The World Bank research observer 31 (1)

The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to non specialist readers; contributors examine key issues in development economics, survey the literature and the latest World Bank research, and debate issues of development policy. Articles are reviewed by an editorial board drawn from across the Bank and the international community of economists. This edition has the following headings: The economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy: a review andimplications for developing countries; Measuring violent conflict in micro-level surveys: current practices and methodological challenges; Promoting women’s economic empowerment: what works?; Employer voices, employer demands, and implications for public skills development policy connecting the labor and education sectors; Revisiting the “cash versus food” debate: new evidence for an old puzzle?; The price is not always right: on the impacts of commodity prices on households (and countries).