World Development

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Volume 66, issue C, 2015

Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability-Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia pp. 1-15

Sofia Trommlerová, Stephan Klasen and Ortrud Leßmann

Optimal Weather Conditions, Economic Growth, and Political Transitions pp. 16-30

Neila Cáceres and Samuel Malone

Institutional Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in China pp. 31-48

Cheryl Long, Jin Yang and Jing Zhang

Unpacking Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis pp. 49-68

Hippolyte Affognon, Christopher Mutungi, Pascal Sanginga and Christian Borgemeister

Improving Identification of Demand-Side Obstacles to Schooling: Findings from Revealed and Stated Preference Models in Two SSA Countries pp. 69-83

Jane Arnold Lincove

Heterogeneity of the Effects of Health Insurance on Household Savings: Evidence from Rural China pp. 84-103

Diana Cheung and Ysaline Padieu

A “Time of Agric”: Rethinking the “Failure” of Agricultural Programs in 1970s Ghana pp. 104-117

Alice Wiemers

The Entrepreneur Makes a Difference: Evidence on MSE Upgrading Factors from Egypt, India, and the Philippines pp. 118-130

Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa, Markus Loewe and Caroline Reeg

The Formation of Community-Based Organizations: An Analysis of a Quasi-Experiment in Zimbabwe pp. 131-153

Abigail Barr, Marleen Dekker and Marcel Fafchamps

Growth, Growth Accelerations, and the Poor: Lessons from Indonesia pp. 154-165

Sambit Bhattacharyya and Budy Resosudarmo

Does Diversity Impair Human Development? A Multi-Level Test of the Diversity Debit Hypothesis pp. 166-188

John Gerring, Strom C. Thacker, Yuan Lu and Wei Huang

Democracy, Financial Openness, and Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Heterogeneity Across Existing Emission Levels pp. 189-207

Wan-Hai You, Hui-Ming Zhu, Keming Yu and Cheng Peng

The Impact of Private Food Standards on Developing Countries’ Export Performance: An Analysis of Asparagus Firms in Peru pp. 208-221

Monica Schuster and Miet Maertens

Heterogeneous Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements: How does Partner Similarity Matter? pp. 222-236

Juyoung Cheong, Do Won Kwak and Kam Ki Tang

What Do State-Owned Development Banks Do? Evidence from BNDES, 2002–09 pp. 237-253

Sergio G. Lazzarini, Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Rosilene Marcon

Integrated and Participatory Analysis of Water Governance Regimes: The Case of the Costa Rican Dry Tropics pp. 254-268

Christopher Kuzdas, Arnim Wiek, Benjamin Warner, Raffaele Vignola and Ricardo Morataya

Forest-Based Livelihoods Strategies Conditioned by Market Remoteness and Forest Proximity in Jharkhand, India pp. 269-279

Brian Belcher, Ramadhani Achdiawan and Sonya Dewi

Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru pp. 280-292

Miguel Jaramillo and Glenn Daniel Wright

Long-Term Consequences of Colonial Institutions and Human Capital Investments: Sub-National Evidence from Madagascar pp. 293-307

Frank-Borge Wietzke

Quantifying the Microeconomic Effects of War Using Panel Data: Evidence From Nepal pp. 308-321

Margarita Pivovarova and Eik Swee

Monitoring Economic Development from Space: Using Nighttime Light and Land Cover Data to Measure Economic Growth pp. 322-334

Souknilanh Keola, Magnus Andersson and Ola Hall

Microcredit: Empowerment and Disempowerment of Rural Women in Ghana pp. 335-345

John Kuumuori Ganle, Kwadwo Afriyie and Alexander Yao Segbefia

Membership has its Privileges – The Effect of Membership in International Organizations on FDI pp. 346-358

Axel Dreher, Heiner Mikosch and Stefan Voigt

Rainfall Shocks, Local Revenues, and Intergovernmental Transfer in Mali pp. 359-370

