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Working Papers

2020

1. Deliberative Democracy and the Resource Curse: A Nationwide Experiment in Tanzania
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2019

2. The Political Economy of Testing in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2018

3. The Dilemma of the African Development Bank: Does Governance Matter for the Long-Run Financing of the MDBs?
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)
4. The Impact of Civil Conflict on Child Malnutrition and Mortality, Nigeria, 2002-2013
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2017

5. Expanding Global Liquidity Insurance: Myths and Realities of the IMF’s Precautionary Credit Lines - Working Paper 449
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2016

6. Creating a Better Candidate Pool for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
   Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
7. Inequality and Growth Reconsidered: Lessons from East Asia
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences
   See also Journal Article Inequality and Growth Reconsidered: Lessons from East Asia, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (1995) View citations (162) (1995)
8. Learning Data for Better Policy: A Global Agenda
   Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2015

9. Does the Rise of Middle Class Lock in Good Government in the Developing World?
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (10)
10. Identifying a Fair Deal on Climate Change
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
11. Look to the Forests: How Performance Payments can Slow Climate Change
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
12. The Indonesia-Norway REDD+ Agreement: A Glass Half-Full
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2014

13. The Median Is the Message: A Good-Enough Measure of Material Well-Being and Shared Development Progress
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Median is the Message: A Good Enough Measure of Material Wellbeing and Shared Development Progress, Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (2015) View citations (8) (2015)
14. The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank: Fit for 21st Century Purpose?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2013

15. Global Markets, Global Citizens, and Global Governance in the 21st Century
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
16. The Strugglers: The New Poor in Latin America?-Working Paper 337
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
17. The United States: From Multilateral Champion to Handicapped Donor…and Back Again?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2012

18. A Note on the Middle Class in Latin America
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (5)
19. Adaptation Finance: How to Get Out from between a Rock and a Hard Place
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
20. The Global Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the End of the “Development” Agenda?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
21. The World Bank and Climate Change: Forever a Big Fish in a Small Pond?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2011

22. Declining Inequality in Latin America: Some Economics, Some Politics
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (26)
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2011) View citations (44)
23. Declining Inequality in Latin America: Some Economics, Some Politics - Working Paper 251
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (30)
24. Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other Global Public Goods
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (3)
25. Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other Global Public Goods - Working Paper 248
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
26. Shared Goals: Measuring Overall Development in Pakistan
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
27. The Post-Washington Consensus: Development after the Crisis - Working Paper 244
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2010

28. Beyond Short-Term Thinking: How to Spend Billions Well in Pakistan, for Them and for Us
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
29. Cash on Delivery: A New Approach to Foreign Aid
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (40)
30. Quality of Official Development Assistance Assessment
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (16)
31. The (Indispensable) Middle Class in Developing Countries; or, The Rich and the Rest, Not the Poor and the Rest
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (88)
32. The U.S. Aid “Surge” to Pakistan: Repeating a Failed Experiment?
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
33. The Washington Consensus: Assessing a Damaged Brand - Working Paper 213
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (26)
34. The Washington consensus: assessing a damaged brand
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
35. The World Bank: Toward a Global Club
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences

2009

36. Energy Needs and Efficiency, Not Emissions: Re-framing the Climate Change Narrative
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (17)
37. It’s One Climate Policy World Out There—Almost
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
38. Schooling Inequality, Crises, and Financial Liberalization in Latin America
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2007

39. Do No Harm: Aid, Weak Institutions, and the Missing Middle in Africa
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (60)
40. Income Distribution: Effects on Growth and Development
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (14)
    See also Chapter Income Distribution: Effects on Growth and Development, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2008) (2008)
41. Reflections on the Macro Foundations of the Middle Class in the Developing World
    Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, Working Paper Series, Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, UC Santa Cruz View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2007) View citations (26)
42. The macroeconomic foundations of inclusive middle-class growth
    2020 vision briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2006

43. A Stability and Social Investment Facility for High Debt Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
44. Payments for Progress: A Hands-Off Approach to Foreign Aid
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (17)
45. Stormy Days on an Open Field: Asymmetries in the Global Economy
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2006) View citations (2)

2004

46. Beyond HIPC: Secure Sustainable Debt Relief for Poor Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
47. Double-Standards, Debt Treatment, and World Bank Country Classification: The Case of Nigeria-Revised November 2004
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
48. Seven Deadly Sins: Reflections on Donor Failings
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (14)
49. Underfunded Regionalism in the Developing World
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)

2003

50. Bootstraps not Band-Aids: Poverty, Equity and Social Policy in Latin America
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
51. Economic Policy and Wage Differentials in Latin America
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (51)
52. La desigualdad en los activos importa: una evaluación del enfoque del Banco Mundial respecto a la reducción de la pobreza
    Coyuntura Social, Fedesarrollo
53. Why it Matters Who Runs the IMF and the World Bank-Updated October 2003
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2002

