World Development

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Volume 65, issue C, 2015

Reprint of: Migration and Development Research is Moving Far Beyond Remittances pp. 1-5

Michael Clemens, Çağlar Özden and Hillel Rapoport

A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations pp. 6-26

Erhan Artuc, Frédéric Docquier, Çaglar Özden and Christopher Parsons

Bringing It All Back Home – Return Migration and Fertility Choices pp. 27-40

Simone Bertoli and Francesca Marchetta

Female Migration for Marriage: Implications from the Land Reform in Rural Tanzania pp. 41-61

Yuya Kudo

The Feminization of International Migration and its Effects on the Children Left Behind: Evidence from the Philippines pp. 62-78

Patricia Cortes

Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being pp. 79-93

Steven Stillman, John Gibson, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua

The Drivers of Diaspora Donations for Development: Evidence from the Philippines pp. 94-109

Victoria Licuanan, Toman Omar Mahmoud and Andreas Steinmayr

Overshooting the Savings Target: Temporary Migration, Investment in Housing and Development pp. 110-121

Slobodan Djajić and Alexandra Vinogradova

Volume 64, issue S1, 2014

Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base pp. S1-S11

Sven Wunder, Arild Angelsen and Brian Belcher

Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis pp. S12-S28

Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira, Brian Belcher, Nicholas J. Hogarth, Simone Bauch, Jan Börner, Carsten Smith-Hall and Sven Wunder

Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective pp. S29-S42

Sven Wunder, Jan Börner, Gerald Shively and Miriam Wyman

Tenure and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty pp. S43-S55

Pamela Jagger, Martin Luckert, Amy E. Duchelle, Jens Lund and William D. Sunderlin

Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study pp. S56-S66

Terry Sunderland, Ramadhani Achdiawan, Arild Angelsen, Ronnie Babigumira, Amy Ickowitz, Fiona Paumgarten, Victoria Reyes-García and Gerald Shively

Forest Clearing in Rural Livelihoods: Household-Level Global-Comparative Evidence pp. S67-S79

Ronnie Babigumira, Arild Angelsen, Maarten Buis, Simone Bauch, Terry Sunderland and Sven Wunder

Producing Woodfuel for Urban Centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Path Out of Poverty for Rural Households? pp. S80-S90

Jolien Schure, Patrice Levang and K. Freerk Wiersum

Shocks, Income and Wealth: Do They Affect the Extraction of Natural Resources by Rural Households? pp. S91-S100

Alejandro Lopez-Feldman

Can Smallholders Engage in Tree Plantations? An Entitlements Analysis from Vietnam pp. S101-S112

Thomas Sikor and Jacopo Alessandro Baggio

Are Forest Incomes Sustainable? Firewood and Timber Extraction and Productivity in Community Managed Forests in Nepal pp. S113-S124

Henrik Meilby, Carsten Smith-Hall, Anja Byg, Helle Overgaard Larsen, Øystein Juul Nielsen, Lila Puri and Santosh Rayamajhi

Impacts of Protected Areas on Local Livelihoods in Cambodia pp. S125-S134

Tom Clements, Seng Suon, David S. Wilkie and E.J. Milner-Gulland

Have We Managed to Integrate Conservation and Development? ICDP Impacts in the Brazilian Amazon pp. S135-S148

Simone C. Bauch, Erin O. Sills and Subhrendu Pattanayak

Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia pp. S149-S158

Amy E. Duchelle, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Sven Wunder, Jan Börner and Karen A. Kainer

Volume 64, issue C, 2014

Impact of South–South FDI and Trade on the Export Upgrading of African Economies pp. 1-17

Alessia Amighini and Marco Sanfilippo

Why there Should be No Political Foreign Aid Curse pp. 18-32

Ceren Altincekic and David H. Bearce

Evolution, Empowerment, and Emancipation: How Societies Climb the Freedom Ladder pp. 33-51

Christian Welzel

The Blue Revolution in Asia: Upgrading and Governance in Aquaculture Value Chains pp. 52-64

Stefano Ponte, Ingrid Kelling, Karen Sau Jespersen and Froukje Kruijssen

Popular Economy in Santiago de Chile: State of Affairs and Challenges pp. 65-78

Thomas Bauwens and Andreia Lemaître

Certification and Access to Export Markets: Adoption and Return on Investment of Organic-Certified Pineapple Farming in Ghana pp. 79-92

