World Development

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Volume 95, issue C, 2017

Tracing the Causal Loops Through Local Perceptions of Rural Road Impacts in Ethiopia pp. 1-14

Crelis F. Rammelt and Maggi W.H. Leung

Estimating Smallholder Opportunity Costs of REDD+: A Pantropical Analysis from Households to Carbon and Back pp. 15-26

Amy Ickowitz, Erin Sills and Claudio de Sassi

Political Effects of Welfare Pluralism: Comparative Evidence from Argentina and Chile pp. 27-42

Mikael Wigell

Assets, Agency and Legitimacy: Towards a Relational Understanding of Gender Equality Policy and Practice pp. 43-54

Nitya Rao

Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Program pp. 55-72

Juan Bonilla, Rosa Castro Zarzur, Sudhanshu Handa, Claire Nowlin, Amber Peterman, Hannah Ring and David Seidenfeld

Contract-farming in Staple Food Chains: The Case of Rice in Benin pp. 73-87

Miet Maertens and Katrien Vande Velde

What Determines Access to Piped Water in Rural Areas? Evidence from Small-Scale Supply Systems in Rural Brazil pp. 88-110

Julia Alexa Barde

Who Are the Global Top 1%? pp. 111-126

Sudhir Anand and Paul Segal

Oil Palm Boom, Contract Farming, and Rural Economic Development: Village-Level Evidence from Indonesia pp. 127-140

Marcel Gatto, Meike Wollni, Rosyani Asnawi and Matin Qaim

Measuring and Explaining Cross-Country Immigration Policies pp. 141-163

Glenn Rayp, Ilse Ruyssen and Samuel Standaert

Racing to the Bottom or to the Top? Decentralization, Revenue Pressures, and Governance Reform in China pp. 164-176

Denise van der Kamp, Peter Lorentzen and Daniel Mattingly

Distributional Effects of Growth and Public Expenditures in Africa: Estimates for Tanzania and Rwanda pp. 177-195

Miguel Almanzar and Maximo Torero

Return Migration and Economic Outcomes in the Conflict Context pp. 196-210

Sonja Fransen, Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas-Silva

Resources and Intimate Partner Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 211-230

Sara Cools and Andreas Kotsadam

What’s So Spatial about Diversification in Nigeria? pp. 231-253

Paul Corral Rodas and Natalia Radchenko

Promoting Democracy in Fragile States: Field Experimental Evidence from Liberia pp. 254-267

Eric Mvukiyehe and Cyrus Samii

Do Different Implementing Partnerships Lead to Different Project Outcomes? Evidence from the World Bank Project-Level Evaluation Data pp. 268-284

Wonkyu Shin, Youngwan Kim and Hyuk-Sang Sohn

Ethnic Diversity and Poverty pp. 285-302

Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and Russell Smyth

Children’s Diets, Nutrition Knowledge, and Access to Markets pp. 303-315

Kalle Hirvonen, John Hoddinott, Bart Minten and David Stifel

Irrigation as a Historical Determinant of Social Capital in India? A Large-Scale Survey Analysis pp. 316-333

Tillmann von Carnap

Economic Life in Refugee Camps pp. 334-347

Mo Alloush, J. Edward Taylor, Anubhab Gupta, Irvin Rojas and Ernesto Gonzalez-Estrada

Volume 94, issue C, 2017

Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Development: An Introduction pp. 2-15

Yasuyuki Sawada and Yoshito Takasaki

Do Natural Disasters Affect the Poor Disproportionately? Price Change and Welfare Impact in the Aftermath of Typhoon Milenyo in the Rural Philippines pp. 16-26

Yoko Sakai, Jonna P. Estudillo, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Yuki Higuchi and Yasuyuki Sawada

Self-Production, Friction, and Risk Sharing against Disasters: Evidence from a Developing Country pp. 27-37

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Nakata and Tomoaki Kotera

Benefiting From Disaster? Public and Private Responses to the Wenchuan Earthquake pp. 38-50

Albert Park and Sangui Wang

Household-Level Recovery after Floods in a Tribal and Conflict-Ridden Society pp. 51-63

Takashi Kurosaki

Post-disaster Informal Risk Sharing Against Illness pp. 64-74

Yoshito Takasaki

Do Natural Disasters Decrease the Gender Gap in Schooling? pp. 75-89

Yoshito Takasaki

Trust, Risk, and Time Preferences After a Natural Disaster: Experimental Evidence from Thailand pp. 90-105

