DFSG Country Studies

To encourage innovative country studies that further our understanding of how poor people can improve their well-being by contributing to and benefiting from the growth process, DFSG provides supplemental funding to World Bank teams to conduct such studies.

• First call for proposals: Award Winners
• Second call for proposals: Award Winners
• Third call for proposals: Award Winners 
• Fourth call for proposals: Award Winners
• Fifth call for proposals: Award Winners

DFSG First Call for Proposals: Award Winners

10 Finalists Selected for Country Studies The Multi-Donor Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) published a Call for Proposals to conduct country studies to improve our understanding of the constraints to achieving shared growth and to identify effective analytical tools for this purpose. Out of a pool of 37 proposals, 10 finalists were selected for awards of $50,000 each through a competitive process. The award winning proposals are listed below by region. Region Country Title  AFR Cameroon Spatial Analysis of Pro-Poor Growth in Cameroon: A Dual Monetary and Non-Monetary Approach [English] [French] [Annex] AFR Mozambique Urbanisation and Municipal Development in Mozambique: Urban Poverty and Rural-Urban Linkages [Annex] AFR Rwanda Agricultural Growth and Investment: Options for Poverty Reduction AFR Zambia Impact Assessment of the Fertilizer Support Program, Analysis of Effectiveness and Efficiency  EAP China Pathways out of Rural Poverty - Evidence from Western China  EAP Indonesia Endowments, Location or Luck? Evaluating the Determinants of Sub-National Growth in Decentralized Indonesia ECA Moldova Jobless Growth with Poverty Persistence in Transition: An Analysis of Recent Trends in Moldova Job Creation and Employment Growth in Moldova, 2003 to 2006 Updating Poverty Profiles: A Case Study of Moldova ECA Romania Labor Market Vulnerabilities in Romania  The Role of Education in Explaining Labor Market Outcomes in Romania, 1996-2006 Working Poor in Romania  LCR Uruguay Investment Climate Assessment [Annex] MNA Egypt Upper Egypt: Pathways to Shared Growth [Draft]  A review committee of senior representatives nominated by PRMPR and PRMED evaluated each of the 37 submissions based on the published criteria and made preliminary selections. The committee’s selections were then vetted with the Poverty Reduction Board, the Economic Policy Board, and the DFSG trust fund donors for final approval.

DFSG Second Call for Proposals: Award Winners

3 Finalists Selected for Country Studies The Multi-Donor Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) published a Call for Proposals to conduct country studies to improve our understanding of the constraints to achieving shared growth and to identify effective analytical tools for this purpose. Out of a pool of 29 proposals, 3 finalists were selected for awards of $50,000 each through a competitive process. The award winning proposals are listed below by region. Region Country Proposal Title  AFR Burkina Faso Politiques Publiques Et Instruments De Marché Pour La Réduction De La Vulnerabilité  Burkina Faso: Promoting Growth, Competitiveness and Diversification (CEM) - Volume III: Enhancing Growth Factors  EAP Cambodia Returns to Education in Cambodia: Results from the 2007 Socio-Economic Survey Cambodia's Labor Market and Employment LCR Guatemala Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints: Long-Term Welfare Impacts of Export Crop Adoption among Guatemalan Smallholders  A review committee of senior representatives nominated by PRMPR and PRMED evaluated each of the 29 submissions based on the published criteria and made preliminary selections. The committee’s selections were then vetted with the Poverty Reduction Board, the Economic Policy Board, and the DFSG trust fund donors for final approval.

DFSG Third Call for Proposals: Award Winners

9 Finalists Selected for Country Studies

The Multi-Donor Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) published a Call for Proposals for country studies that would improve our understanding of how to identify the constraints to sustainable, inclusive growth - with particular attention to the constraints that make it difficult for the poor and other excluded groups to contribute to and benefit from growth. Through a combination of micro and macro analyses, such studies would aim at identifying and prioritizing the country-specific constraints to sustainable and inclusive growth.

The award winning proposals listed below were selected from a pool of 16 submissions. A selection committee of senior representatives -- with 75% regional representation -- evaluated the proposals based on the published criteria and made preliminary selections for awards. These selections were then circulated among the DFSG trust fund donors for final approval.

DFSG Fourth Call for Proposals: Award Winners

11 Finalists Selected for Country Studies

The Multi-Donor Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) published a Call for Proposals for country studies that would improve our understanding of how to identify the constraints to sustainable, inclusive growth - with particular attention to the constraints that make it difficult for the poor and other excluded groups to contribute to and benefit from growth. Through a combination of micro and macro analyses, such studies would aim at identifying and prioritizing the country-specific constraints to sustainable and inclusive growth. Studies focussing on innovation and studies in fragile states were given priority.

The award winning proposals listed below were selected from a pool of 29 submissions. A selection committee of senior representatives from different units at the World Bank evaluated the proposals based on the published criteria and made preliminary selections for awards. These selections were then circulated among the DFSG trust fund donors for final approval.

DFSG Fifth Call for Proposals: Award Winners

4 Finalists Selected for Country Studies

The multi-donor Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) published a Call for Proposals to conduct country studies to improve our understanding of the constraints to rapid economic growth that is broadly shared by segments of the population at national or sub-national level. Fragile states and service-sector led inclusive growth were of particular focus. Through a competitive process, out of a pool of 22 proposals, 4 finalists were selected for awards ranging from $70,000 to $75,000. The award-winning proposals are listed below by region.