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World Bank Research Observer
1986 - 2009
Edited by Shantayanan Devarajan
from Oxford University Press
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Volume 24, issue 1 , 2009
Rural Poverty: Old Challenges in New Contexts pp. 1-28 Stefan Dercon Evaluation in the Practice of Development pp. 29-53 Martin Ravallion Timing and Duration of Exposure in Evaluations of Social Programs pp. 55-82 Elizabeth M. King and Jere Richard Behrman Competition in the Financial Sector: Overview of Competition Policies pp. 83-118 Stijn Claessens Access to Financial Services: Measurement, Impact, and Policies pp. 119-145 Thorsten Beck , Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Patrick Honohan Volume 23, issue 2 , 2008
Collecting the Pieces of the FDI Knowledge Spillovers Puzzle pp. 107-138 Roger Smeets Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment? pp. 139-159 Beata Smarzynska Javorcik The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Does It Deepen Human Capital, Widen Inequalities, or Waste Resources? pp. 161-200 Hai-Anh H. Dang and F. Halsey Rogers Can Biological Factors Like Hepatitis B Explain the Bulk of Gender Imbalance in China? A Review of the Evidence pp. 201-217 Monica Das Gupta Industrial Location in Developing Countries pp. 219-246 Uwe Deichmann , Somik Lall , Stephen James Redding and Anthony J. Venables Volume 23, issue 1 , 2008
Governance Indicators: Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? pp. 1-30 Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay Two Comments on "Governance Indicators: Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going?" by Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay-super-1 pp. 31-36 Simon Johnson Walking up the Down Escalator: Public Investment and Fiscal Stability pp. 37-56 William Easterly , Timothy Irwin and Luis Servén What Can Countries in Other Regions Learn from Social Security Reform in Latin America? pp. 57-76 Indermit S. Gill , Ceren Ozer and Radu Tatucu Why OECD Countries Should Reform Rules of Origin pp. 77-105 Olivier Cadot and Jaime de Melo Volume 22, issue 2 , 2007
Evaluating Recipes for Development Success pp. 131-157 Avinash Kamalakar Dixit Comment on "Evaluating Recipes for Development Success": The Policy Usefulness of Institutional and Political Analyses of Development pp. 159-164 Philip Keefer Domestic Bond Market Development: The Arirang Bond Experience in Korea pp. 165-195 Jonathan Andrew Batten and Peter Gabor Szilagyi Inside Decentralization: How Three Central American School-based Management Reforms Affect Student Learning Through Teacher Incentives pp. 197-215 Ilana Umansky and Emiliana Vegas Using Global Positioning Systems in Household Surveys for Better Economics and Better Policy pp. 217-241 John Gibson and David Mckenzie Volume 21, issue 2 , 2006
Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Countries: How Much Is Enough? pp. 151-178 Peter Montiel and Luis Servén Banking and Regulation in Emerging Markets: The Role of External Discipline pp. 179-206 Xavier Vives Access to Financial Services: A Review of the Issues and Public Policy Objectives pp. 207-240 Stijn Claessens What Have We Learned from a Decade of Manufacturing Enterprise Surveys in Africa? pp. 241-265 Arne Bigsten and Mans M. Soderbom Is There a Case for Industrial Policy? A Critical Survey pp. 267-297 Howard Pack and Kamal Saggi Volume 21, issue 1 , 2006
Who is Not Poor? Dreaming of a World Truly Free of Poverty pp. 1-23 Lant Pritchett Reducing the Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Low-Income Countries Has Substantial Economic Benefits pp. 25-48 Harold Alderman and Jere Richard Behrman Choosing a System of Unemployment Income Support: Guidelines for Developing and Transition Countries pp. 49-89 Milan Vodopivec Corporate Governance and Development pp. 91-122 Stijn Claessens Enforcement and Good Corporate Governance in Developing Countries and Transition Economies pp. 123-150 Erik Berglöf and Stijn Claessens Volume 20, issue 2 , 2005
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality since 1980 pp. 145-175 David Dollar Data and Dogma: The Great Indian Poverty Debate pp. 177-199 Angus Deaton and Valerie Kozel Insights on Development from the Economics of Happiness pp. 201-231 Carol Graham Housing Policy in Developing Countries: Conjectures and Refutations pp. 233-257 Robert Michael Buckley and Jerry Kalarickal Public Debt Management and Macroeconomic Stability: An Overview pp. 259-281 Peter J. Montiel Volume 20, issue 1 , 2005
Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services pp. 1-27 Philip Keefer Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs pp. 29-55 Laura B. Rawlings Reassessing Conditional Cash Transfer Programs pp. 57-80 Jishnu Das Infrastructure Privatization and Regulation: Promises and Perils pp. 81-108 Ioannis N. Kessides The "Cotton Problem" pp. 109-144 John Baffes Volume 19, issue 2 , 2004
How Have the World's Poorest Fared since the Early 1980s? pp. 141-169 Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion Much Ado about Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment? pp. 171-197 Holger Görg and David Greenaway Policies on Managing Risk in Agricultural Markets pp. 199-230 Donald F. Larson , Jock R. Anderson and Panos Varangis Oil, Macroeconomics, and Forests: Assessing the Linkages pp. 231-257 Sven Wunder and William D. Sunderlin Vouchers for Basic Education in Developing Economies: An Accountability Perspective pp. 259-280 Varun Gauri and Ayesha Vawda Volume 19, issue 1 , 2004
Community-Based and -Driven Development: A Critical Review pp. 1-39 Ghazala Mansuri Agricultural Extension: Good Intentions and Hard Realities pp. 41-60 Jock R. Anderson Targeting Outcomes Redux pp. 61-85 David Coady An Assessment of Privatization pp. 87-118 Sunita Kikeri Managing Oil Price Risk in Developing Countries pp. 119-139 Julia Devlin
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