Alessandra Cassar, Andrew Healy and Carl von Kessler

The 1960 Tsunami in Hawaii: Long-Term Consequences of a Coastal Disaster pp. 106-118

John Lynham, Ilan Noy and Jonathan Page

Welfare Impacts of Index Insurance in the Presence of a Poverty Trap pp. 119-138

Sommarat Chantarat, Andrew G. Mude, Christopher Barrett and Calum Turvey

The Demand for Microinsurance: A Literature Review pp. 139-156

Jean-Philippe Platteau, Ombeline De Bock and Wouter Gelade

Disaster, Aid, and Preferences: The Long-run Impact of the Tsunami on Giving in Sri Lanka pp. 157-173

Leonardo Becchetti, Stefano Castriota and Pierluigi Conzo

The Impact of Rural Electric Access on Deforestation Rates pp. 174-185

Andrew M. Tanner and Alison L. Johnston

Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link pp. 186-199

Sirianne Dahlum and Carl Henrik Knutsen

Impacts of Migration and Remittances on Ethnic Income Inequality in Rural China pp. 200-211

Anthony Howell

The Paradox of Plenty: A Meta-Analysis pp. 212-231

Magali Dauvin and David Guerreiro

Changes Over Time in Multidimensional Poverty: Methodology and Results for 34 Countries pp. 232-249

Sabina Alkire, José Manuel Roche and Ana Vaz

Formal and Informal Interests of Donors to Allocate Aid: Spending Patterns of USAID, GIZ, and EU Forest Development Policy in Bangladesh pp. 250-267

Md Saifur Rahman and Lukas Giessen

Regional Perspectives on the Multidimensional Poverty Index pp. 268-285

Atika Pasha

The Social Implications of Technology Diffusion: Uncovering the Unintended Consequences of People’s Health-Related Mobile Phone Use in Rural India and China pp. 286-304

Marco Haenssgen and Proochista Ariana

Grain Price and Volatility Transmission from International to Domestic Markets in Developing Countries pp. 305-320

Francisco Ceballos, Manuel Hernandez, Nicholas Minot and Luis Robles

Women’s Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900–2012 pp. 321-335

Aksel Sundström, Pamela Paxton, Yi-Ting Wang and Staffan I. Lindberg

Critical Capacity Development: An Action Research Approach in Coastal Brazil pp. 336-345

Erika Bockstael

Weather Shocks and Agricultural Commercialization in Colonial Tropical Africa: Did Cash Crops Alleviate Social Distress? pp. 346-365

Kostadis Papaioannou and Michiel de Haas

Least-Developed Countries in a World of Global Value Chains: Are WTO Trade Negotiations Helping? pp. 366-374

Daniel Flentø and Stefano Ponte

Characterizing social networks and their effects on income diversification in rural Kerala, India pp. 375-392

Judit Johny, Bruno Wichmann and Brent Swallow

Pathways to Better Project Delivery: The Link Between Capacity Factors and Urban Infrastructure Projects in India pp. 393-405

Yehyun An, Michael J. Garvin and Ralph P. Hall

Property Tax Revenues and Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in Colombia: A Spatial Approach pp. 406-421

Juan Ramírez, Yadira Díaz and Juan Bedoya

Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Tools in Conditional Cash Transfers Programs: Evidence for Argentina pp. 422-447

Elva López Mourelo and Verónica Escudero

How Important is Parental Education for Child Nutrition? pp. 448-464

Harold Alderman and Derek Headey

Modeling Preference and Willingness to Pay for Drought Tolerance (DT) in Maize in Rural Zimbabwe pp. 465-477

Girma Kassie, Awudu Abdulai, William Greene, Bekele Shiferaw, Tsedeke Abate, Amsal Tarekegne and Chloe Sutcliffe

Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence on the True Local Welfare Costs of Forest Conservation in Madagascar: Are Discrete Choice Experiments a Valid ex ante Tool? pp. 478-491

O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Jette B. Jacobsen, Helle O. Larsen, Julia P.G. Jones, Martin R. Nielsen, Bruno S. Ramamonjisoa, Rina H. Mandimbiniaina and Neal Hockley

Ecological Restoration and Livelihood: Contribution of Planted Mangroves as Nursery and Habitat for Artisanal and Commercial Fishery pp. 492-502

Saudamini Das