World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 54, issue C, 2014

Social Capital and Improved Stoves Usage Decisions in the Northern Peruvian Andes pp. 1-17

Marcos Agurto Adrianzen

Women’s Land Rights and Children’s Human Capital in Vietnam pp. 18-31

Nidhiya Menon, Yana Rodgers and Huong Nguyen

Economic Development without Pre-Requisites: How Bolivian Producers Met Strict Food Safety Standards and Dominated the Global Brazil-Nut Market pp. 32-45

Salo V. Coslovsky

The Role of Religion in Community-based Natural Resource Management pp. 46-55

Michael Cox, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas and Yasha Hartberg

Exploitative Briefcase Businessmen, Parasites, and Other Myths and Legends: Assembly Traders and the Performance of Maize Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa pp. 56-67

Nicholas Sitko and Thomas Jayne

Integrated Landscape Initiatives for African Agriculture, Development, and Conservation: A Region-Wide Assessment pp. 68-80

Jeffrey C. Milder, Abigail K. Hart, Philip Dobie, Joshua Minai and Christi Zaleski

Are Remittances and Foreign Aid a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks in Developing Countries? pp. 81-98

Jean-Louis Combes, Christian Hubert Ebeke, Sabine Mireille Ntsama and Thierry Yogo

Downward Accountability in Unequal Alliances: Explaining NGO Responses to Zapatista Demands pp. 99-113

Abigail Andrews

Growth and Volatility of Tax Revenues in Latin America pp. 114-138

Hans Fricke and Bernd Süssmuth

Long-Term Effects of Civil Conflict on Women’s Health Outcomes in Peru pp. 139-155

F. Grimard and Sonia Laszlo

Transitions of Innovation Activities in Latecomer Countries: An Exploratory Case Study of South Korea pp. 156-167

Jae-Yong Choung, Hye-Ran Hwang and Wichin Song

The Effect of Development Aid Unpredictability and Migrants’ Remittances on Fiscal Consolidation in Developing Countries pp. 168-190

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

The Political Economy of Slums: Theory and Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 191-203

Sean Fox

Firm Productivity, Exchange Rate Movements, Sources of Finance, and Export Orientation pp. 204-219

Mustafa Caglayan and Firat Demir

Rent-seeking at Home, Capturing Market Share Abroad: The Domestic Determinants of the Transnationalization of China State Construction Engineering Corporation pp. 220-231

Chih-shian Liou

The Lasting Impact of Parental Early Life Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine pp. 232-242

Seonghoon Kim, Quheng Deng, Belton Fleisher and Shi Li

Land Contestation at the Micro Scale: Struggles for Space in the African Marshes pp. 243-252

An Ansoms, Inge Wagemakers, Michael Madison Walker and Jude Murison

The Tertiary Tilt: Education and Inequality in the Developing World pp. 253-272

Lloyd Gruber and Stephen Kosack

How Successful Transnational Non-governmental Organizations Set Themselves up for Failure on the Ground pp. 273-287

Cristina M. Balboa

Scale-up Nation: China’s Specialization in Innovative Manufacturing pp. 288-300

Jonas Nahm and Edward S. Steinfeld

Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level pp. 301-324

Jessica Schicks

Involving Communities in the Targeting of Cash Transfer Programs for Vulnerable Children: Opportunities and Challenges pp. 325-337

Laura Robertson, Phyllis Mushati, Morten Skovdal, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Jeremiah C. Makoni, Tom Crea, Gideon Mavise, Lovemore Dumba, Christina Schumacher, Lorraine Sherr, Constance Nyamukapa and Simon Gregson

Remittances and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from El Salvador pp. 338-349

Diego Anzoategui, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Maria Martinez Peria

Do Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Quality-related Standards Affect International Trade? Evidence from Chilean Fruit Exports pp. 350-359

Oscar Melo, Alejandra Engler, Laura Nahuehual, Gabriela Cofre and José Barrena

Preferences for Community-based Targeting - Field Experimental Evidence from Zambia pp. 360-373

Esther Schüring

Volume 53, issue C, 2014

Decentralization and Governance pp. 2-13

Jean-Paul Faguet

Second Generation Fiscal Federalism: Political Aspects of Decentralization and Economic Development pp. 14-25

