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From Chalkboards to Chatbots: Evaluating the Impact of Generative AI on Learning Outcomes in Nigeria
This study evaluates the impact of a program leveraging large language models for virtual tutoring in secondary education in Nigeria. Using a randomized controlled trial, the program deployed ...
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The Value of a Statistical Life in the Context of Road Safety: A New Value Transfer Approach
Objective: The value of a statistical life (VSL) is a key input for cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of road safety and for calculations of the socio-economic costs of road crashes. However, ...
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Green Technologies: Decarbonizing Development in East Asia and Pacific
Firms in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region have been hit hard by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, with dramatic and widespread falls in sales and employment. Firm sales in some EAP ...
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Future Jobs: Robots, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Platforms in East Asia and Pacific
People in East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries have prospered over the last few decades because of the growth in productive ...
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Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Populations
Most reports on refugees deal with the immediate needs of displaced people. This paper seeks to go beyond the emergency ...
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The Digital Gender Divide: Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Digital Era
From 2018 to 2022, household access to home internet in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased from 50.7 to 68.4 ...
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VAT Exemptions, Embedded Tax, and Unintended Consequences
The value-added tax (VAT) has proved to be a highly effective tool at raising revenue in developed and developing countries alike. However, the effective operation of the VAT breaks down in the ...