World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 73, issue C, 2015

Conceptualizing Spatial Diversity in Latin American Rural Development: Structures, Institutions, and Coalitions pp. 1-10

Julio Berdegue, Anthony Bebbington and Javier Escobal

A Large-Scale Mapping of Territorial Development Dynamics in Latin America pp. 11-31

Felix Modrego and Julio Berdegue

Extraterritorial Investments, Environmental Crisis, and Collective Action in Latin America pp. 32-43

Pablo Ospina Peralta, Anthony Bebbington, Patric Hollenstein, Ilana Nussbaum and Eduardo Ramírez

Linkage to Dynamic Markets and Rural Territorial Development in Latin America pp. 44-55

Javier Escobal, Arilson Favareto, Francisco Aguirre and Carmen Ponce San Roman

Cities, Territories, and Inclusive Growth: Unraveling Urban–Rural Linkages in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico pp. 56-71

Julio Berdegue, Fernando Carriazo, Benjamín Jara, Felix Modrego and Isidro Soloaga

The Importance of Inequality for Natural Resource Governance: Evidence from Two Nicaraguan Territories pp. 72-84

Helle Munk Ravnborg and Ligia Ivette Gómez

Territorial Coalitions and Rural Dynamics in Ecuador. Why History Matters pp. 85-95

Pablo Ospina Peralta and Patric Hollenstein

Gender Systems and Women’s Labor Force Participation in the Salmon Industry in Chiloé, Chile pp. 96-104

Eduardo Ramírez and Ruerd Ruben

Gas and Development: Rural Territorial Dynamics in Tarija, Bolivia pp. 105-117

Leonith Hinojosa, Anthony Bebbington, Guido Cortez, Juan Pablo Chumacero, Denise Humphreys Bebbington and Karl Hennermann

Poverty Reduction Through Dispossession: The Milk Boom and the Return of the Elite in Santo Tomás, Nicaragua pp. 118-128

Helle Munk Ravnborg and Ligia Ivette Gómez

Explaining Spatial Diversity in Latin American Rural Development: Structures, Institutions, and Coalitions pp. 129-137

Julio Berdegue, Javier Escobal and Anthony Bebbington

Volume 72, issue C, 2015

The Rising Resilience of Emerging Market and Developing Economies pp. 1-26

Abdul Abiad, John Bluedorn, Jaime Guajardo and Petia Topalova

Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Infection in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 27-42

Dick Durevall and Annika Lindskog

Small Farmers in High-Value Chains: Binding or Relaxing Constraints to Inclusive Growth? pp. 43-52

Roehlano Briones

The Welfare Impact of Land Redistribution: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Initiative in Malawi pp. 53-69

Mariapia Mendola and Franklin Simtowe

Assessing the Impact of Crop Diversification on Farm Poverty in India pp. 70-92

Pratap Birthal, Devesh Roy and Digvijay Negi

Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How? pp. 93-108

Sabina Alkire and Suman Seth

Economic Freedom and Productivity Growth in Resource-rich Economies pp. 109-126

Minoo Farhadi, Md. Islam and Solmaz Moslehi

Building Capacity, Building Rights? State Capacity and Labor Rights in Developing Countries pp. 127-139

Daniel Berliner, Anne Greenleaf, Milli Lake and Jennifer Noveck

Reviewing Composite Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: A Sustainable Approach and Application pp. 140-162

Valérie Angeon and Samuel Bates

Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 163-174

Laura G. Babbitt, Drusilla Brown and Nimah Mazaheri

Impacts of Large-scale Land Investments on Income, Prices, and Employment: Empirical Analyses in Ethiopia pp. 175-190

Philipp Baumgartner, Joachim von Braun, Degnet Abebaw Ejigie and Marc Müller

Minding Weber More Than Ever? The Impacts of State Capacity and Bureaucratic Autonomy on Development Goals pp. 191-207

Luciana Cingolani, Kaj Thomsson and Denis de Crombrugghe

Aspiration Failure: A Poverty Trap for Indigenous Children in Peru? pp. 208-223

Laure Pasquier-Doumer and Fiorella Risso Brandon

Always Vote for Principle, Though You May Vote Alone: Explaining United States Political Support for Multilateral Development Loans pp. 224-239

