africa, de Walque, Damien; Kline, Rachel, Policy Research Working Paper 5130, 2009.
Demographic and socioeconomic patterns of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Africa, de Walque, Damien; Beegle, Kathleen, Policy Research Working Paper 5076, 2009.
Educational and health impacts of two school feeding schemes : evidence from a randomized trial in rural Burkina Faso, Kazianga, Harounan; de Walque, Damien; Alderman, Harold, Policy Research Working Paper 4976, 2009.
The demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, de Walque, Damien; Verwimp, Philip, Policy Research Working Paper 4850, 2009.
Race, immigration, and the U.S. labor marke t: contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks , de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 4737, 2008.
Potential applications of conditional cash transfers for prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, Medlin, Carol; de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 4673, 2008.
Armed conflict and schooling : evidence from the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 4606, 2008.
The determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors : evidence from Lesotho, de Walque, Damien; Corno, Lucia, Policy Research Working Paper 4421, 2007.
Discordant couples : HIV infection among couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania , de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3956, 2006.
Who gets AIDS and how ? The determinants of HIV infection and sexual behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania, de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3844, 2006.
Parental education and children's schooling outcomes : is the effect nature, nurture, or both? evidence from recomposed families in Rwanda, de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3483, 2005.
The long-term legacy of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia, de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3446, 2004.
Education, information, and smoking decisions : evidence from smoking histories, 1940-2000, de Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3362, 2004.
How does the impact of an HIV/AIDS information campaign vary with educational attainment ? Evidence from rural Uganda, De Walque, Damien, Policy Research Working Paper 3289, 2004.