Development Policy Review

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Volume 37, month 11, 2019

Payment by results in international development: Evidence from the first decade pp. 719-734

Paul Clist

Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis pp. 735-749

Ibrahim Okumu and Edward Bbaale

Capacity Development re‐examined through the lens of Indonesia's learning experiences with international donors pp. 750-768

Yukimi Shimoda

Policy strategies for economic development in Cuba: A simulation model analysis pp. 769-788

Fulvio Castellacci and Kanar Dizyee

Accounting for success and failure in policy implementation: The role of commitment in India's MGNREGA pp. 789-811

Deepta Chopra

The microfinance promise—can it be kept? A macro perspective pp. 812-842

Nargiza Alimukhamedova

Protecting the economic health of the poor in India: Are health mutuals the right medicine? pp. 843-853

Sunit Kumar Madhur and Somen Saha

Volume 37, month 09, 2019

Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity pp. 581-602

Eleanor Fisher, Jon Hellin, Helen Greatrex and Nathaniel Jensen

The evolution of the policy environment for climate change migration in Bangladesh: Competing narratives, coalitions and power pp. 603-620

Hyeng Geun Ji

Implementing legislative strengthening programmes: Who is in control? pp. 621-637

David E. Guinn and Jeffrey D. Straussman

World Bank technical assistance: Locating and cultivating sympathetic interlocutors pp. 638-656

Adrian Robert Bazbauers

Accountability as strategic transparency: Making sense of organizational responses to the International Aid Transparency Initiative pp. 657-671

James Pamment

Immigration, internal migration and crime in South Africa: A multi‐level model analysis pp. 672-691

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Information and communication technology adoption in micro and small firms: Can internet access improve labour productivity? pp. 692-715

Mariana Viollaz

Volume 37, month 07, 2019

Have cash transfers succeeded in reaching the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean? pp. O85-O139

Marcos Robles, Marcela G. Rubio and Marco Stampini

Over‐indebtedness and microcredit in Cambodia: Moving beyond borrower‐centric frames pp. O140-O160

Maryann Bylander, Phasy Res, Lacey Jacoby, Peter Bradley and Andrea Blobel Pérez

Ethiopia's developmental state: A building stability framework assessment pp. O161-O178

Melisew Dejene and Logan Cochrane

Promoting sustainable development through civil society: A case study of the EU’s NSA/LA thematic programme in Kyrgyzstan pp. O179-O192

Chiara Pierobon

Institutional design of voluntary sustainability standards systems: Evidence from a new database pp. O193-O212

Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman, Marion Jansen, Philip Schleifer, Olga Solleder, Regina Taimasova and Joseph Wozniak

Assessing international organizations’ support to social enterprise pp. O213-O229

Angela Hoyos and Diego F. Angel‐Urdinola

Global Governance, neoliberalism and national responses: The case of Bangladesh’s ready‐made garment (RMG) sector pp. O230-O247

Mohammed Adil Khan and Grace Milne

Effective tax rates and firm size in Ethiopia pp. O248-O273

Giulia Mascagni and Andualem Mengistu

Analysing local perceptions of post‐conflict and post‐floods livelihood interventions in Swat, Pakistan pp. O274-O292

Kashif Saeed Khan

Practising politics: Technical project templates and political practice in a DFID country office pp. O293-O309

Brendan S. Whitty

Unintended consequences or ambivalent policy objectives? Conflict minerals and mining reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 453-469

J. A. Diemel and D. J. M. Hilhorst

Testing the feasibility of a value‐added model of school quality in a low‐income country pp. 470-485

Lee Crawfurd and Phil Elks

Enrolling girls without learning: Evidence from public schools in Afghanistan pp. 486-503

M Asadullah, Md. Abdul Alim and M. Anowar Hossain

Macroeconomic policy tools to finance gender equality pp. 504-525

Stephanie Seguino

Should countries be more like shopping malls? A proposal for Service Performance Guarantees pp. 526-545

Alan Gelb, Vijaya Ramachandran, Matthew Juden and Alice Rossignol

The use of detailed statistical data in customs reforms: The case of Madagascar pp. 546-563

Cyril Chalendard, Gaël Raballand and Antsa Rakotoarisoa

Collective Choice and Social Welfare by Amartya Sen: A review essay with reference to development in Peru pp. 564-578

Séverine Deneulin and Jhonatan Clausen

Volume 37, month 06, 2019

Thinking and Working Politically: Learning from practice. Overview to Special Issue pp. O1-O15