Aly Sanoh

Public Services and the Poor in Laos pp. 371-382

Peter Warr, Jayant Menon and Sitthiroth Rasphone

Development Aid and Growth in Transition Countries pp. 383-399

Zohid Askarov and Chris Doucouliagos

Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda pp. 400-412

Brian Chiputwa, David Spielman and Matin Qaim

Coping with the Upheavals of Globalization in the Shea Value Chain: The Maintenance and Relevance of Upstream Shea Nut Supply Chain Organization in Western Burkina Faso pp. 413-427

Karen Rousseau, Denis Gautier and D. Andrew Wardell

Does Education Empower Women? Evidence from Indonesia pp. 428-442

Shanika Samarakoon and Rasyad Parinduri

Evaluating Impacts of Watershed Development Program on Agricultural Productivity, Income, and Livelihood in Bhalki Watershed of Bardhaman District, West Bengal pp. 443-456

Nirupam Datta

Balancing Skilled with Unskilled Migration in an Urbanizing Agricultural Economy pp. 457-467

Thinh T. Nguyen, Hisamitsu Saito, Hiroshi Isoda and Shoichi Ito

Infrastructure Provision, Gender, and Poverty in Indian Slums pp. 468-486

Priti Parikh, Kun Fu, Himanshu Parikh, Allan McRobie and Gerard George

Corruption and Market Competition: Evidence from Post-Communist Countries pp. 487-499

Aboubacar Diaby and Kevin Sylwester

Income and Health in Tanzania. An Instrumental Variable Approach pp. 500-515

Eleonora Fichera and David Savage

The Role of Governance in Determining Foreign Aid Flow Composition pp. 516-531

Matthew S. Winters and Gina Martinez

Economic Inequality in the Arab Region pp. 532-556

Nadia Belhaj Hassine

Intra-Household Resource Allocation under Negative Income Shock: A Natural Experiment pp. 557-571

Khondoker Mottaleb, Samarendu Mohanty and Ashok Mishra

Remoteness, Urbanization, and India’s Unbalanced Growth pp. 572-587

Samarjit Das, Chetan Ghate and Peter Robertson

Domestic Market Integration and Regional Economic Growth—China’s Recent Experience from 1995–2011 pp. 588-597

Shanzi Ke

Is Africa Actually Developing? pp. 598-613

Alan King and Carlyn Ramlogan-Dobson

Flood-Induced Displacement and Civil Conflict pp. 614-628

Ramesh Ghimire, Susana Ferreira and Jeffrey Dorfman

Co-location and Spatial Wage Spillovers in China: The Role of Foreign Ownership and Trade pp. 629-644

Robert Elliott and Ying Zhou

Missing Links, Missing Markets: Evidence of the Transformation Process in the Economic Networks of Gambian Villages pp. 645-664

Dany Jaimovich

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase Innovation? pp. 665-677

Cassandra Mehlig Sweet and Dalibor Eterovic

How Absorptive Capacity is Formed in a Latecomer Economy: Different Roles of Foreign Patent and Know-how Licensing in Korea pp. 678-694

Moon Young Chung and Keun Lee

Analysis of Adoption and Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties in Eastern Zambia pp. 695-706

Makaiko Khonje, Julius Manda, Arega D. Alene and Menale Kassie

NGOs, States, and Donors Revisited: Still Too Close for Comfort? pp. 707-718

Nicola Banks, David Hulme and Michael Edwards

Are Rainfed Agricultural Households Insured? Evidence from Five Villages in Vidarbha, India pp. 719-736

Sarthak Gaurav

The Role of Subsidization and Organizational Status on Microfinance Borrower Repayment Rates pp. 737-748

Sugato Chakravarty and Mariya Pylypiv

The Other Asian Enigma: Explaining the Rapid Reduction of Undernutrition in Bangladesh pp. 749-761

Derek Headey, John Hoddinott, Disha Ali, Roman Tesfaye and Mekdim Dereje

Innovative Grassroots NGOS and the Complex Processes of Women’s Empowerment: An Empirical Investigation from Northern Tanzania pp. 762-777

Mara J. Goldman and Jani S. Little