54. Asymmetric Globalization: Global Markets Require Good Global Politics
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
55. Commodity Dependence, Trade, and Growth: When "Openness" is Not Enough
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (24)
56. From Social Policy to an Open-Economy Social Contract in Latin America
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (6)
57. HIV/AIDS and the Accumulation and Utilization of Human Capital in Africa
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
58. Policy Selectivity Foregone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Policy Selectivity Forgone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2003) View citations (30) (2003)
59. Will HIPC Matter? The Debt Game and Donor Behaviour in Africa
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (9)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (6)
60. Winners and Losers: Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Privatization
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Winners and Losers: Assessing the Distributional Impact of Privatization, World Development, Elsevier (2003) View citations (79) (2003)

2001

61. Pobreza, Desigualdad, y Liberalización Comercial y financiera en América Latina
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (4)
62. Poverty, Inequality, and Trade and Financial Liberalization in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (1)

2000

63. Economics Reform and Wage Differentials in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (35)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2000) View citations (8)
64. Reforma económica y diferencias de salarios en América Latina
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
65. Stuck in the Tunnel: Is Globalization Muddling the Middle Class?
    Working Papers, Brookings Institution - Working Papers View citations (45)

1999

66. Education: The People's Asset
    Working Papers, Brookings Institution - Working Papers View citations (5)

1998

67. Intergenerational Schooling Mobility and Macro Conditions and Schooling Policies in Latin America
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (11)
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (1998) View citations (33)
68. Movilidad de la enseñanza intergeneracional y condiciones macro y políticas de enseñanza en América Latina
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

1997

69. Asset Inequality Does Matter: Lessons from Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (19)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (1997) View citations (11)
70. La desigualdad patrimonial sí importa: enseñanzas de América Latina
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

1996

71. Why Low Inequality Spurs Growth: Savings and Investment by the Poor
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (4)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (1996)
72. ¿Por qué poca desigualdad fomenta el crecimiento: el ahorro y la inversión de los pobres
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

1995

73. Inequality and Growth Reconsidered
    Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (128)
74. Inequality, Saving and Growth
    Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)
75. Nadar contra la corriente: estrategias para mejorar la equidad de la atención médica
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
76. Swimming Against the Tide: Strategies for Improving Equity in Health
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (1995) View citations (2)

1993

77. Does results and development (R&D) contribute to economic growth in developing countries?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
78. Population growth, externalities, and poverty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
79. Social development is economic development
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)

1992

80. Another look at population and global warming
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (31)
81. Health, government, and the poor: the case for the private sector
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1991

82. Marriage Market, Labor Market and Unobserved Human Capital: An Empirical Exploration for South-Central India
    Center for Development Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College
    Also in Working Papers, University of Washington, Department of Economics (1991) View citations (1)
    Discussion Papers in Economics at the University of Washington, Department of Economics at the University of Washington (1991) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Marriage Markets, Labor Markets, and Unobserved Human Capital: An Empirical Exploration for South-Central India, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (1995) View citations (20) (1995)

1990

83. Efficiency and equity in social spending: how and why governments misbehave
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
84. Health and development: what can research contribute?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

Journal Articles

2015

1. Does the Rise of the Middle Class Lock in Good Government in the Developing World&quest
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2015, 27, (2), 217-229 View citations (15)
2. The Median is the Message: A Good Enough Measure of Material Wellbeing and Shared Development Progress
   Global Policy, 2015, 6, (4), 343-357 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Median Is the Message: A Good-Enough Measure of Material Well-Being and Shared Development Progress, Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2014

3. The Strugglers: The New Poor in Latin America?
   World Development, 2014, 60, (C), 132-146 View citations (34)

2012

4. The G20 and Development
   Journal of Globalization and Development, 2012, 2, (2), 18

2011

5. Comment on multi-dimensional indices
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (3), 489-491 View citations (2)

2007

6. Economic Policy Changes and Wage Differentials in Latin America
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 56, (1), 57-97 View citations (29)

2004

7. AIDS and the Accumulation and Utilisation of Human Capital in Africa
   Journal of African Economies, 2004, 13, (1), i96-i136 View citations (1)
8. Global demographic change: economic impacts and policy challenges: overview panel
   Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, 2004, (Aug), 455-470

2003

9. Policy Selectivity Forgone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2003, 17, (3), 409-435 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper Policy Selectivity Foregone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa, Working Papers (2002) View citations (26) (2002)
10. Winners and Losers: Assessing the Distributional Impact of Privatization
    World Development, 2003, 31, (10), 1617-1633 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Winners and Losers: Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Privatization, Working Papers (2002) View citations (4) (2002)