Linda Kleemann, Awudu Abdulai and Mareike Buss

Voter Response to Conservation Policies in Madagascar pp. 93-103

Christine M. Moser

Does International Health Aid Follow Recipients’ Needs? Extensive and Intensive Margins of Health Aid Allocation pp. 104-120

Suejin A. Lee and Jae-Young Lim

Migration and Development Research is Moving Far Beyond Remittances pp. 121-124

Michael Clemens, Çağlar Özden and Hillel Rapoport

Heterogeneous Demand for Drought-Tolerant Rice: Evidence from Bihar, India pp. 125-139

Patrick Ward, David Ortega, David Spielman and Vartika Singh

Multi-Domain Subjective Wellbeing of Two Canadian First Nations Communities pp. 140-157

Shashi Kant, Ilan Vertinsky, Bin Zheng and Peggy M. Smith

On the Interplay of Actors in the Co-Management of Natural Resources – A Dynamic Perspective pp. 158-168

Anke Fischer, Dereje Tadesse Wakjira, Yitbarek Tibebe Weldesemaet and Zelealem Tefera Ashenafi

Does Affirmative Action Reduce Productivity? A Case Study of the Indian Railways pp. 169-180

Ashwini Deshpande and Thomas E. Weisskopf

Rainfall Shocks and Within-Community Wealth Inequality: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia pp. 181-193

Brian C. Thiede

Aiding and Abetting: Project Aid and Ethnic Politics in Kenya pp. 194-205

Ryan C. Briggs

Women’s Participation in Community-Level Water Governance in Urban India: The Gap Between Motivation and Ability pp. 206-218

Priyam Das

Does Welfare Enable Family Expenditures on Human Capital? Evidence from China pp. 219-231

Qin Gao, Fuhua Zhai, Sui Yang and Shi Li

Process and Pattern in Institutional Reforms: A Case Study of the Police Pacifying Units (UPPs) in Brazil pp. 232-242

Graham Denyer Willis and Mariana Mota Prado

Women’s Education: Harbinger of Another Spring? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey pp. 243-258

Mehmet Alper Dinçer, Neeraj Kaushal and Michael Grossman

Are Rural Youth in Ethiopia Abandoning Agriculture? pp. 259-272

Sosina Bezu and Stein Holden

Escalation of Real Wages in Bangladesh: Is it the Beginning of Structural Transformation? pp. 273-285

Xiaobo Zhang, Shahidur Rashid, Kaikaus Ahmad and Akhter Ahmed

Firm Level Determinants of International Certification: Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 286-297

Mahelet Fikru

How Institutions Mediate the Impact of Cash Cropping on Food Crop Intensification: An Application to Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 298-310

Véronique Thériault and David L. Tschirley

Impact of Information and Communication Technology-Based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya pp. 311-321

Sylvester Ochieng Ogutu, Julius Juma Okello and David Jakinda Otieno

Contract Enforcement and Investment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence pp. 322-338

Diego Aboal, Nelson Noya and Andrés Rius

Does Trade Liberalization Promote Regional Disparities? Evidence from a Multiregional CGE Model of India pp. 339-349

Athula Naranpanawa and Rashmi Arora

Competition for Export Markets and the Allocation of Foreign Aid: The Role of Spatial Dependence among Donor Countries pp. 350-365

Fabian Barthel, Eric Neumayer, Peter Nunnenkamp and Pablo Selaya

FDI Spillovers and Industrial Policy: The Role of Tariffs and Tax Holidays pp. 366-383

Luosha Du, Ann Harrison and Gary Jefferson

Inequalities in Universal Health Coverage: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 384-394

Michael Palmer

The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages pp. 395-406

Dambala Gelo and Steven Koch

Caste Comparisons in India: Evidence From Subjective Well-Being Data pp. 407-419

Xavier Fontaine and Katsunori Yamada

Why Worry About the Politics of Childhood Undernutrition? pp. 420-433

Nicholas Nisbett, Stuart Gillespie, Lawrence Haddad and Jody Harris

Does it Pay to Deliver? An Evaluation of India’s Safe Motherhood Program pp. 434-447

Shareen Joshi and Anusuya Sivaram

Are Poor People Less Happy? Findings from Melanesia pp. 448-459

Simon Feeny, Lachlan McDonald and Alberto Posso

Can Microfinance Reach the Poorest: Evidence from a Community-Managed Microfinance Intervention pp. 460-472