Jonathan R. Strand and Tina M. Zappile

South–South Migration and Discrimination Against Women in Social Institutions: A Two-way Relationship pp. 240-254

Gaëlle Ferrant and Michele Tuccio

Sickness and Death: Economic Consequences and Coping Strategies of the Urban Poor in Bangladesh pp. 255-266

Farid Khan, Arjun Bedi and Robert Sparrow

Traditional Wealth, Modern Goods, and Demographic Behavior in Rural Senegal pp. 267-276

Michel Garenne

Stopped in the Name of the Law: Administrative Burden and its Implications for Cash Transfer Program Effectiveness pp. 277-295

Carolyn Heinrich and Robert Brill

Return to Education for China’s Return Migrant Entrepreneurs pp. 296-307

Feng Hu

Poverty–Food Security Nexus: Evidence from a Survey of Urban Slum Dwellers in Kolkata pp. 308-325

Chandana Maitra and D.S. Prasada Rao

Gender Preferences in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Fertility Choices pp. 326-345

Pauline Rossi and Léa Rouanet

Social Accountability: What Does the Evidence Really Say? pp. 346-361

Jonathan A. Fox

Gender, Geography, and Generations: Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Post-Reform India pp. 362-380

M. Shahe Emran and Forhad Shilpi

Living Care-Fully: The Potential for an Ethics of Care in Livelihoods Approaches pp. 381-393

Kelsey B. Hanrahan

Impacts of Supermarkets on Farm Household Nutrition in Kenya pp. 394-407

Christine G.K. Chege, Camilla I.M. Andersson and Matin Qaim

Benefit Sharing Among Local Resource Users: The Role of Property Rights pp. 408-418

Nichole Torpey-Saboe, Krister Andersson, Esther Mwangi, Lauren Persha, Carl Salk and Glenn Wright

Poorer Countries and the Environment: Friends or Foes? pp. 419-431

Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

The Effect of Drought on Health Outcomes and Health Expenditures in Rural Vietnam pp. 432-448

Steffen Lohmann and Tobias Lechtenfeld

Volume 71, issue C, 2015

Measuring Exposure to Downside Risk with an Application to Thailand and Vietnam pp. 4-24

Felix Povel

Non-Sampling Error and Data Quality: What Can We Learn from Surveys to Collect Data for Vulnerability Measurements? pp. 25-35

Tung Phung, Bernd Hardeweg, Suwanna Praneetvatakul and H. Waibel

A Feminization of Vulnerability? Female Headship, Poverty, and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam pp. 36-53

Stephan Klasen, Tobias Lechtenfeld and Felix Povel

Shocks, Individual Risk Attitude, and Vulnerability to Poverty among Rural Households in Thailand and Vietnam pp. 54-78

Oliver Gloede, Lukas Menkhoff and Hermann Waibel

Rural–Urban Migration, Household Vulnerability, and Welfare in Vietnam pp. 79-93

Loc Duc Nguyen, Katharina Raabe and Ulrike Grote

Determinants and Consequences of Internal Return Migration in Thailand and Vietnam pp. 94-106

Vera Junge, Javier Revilla Diez and Ludwig Schätzl

Property Rights and Consumption Volatility: Evidence from a Land Reform in Vietnam pp. 107-130

Niels Kemper, Luu Viet Ha and Rainer Klump

Volume 70, issue C, 2015

“Show me the Numbers”: Examining the Dynamics Between Evaluation and Government Performance in Developing Countries pp. 1-12

Lesli Hoey

Revealed Corruption, Taxation, and Fiscal Accountability: Evidence from Brazil pp. 13-27

Jeffrey F. Timmons and Francisco Garfias

Practice What You Preach: Microfinance Business Models and Operational Efficiency pp. 28-42

J. Bos and Matteo Millone

Institutional Voids or Organizational Resilience? Business Groups, Innovation, and Market Development in Latin America pp. 43-58

Fulvio Castellacci

Natural Disasters, Household Welfare, and Resilience: Evidence from Rural Vietnam pp. 59-77

Mohamed Arouri, Cuong Nguyen and Adel Ben Youssef

Correlates of Maize Land and Livelihood Change Among Maize Farming Households in Mexico pp. 78-91

