World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 69, issue C, 2015

Assessing Foreign Aid’s Long-Run Contribution to Growth and Development pp. 6-18

Channing Arndt, Sam Jones and Finn Tarp

Aid and Income: Another Time-series Perspective pp. 19-30

Matthijs Lof, Tseday Mekasha and Finn Tarp

Aid Supplies Over Time: Addressing Heterogeneity, Trends, and Dynamics pp. 31-43

Sam Jones

Business Cycle Fluctuations, Large Macroeconomic Shocks, and Development Aid pp. 44-61

Era Dabla-Norris, Camelia Minoiu and Luis-Felipe Zanna

Consequences of Aid Volatility for Macroeconomic Management and Aid Effectiveness pp. 62-74

John Hudson

International Coordination and the Effectiveness of Aid pp. 75-85

Arne Bigsten and Sven Tengstam

The Hard Challenge of Aid Coordination pp. 86-97

François Bourguignon and Jean-Philippe Platteau

Aid and Government Fiscal Behavior: Assessing Recent Evidence pp. 98-105

Oliver Morrissey

Fiscal Composition and Aid Effectiveness: A Political Economy Model pp. 106-115

Paul Mosley

Policy Responses to Aid Surges in Countries with Limited International Capital Mobility: The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime pp. 116-129

Andrew Berg, Rafael Portillo and Luis-Felipe Zanna

Volume 68, issue C, 2015

Socio-Economic Impacts of JEEViKA: A Large-Scale Self-Help Group Project in Bihar, India pp. 1-18

Upamanyu Datta

Diversification and Labor Market Effects of the Mexican Coffee Crisis pp. 19-29

Benigno Rodríguez Padrón and Kees Burger

Measuring Microfinance: Assessing the Conflict between Practitioners and Researchers with Evidence from Nepal pp. 30-47

Ram Rajbanshi, Meng Huang and Bruce Wydick

Lessons from the Dzud: Community-Based Rangeland Management Increases the Adaptive Capacity of Mongolian Herders to Winter Disasters pp. 48-65

María E. Fernández-Giménez, Baival Batkhishig, Batjav Batbuyan and Tungalag Ulambayar

Is the Relationship Between Financial Development and Economic Growth Monotonic? Evidence from a Sample of Middle-Income Countries pp. 66-81

Nahla Samargandi, Jan Fidrmuc and Sugata Ghosh

Fuelling Calorie Intake Decline: Household-Level Evidence from Rural India pp. 82-95

Amit Basole and Deepankar Basu

The Political Economy of the Maoist Conflict in India: An Empirical Analysis pp. 96-123

Joseph Gomes

The Schubert Effect: When Flourishing Businesses Crowd Out Human Capital pp. 124-135

Guido Friebel, Jibirila Leinyuy and Paul Seabright

Aspects of Moral Change in India, 1990–2006: Evidence from Public Attitudes toward Tax Evasion and Bribery pp. 136-148

M. Najeeb Shafiq

Acting on Climate Finance Pledges: Inter-Agency Dynamics and Relationships with Aid in Contributor States pp. 149-162

Jonathan Pickering, Jakob Skovgaard, Soyeun Kim, J. Timmons Roberts, David Rossati, Martin Stadelmann and Hendrikje Reich

Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-Being pp. 163-179

Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova

Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era pp. 180-204

Lisa C. Smith and Lawrence Haddad

Living Institutions: Sharing and Sanctioning Water among Pastoralists in Namibia pp. 205-214

Michael Schnegg and Theresa Linke

Returns to Physical Capital in Ethiopia: Comparative Analysis of Formal and Informal Firms pp. 215-229

Eyerusalem Siba

Political Settlements and Productive Sector Policies: Understanding Sector Differences in Uganda pp. 230-241

Anne Mette KjÆr

Realizing the Right to Sanitation in Deprived Urban Communities: Meeting the Challenges of Collective Action, Coproduction, Affordability, and Housing Tenure pp. 242-253

Gordon McGranahan

Market Access Conditions and Sub-Saharan Africa’s Exports Diversification pp. 254-263

Alessandro Nicita and Valentina Rollo

Government Policy Responses to Financial Crises: Identifying Patterns and Policy Origins in Developing Countries pp. 264-281

Eunyoung Ha and Myung-koo Kang

Lessons from Systematic Evaluation of Land Administration Systems. The Case of Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia pp. 282-295

Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi, Helmut Fuchs and Reinfried Mansberger

Mobile Phones and Farmers’ Marketing Decisions in Ethiopia pp. 296-307

Getaw Tadesse and Godfrey Bahiigwa

Does Money Buy Credit? Firm-Level Evidence on Bribery and Bank Debt pp. 308-322

Zuzana Fungáčová, Anna Kochanova and Laurent Weill

Did Aid Promote Democracy in Africa? The Role of Technical Assistance in Africa’s Transitions pp. 323-335

Clark C. Gibson, Barak D. Hoffman and Ryan S. Jablonski

What Impact Does Microfinance Have on Rural Livelihood? A Comparison of Governmental and Non-Governmental Microfinance Programs in Bangladesh pp. 336-354

Mohummed Shofi Ullah Mazumder and Wencong Lu

Volume 67, issue C, 2015

Unintended Consequences of Community-Based Monitoring Systems: Lessons from an HIV Prevention Intervention for Sex Workers in South India pp. 1-10