Jonas Lønborg and Ole Dahl Rasmussen

From State to Market: Private Participation in China’s Urban Infrastructure Sectors, 1992–2008 pp. 473-486

Yanlong Zhang

Lessons from an Integrated Community Health Education Initiative in Rural Laos pp. 487-502

Lauren Crawshaw, Sonia Fèvre, Lampheuy Kaesombath, Bounlerth Sivilai, Sayvisene Boulom and Fongsamouth Southammavong

Credit-Based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Ecuador pp. 503-520

Matthew Cranford and Susana Mourato

The Elusive Quest for Supply Response to Cash-Crop Market Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Cotton pp. 521-537

Claire Delpeuch and Antoine Leblois

Gender, Ethnicity, and Cumulative Disadvantage in Education Outcomes pp. 538-553

Emcet Tas, Maira Reimão and Maria Beatriz Orlando

Non-Farm Activity, Household Expenditure, and Poverty Reduction in Rural Vietnam: 2002–2008 pp. 554-568

Trung Hoang, Cong Pham and Mehmet Ulubasoglu

Feminization, Defeminization, and Structural Change in Manufacturing pp. 569-582

David Kucera and Sheba Tejani

Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda pp. 583-596

Sarah Adelman and Amber Peterman

The Role of Landholding as a Determinant of Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Rural Myanmar pp. 597-608

Anu Rammohan and Bill Pritchard

Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh pp. 609-620

Kazi Toufique and Ben Belton

Can Developing Countries Both Decentralize and Depoliticize Urban Water Services? Evaluating the Legacy of the 1990s Reform Wave pp. 621-641

Veronica Herrera and Alison E. Post

Psychological Agency: Evidence from the Urban Fringe of Bamako pp. 642-653

Elise Klein

Consultation in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: An Evaluation of Three Cases in Mali pp. 654-668

Kerstin Nolte and Lieske Voget-Kleschin

Education and Economic Growth: A Meta-Regression Analysis pp. 669-689

Nikos Benos and Stefania Zotou

The Paradigm of Agricultural Efficiency and its Implication on Food Security in Africa: What Does Meta-analysis Reveal? pp. 690-702

Kolawole Ogundari

Using Subjectivity and Emotion to Reconsider Participatory Natural Resource Management pp. 703-712

Margaret C. Morales and Leila M. Harris

Technology and Productivity in African Manufacturing Firms pp. 713-725

Simon Baptist and Francis Teal

Social Policy after the Arab Spring: States and Social Rights in the MENA Region pp. 726-739

Massoud Karshenas, Valentine M. Moghadam and Randa Alami

Fast-Track Institution Building in Conflict-Affected Countries? Insights from Recent Field Experiments pp. 740-754

Elisabeth King and Cyrus Samii

Social Protection: Rethinking Rights and Duties pp. 755-765

Marianne S. Ulriksen and Sophie Plagerson

Text Messaging and its Impacts on the Health and Education of the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural China pp. 766-780

Di Mo, Renfu Luo, Chengfang Liu, Huiping Zhang, Linxiu Zhang, Alexis Medina and Scott Rozelle

Targeting REDD+: An Empirical Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Indonesia pp. 781-790

Samuel Skidmore, Paulo Santos and Beria Leimona

Does Smallholder Land Titling Facilitate Agricultural Growth?: An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia pp. 791-802

Nicholas Sitko, Jordan Chamberlin and Munguzwe Hichaambwa

Parental Education as a Criterion for Affirmative Action in Higher Education pp. 803-814

Rakesh Basant and Gitanjali Sen

The Determinants of Intermediaries’ Power over Farmers’ Margin-Related Activities: Evidence from Adana, Turkey pp. 815-827

Orjon Xhoxhi, Søren Marcus Pedersen, Kim Martin Lind and Attila Yazar

To Pay or Not to Pay? Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa pp. 828-842

Merima Ali, Odd Fjeldstad and Ingrid Hoem Sjursen

Beyond the Field: The Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation pp. 843-859

Anna Folke Larsen and Helene Lilleør

Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program pp. 860-872

Florence Santos, Diana Fletschner, Vivien Savath and Amber Peterman

Environmental Licensing and Conflict in Peru's Mining Sector: A Path-Dependent Analysis pp. 873-883

Maiah Jaskoski