Hallie Eakin, Kirsten Appendini, Stuart Sweeney and Hugo Perales

The Intrinsic Value of Agency: The Case of Indonesia pp. 92-107

Antonia Fernandez, Marina Della Giusta and Uma Kambhampati

Entrepreneurship and the Allocation of Government Spending Under Imperfect Markets pp. 108-121

Asif Islam

Gender, Agrobiodiversity, and Climate Change: A Study of Adaptation Practices in the Nepal Himalayas pp. 122-132

Basundhara Bhattarai, Ruth Beilin and Rebecca Ford

How Urban Segregation Distorts Chinese Migrants’ Consumption? pp. 133-146

Binkai Chen, Ming Lu and Ninghua Zhong

The Sloping Land Conversion Program in China: Effect on the Livelihood Diversification of Rural Households pp. 147-161

Zhen Liu and Jing Lan

Assessing the Effectiveness of Projects Supporting On-Farm Conservation of Native Crops: Evidence From the High Andes of South America pp. 162-176

Mauricio Bellon, Elisabetta Gotor and Francesco Caracciolo

Fifteen Years of Bt Cotton in China: The Economic Impact and its Dynamics pp. 177-185

Fangbin Qiao

Going Back Home: Internal Return Migration in Rural Tanzania pp. 186-202

Kalle Hirvonen and Helene Lilleør

Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective pp. 203-214

Fiona Nunan, Mafaniso Hara and Paul Onyango

The Impact of Contracting in and Contracting out Basic Health Services: The Guatemalan Experience pp. 215-227

Julian Cristia, Ariadna García Prado and Cecilia Peluffo

Formalizing Indigenous Commons: The Role of ‘Authority’ in the Formation of Territories in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and the Philippines pp. 228-238

Anne M. Larson, Peter J. Cronkleton and Juan M. Pulhin

What Is Social Inequality and Why Does it Matter? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe pp. 239-248

Chiara Binelli, Matthew Loveless and Stephen Whitefield

Power Holders and Social Dynamics of Participatory Development and Reconstruction: Cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 249-259

Patrick M. Kyamusugulwa and Dorothea Hilhorst

Strengthening Economic Rights and Women’s Occupational Choice: The Impact of Reforming Ethiopia’s Family Law pp. 260-273

Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Ousman Gajigo

The Biogeographic Roots of World Inequality: Animals, Disease, and Human Settlement Patterns in Africa and the Americas Before 1492 pp. 274-285

Ewout Frankema

Improving Governance for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Scenario Forecasting the Next 50years pp. 286-302

Devin K. Joshi, Barry B. Hughes and Timothy D. Sisk

The Impact of Bolsa Família on Schooling pp. 303-316

Alan de Brauw, Daniel Gilligan, John Hoddinott and Shalini Roy

The Productivity of Trust pp. 317-331

Christian Bjørnskov and Pierre-Guillaume Méon

Social Security Development and the Colonial Legacy pp. 332-342

Carina Schmitt

Unraveling the Notion of “Fair Carbon”: Key Challenges for Standards Development pp. 343-356

Rebecca Joy Howard, Anne Tallontire, Lindsay Stringer and Rob Marchant

A New Index of the Business Environment for Microfinance pp. 357-388

Robert Cull, Sergio Navajas, Ippei Nishida and Renate Zeiler

Comment on Lof, Mekasha, and Tarp (2014) pp. 389-396

Dierk Herzer, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D., Axel Dreher, Stephan Klasen and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

Rejoinder to Herzer, Nowak-Lehmann, Dreher, Klasen, and Martinez-Zarzoso (2014) pp. 397-399

Matthijs Lof, Tseday Mekasha and Finn Tarp

Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America pp. 400-415

Ana Corbacho, Julia Philipp and Mauricio Ruiz-Vega

Caught in a Productivity Trap: A Distributional Perspective on Gender Differences in Malawian Agriculture pp. 416-463

Talip Kilic, Amparo Palacios-Lopez and Markus Goldstein

Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid pp. 464-480

Axel Dreher, Kai Gehring and Stephan Klasen

Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 481-495

Mark Hampton and Julia Jeyacheya