2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412695In this issue: Facilitating labor migration from the Philippines; Incentives and teacher effort; Electoral accountability and local public spending in Indonesia; Why don't poor countries do R&D?; How effective are efforts to raise voluntary enrollment in health insurance?; How insecure property rights affect migration in China; the challenges of public service delivery in the Pacific Islands.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ACCOUNTABILITYALLOCATION OF RESOURCESAUTONOMYBASIC EDUCATIONBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBUDGET SURPLUSCHILD HEALTHCITIZENSDECENTRALIZATIONDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIETDISTRICT GOVERNMENTSDRINKING WATERECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC GROWTH RATESEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENT RATESENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESEXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONFUTURE RESEARCHGROWTH IN ENROLLMENTHEALTH INSURANCEHOST COUNTRYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERVENTIONLABOR FORCELAND TENURELEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLITERATURELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL SPENDINGMIGRANTMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMUNICIPALITIESNEWSLETTERPAPERSPEER PRESSUREPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL DECENTRALIZATIONPOLITICAL PARTIESPOPULAR SUPPORTPOPULATION SIZEPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLICPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR REFORMPUBLIC SERVANTSPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYPUBLIC SERVICE PROVISIONPUBLIC SPENDINGRATE OF MIGRATIONRURAL AREASRURAL RESIDENTSSCHOOL HOURSSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSUPPLY CHAINSTEACHERTEACHER SALARIESTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING MATERIALSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONURBANIZATIONWAGESWORKERSWorld Bank Research Digest, Vol. 9(2)