Neil McCulloch and Laure‐Hélène Piron

Lessons from Nigeria for improved thinking and working politically in the extractives sector pp. O16-O32

Elisa Lopez Lucia, Joanna Buckley, Heather Marquette and Neil McCulloch

DFID governance programming in Nigeria: What difference has thinking and working politically made in practice? pp. O33-O49

Gareth Williams, Olly Owen, Alex Duncan, William Kingsmill and Anna Paterson

Supporting public financial management in conflict‐affected situations: Adapting to change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories pp. O50-O67

Albert Pijuan

Bureaucratic manoeuvres and the local politics of climate change mitigation in China and India pp. O68-O84

Tom Harrison and Genia Kostka

Volume 37, month 05, 2019

Great walls over African rivers: Chinese engagement in African hydropower projects pp. 313-330

Deborah Brautigam and Jyhjong Hwang

Provision of basic services in slums: A review of the evidence on top‐down and bottom‐up approaches pp. 331-347

Ganesh Devkar, A. Thillai Rajan, Sriharini Narayanan and M. S. Elayaraja

Land grabbing: A gendered understanding of perceptions and reactions from affected communities in Nguti Subdivision of South West Cameroon pp. 348-366

Frankline A. Ndi

Send for the cavalry: Political incentives in the provision of agricultural advisory services pp. 367-383

Anne Mette Kjær and James Joughin

The discourse of security in development policies: A genealogical approach to “Security Sector Reform” pp. 384-401

Pénélope Larzillière

Households’ preferences for attributes of Conditional Cash Transfer programmes: A choice experiment in Ghana pp. 402-422

Felix Kwame Yeboah, Frank Lupi, Michael D. Kaplowitz and John M. Kerr

Safe credit to the poor: The role of anti‐usury policies pp. 423-449

Lisa Crosato and Lucia Dalla Pellegrina

Volume 37, month 03, 2019

Policy development: An analysis of disability inclusion in a selection of African Union policies pp. 155-175

Raymond Lang, Marguerite Schneider, Maria Kett, Ellie Cole and Nora Groce

Intrahousehold empowerment gaps in agriculture and children's well‐being in Bangladesh pp. 176-203

Hazel Jean Malapit, Esha Sraboni, Agnes Quisumbing and Akhter Ahmed

Are cash transfers the answer for child nutrition in sub‐Saharan Africa? A literature review pp. 204-224

James Manley and Vanya Slavchevska

Does the sectoral composition of growth affect child stunting reductions? pp. 225-244

Sébastien Mary, Kelsey Shaw and Sergio Gomez Y Paloma

Employers’ responses to the HIV epidemic in sub‐Saharan Africa: Revisiting the evidence pp. 245-259

Kevin Deane, Sara Stevano and Deborah Johnston

Contracting out of basic health facilities in Pakistan: Are the lessons generalizable? pp. 260-273

Masooda Bano

Multi‐sectoral collaboration for improved nutrition: The problems and prospects of implementation in Ethiopia pp. 274-292

Nick Chisholm

The role of evidence in nutrition policy‐making in Ethiopia: Institutional structures and issue framing pp. 293-310

Helen Walls, Deborah Johnston, Elisa Vecchione, Abdulfatah Adam and Justin Parkhurst

Volume 37, month 01, 2019

How could conditional cash transfer programme conditionalities reinforce vulnerability? Non‐compliers and policy implementation gaps in Uruguay's Family Allowances pp. 3-18

Cecilia Rossel, Denise Courtoisie and Magdalena Marsiglia

Financial inclusion through a public works programme: Does left‐wing extremism make a difference? pp. 19-45

Saibal Ghosh

Informal sector taxes and equity: Evidence from presumptive taxation in Zimbabwe pp. 47-66

Godwin Dube and Daniela Casale

Participatory shaping of community futures in e‐waste processing hubs: Complexity, conflict and stewarded convergence in a Palestinian context pp. 67-89

John‐Michael Davis and Yaakov Garb

Measuring misalignment: The location of US multinationals’ economic activity versus the location of their profits pp. 91-110

Alex Cobham and Petr Janský

Leaving like an Englishman: Assisting institutional reform in post‐communist Ukraine pp. 111-128

Duncan Leitch

Delivering development? Evidence on self‐help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa pp. 129-151

Mary Kay Gugerty, Pierre Biscaye and C. Leigh Anderson