Monica R. Biradavolu, Kim M. Blankenship, Annie George and Nimesh Dhungana

Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland pp. 11-26

Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski, Mthuli Ncube and Zorobabel Bicaba

Effect of Certified Organic Production Systems on Poverty among Smallholder Farmers: Empirical Evidence from Kenya pp. 27-37

Oscar I. Ayuya, Eric O. Gido, Hillary K. Bett, Job K. Lagat, Alexander K. Kahi and Siegfried Bauer

Finance and Growth for Microenterprises: Evidence from Rural China pp. 38-56

Thorsten Beck, Liping Lu and Rudai Yang

Workfare as an Effective Way to Fight Poverty: The Case of India’s NREGS pp. 57-71

Shamika Ravi and Monika Engler

India’s Struggle Against Malnutrition—Is the ICDS Program the Answer? pp. 72-89

Monica Jain

Bread, Justice, or Opportunity? The Determinants of the Arab Awakening Protests pp. 90-100

Matthew Costello, J. Craig Jenkins and Hassan Aly

Financial Literacy among Working Young in Urban India pp. 101-109

Sobhesh Kumar Agarwalla, Samir K. Barua, Joshy Jacob and Jayanth Varma

Does Commercial Microfinance Belong to the Financial Sector? Lessons from the Stock Market pp. 110-125

Marie Brière and Ariane Szafarz

Redesigning the Indian Food Security System through E-Governance: The Case of Kerala pp. 126-137

Silvia Masiero

The Unintended Consequence of an Export Ban: Evidence from Benin’s Shrimp Sector pp. 138-150

Romain Houssa and Marijke Verpoorten

Fair Enough? Food Security and the International Trade of Seafood pp. 151-160

Frank Asche, Marc Bellemare, Cathy Roheim, Martin Smith and Sigbjørn Tveteras

When Assets are Vulnerabilities: An Assessment of Informal Recyclers’ Livelihood Strategies in Buenos Aires, Argentina pp. 161-173

Kate Parizeau

Revisiting the Modernization Hypothesis: Longevity and Democracy pp. 174-185

Joannes Jacobsen

International Comovement of Economic Fluctuations: A Spatial Analysis pp. 186-201

Miao Wang, M.C. Sunny Wong and Jim Granato

Does Political Activism and Affiliation Affect Allocation of Benefits in the Rural Employment Guarantee Program: Evidence from West Bengal, India pp. 202-217

Upasak Das

The Impact of Income and Non-Income Shocks on Child Labor: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Tanzania pp. 218-237

Amarakoon Bandara, Rajeev Dehejia and Shaheen Lavie-Rouse

Technological Change, Skill Demand, and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 238-250

Jong-Wha Lee and Dainn Wie

Mobilization, Participatory Planning Institutions, and Elite Capture: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Kenya pp. 251-266

Ryan Sheely

Social Preferences and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia pp. 267-280

Bereket Kebede and Daniel Zizzo

Aid Externalities: Evidence from PEPFAR in Africa pp. 281-294

Melissa M. Lee and Melina Platas Izama

Revenue Substitution? How Foreign Aid Inflows Moderate the Effect of Bilateral Trade Pressures on Labor Rights pp. 295-309

Sijeong Lim, Layna Mosley and Aseem Prakash

Reversing the Brain Drain: Is it Beneficial? pp. 310-322

Syed Hussain

Fiscal Contracting in Latin America pp. 323-335

Richard Bird and Eric M. Zolt

Yield Gap-Based Poverty Gaps in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 336-362

Fred M. Dzanku, Magnus Jirström and Håkan Marstorp

Only Mine or All Ours: Do Stronger Entitlements Affect Altruistic Choices in the Household pp. 363-375

Utteeyo Dasgupta and Subha Mani

Ethnic Diversity and Social Capital in Indonesia pp. 376-395

Dimitris Mavridis

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Equality of Opportunity in South Africa pp. 396-405

Patrizio Piraino

Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk pp. 406-423

Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing

Female Labor Force Participation and Household Dependence on Biomass Energy: Evidence from National Longitudinal Data pp. 424-437

Paul Burke and Guy Dundas

The Effect of Hydro-Meteorological Emergencies on Internal Migration pp. 438-448

Juan Robalino, José Jimenez and Adriana Chacon-Cascante

Decentralization, Institutional Ambiguity, and Mineral Resource Conflict in Mindanao, Philippines pp. 449-460

Boris Verbrugge

The Effects of Rwanda’s Biogas Program on Energy Expenditure and Fuel Use pp. 461-474

Arjun Bedi, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Luca Tasciotti

The Dynamics of Co-Management and Social Capital in Protected Area Management—The Cardoso Island State Park in Brazil pp. 475-489

Karla Sessin-Dilascio, Katrin Prager, Katherine N. Irvine and Paulo Antonio de Almeida Sinisgalli

Does Poverty Trap Rural Malagasy Households? pp. 490-505

Anne-Claire Thomas and Frédéric Gaspart

Human Capital, Discrimination, and the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh pp. 506-524

Salma Ahmed and Mark McGillivray

Farming or Fighting? Agricultural Price Shocks and Civil War in Africa pp. 525-534

Hanne Fjelde