1998

11. Education in Latin America: demand and distribution are factors that matter
    Revista CEPAL, 1998 View citations (11)
12. La educación en América Latina: la demanda y la distribución importan
    Revista CEPAL, 1998 View citations (1)
13. Shocks externos en economías vulnerables: una reconsideración de Raúl Prebisch
    Revista CEPAL, 1998

1997

14. Asset Inequality Matters: An Assessment of the World Bank's Approach to Poverty Reduction
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 32-37 View citations (165)

1996

15. Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much or too little?
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 407-419 View citations (40)

1995

16. Inequality and Growth Reconsidered: Lessons from East Asia
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1995, 9, (3), 477-508 View citations (162)
    See also Working Paper Inequality and Growth Reconsidered: Lessons from East Asia, Working Papers (2016) (2016)
17. Marriage Markets, Labor Markets, and Unobserved Human Capital: An Empirical Exploration for South-Central India
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1995, 43, (3), 585-601 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Marriage Market, Labor Market and Unobserved Human Capital: An Empirical Exploration for South-Central India, Center for Development Economics (1991) (1991)

1993

18. Underinvestment in Education: How Much Growth has Pakistan Foregone?
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1993, 32, (4), 453-499 View citations (18)

1989

19. Economic Analyses of Rapid Population Growth
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1989, 4, (1), 23-50 View citations (8)

1988

20. Fertility and poverty in developing countries
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1988, 10, (1), 29-55 View citations (23)
21. The Reward for Good Timing: Cohort Effects and Earnings Functions for Brazilian Males
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (1), 129-35 View citations (18)
22. The equity-productivity tradeoff:: Public school resources in Brazil
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (8), 1585-1601 View citations (5)

1987

23. Comment on "Returns to Education: A Further International Update and Implications"
    Journal of Human Resources, 1987, 22, (4), 603-606 View citations (6)

1986

24. Children's education and the intergenerational transmission of inequality: a simulation
    Economics of Education Review, 1986, 5, (3), 239-256 View citations (1)

1985

25. Public inputs and child schooling in Brazil
    Journal of Development Economics, 1985, 18, (1), 67-86 View citations (51)
26. The Quality of Schooling: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (5), 1202-05 View citations (11)
27. Why Males Earn More: Location and Training of Brazilian Schoolteachers
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1985, 33, (3), 533-56 View citations (15)

1984

28. Does Geographical Aggregation Cause Overestimates of the Returns to Schooling?
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1984, 46, (1), 55-72 View citations (4)
29. Investing in people: the economics of population quality: W.. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1981. pp. 185. $12.95 (cloth)
    Economics of Education Review, 1984, 3, (3), 247-248

1983

30. The Quality of Schooling: Quantity Alone is Misleading
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 928-46 View citations (213)

1982

31. Population and development modelling: Proceedings of the United Nations/ UNFPA Expert Groups meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 24-28 September 1979: New York, New York: United Nations, 1981, 129 pp., $12.00
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1982, 4, (3), 457-462

Books

2016

1. Towards a Better Global Economy: Policy Implications for Citizens Worldwide in the 21st Century
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press
   Also in OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2014) View citations (2)

2003

2. Escaping the Poverty Trap: Investing in Children in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank

2002

3. Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture
   Peterson Institute Press: All Books, Peterson Institute for International Economics View citations (49)

1997

4. Pathways to Growth: Comparing East Asia and Latin America
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (9)

1996

5. Choices and Change: Reflections on the Caribbean
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)

Edited books

2004

1. Financing Development: The Power of Regionalism
   Peterson Institute Press: All Books, Peterson Institute for International Economics View citations (3)

2003

2. Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (39)

1998

3. Beyond Tradeoffs: Market Reform and Equitable Growth in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (10)

Chapters

2008

1. Income Distribution: Effects on Growth and Development
   Chapter 48 in International Handbook of Development Economics, Volumes 1 & 2, 2008
   See also Working Paper Income Distribution: Effects on Growth and Development, Center for Global Development (2007) View citations (14) (2007)

2007

2. Hacia un nuevo contrato social en América Latina
   Chapter 7 in Investigación, políticas y desarrollo en el Perú, 2007, vol. 1, pp 285-298

2002

3. A Stormy Day on an Open Field: Asymmetry and Convergence in the Global Economy
   A chapter in Globalisation, Living Standards and Inequality: Recent Progress and Continuing Challenges, 2002 View citations (6)

1988

4. Economic approaches to population growth
   Chapter 12 in Handbook of Development Economics, 1988, vol. 1, pp 477-542 View citations (81)