Barry Weingast

The Politics of Federalism in Argentina and its Implications for Governance and Accountability pp. 26-45

Martin Ardanaz, Marcelo Leiras and Mariano Tommasi

Constitutional Structures for a Strong Democracy: Considerations on the Government of Pakistan pp. 46-54

Roger Myerson

Decentralization and Veiled Corruption under China’s “Rule of Mandates” pp. 55-67

Mayling Birney

Water Reforms, Decentralization and Child Mortality in Colombia, 1990–2005 pp. 68-79

Claudia Granados and Fabio Sanchez Torres

Traditional Governance, Citizen Engagement, and Local Public Goods: Evidence from Mexico pp. 80-93

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni and Alexander Ruiz-Euler

The Effects of Participatory Budgeting on Municipal Expenditures and Infant Mortality in Brazil pp. 94-110

Sónia Gonçalves

Volume 52, issue C, 2013

Does Trade Foster Employment Growth in Emerging Markets? Evidence from Turkey pp. 1-18

Alessia Lo Turco and Daniela Maggioni

Is Small Beautiful? Financial Structure, Size and Access to Finance pp. 19-33

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Dorothe Singer

Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development: A Dynamic Panel Model from 1980 to 2005 pp. 34-54

Paula Wyndow, Jianghong Li and Eugen Mattes

A Life Course Model of Human Rights Realization, Female Empowerment, and Gender Inequality in India pp. 55-70

Sanjukta Chaudhuri

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index pp. 71-91

Sabina Alkire, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Amber Peterman, Agnes Quisumbing, Greg Seymour and Ana Vaz

Does Economic Globalization affect Regional Inequality? A Cross-country Analysis pp. 92-103

Roberto Ezcurra and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Joint Titling in Rural Peru: Impact on Women’s Participation in Household Decision-Making pp. 104-119

Henrik Wiig

Oil Exporters’ Dilemma: How Much to Save and How Much to Invest pp. 120-131

Reda Cherif and Fuad Hasanov

Soybeans, Poverty and Inequality in the Brazilian Amazon pp. 132-143

Diana Weinhold, Evan Killick and Eustáquio J. Reis

Volume 51, issue C, 2013

Lasting Welfare Effects of Widowhood in Mali pp. 1-19

Dominique van de Walle

Violence, Instability, and Trade: Evidence from Kenya’s Cut Flower Sector pp. 20-31

Andrew Muhammad, D’Souza, Anna and William Amponsah

Capital Flight in the Presence of Domestic Borrowing: Evidence from Eastern European Economies pp. 32-46

Josef Brada, Ali Kutan and Goran Vukšić

Does Industry Affiliation Influence Wages? Evidence from Indonesia and the Asian Financial Crisis pp. 47-61

Aashish Mehta and Wei Sun

Food Versus Fuel: Extractive Industries, Insecure Land Tenure, and Gaps in World Food Production pp. 62-70

Thomas K. Rudel

The Vulnerability of Microfinance to Financial Turmoil – Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis pp. 71-90

Charlotte Wagner and Adalbert Winkler

The Determinants of Capital Intensity in Manufacturing: The Role of Factor Market Imperfections pp. 91-103

Rana Hasan, Devashish Mitra and Asha Sundaram

Export Upgrading and Growth: The Prerequisite of Domestic Embeddedness pp. 104-118

Sandra Poncet and Felipe Starosta de Waldemar

Are Carbon Taxes Good for the Poor? A General Equilibrium Analysis for Vietnam pp. 119-131

Ian Coxhead, Anan Wattanakuljarus and Chan V. Nguyen

Monetization, Financial Development, and Growth: Time Series Evidence from 22 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 132-153

Peter Rousseau and D’Onofrio, Alexandra

Political Influence of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms: Evidence from Eastern European and Central Asian Countries pp. 154-168

Mahmut Yasar

Anti-dumping Duties and their Impact on Exporters: Firm Level Evidence from China pp. 169-186

Piyush Chandra and Cheryl Long

How Much Do Rights Matter? pp. 187-206

Johannes Fedderke and Robert Klitgaard

Child Labor Variation by Type of Respondent: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study pp. 207-220

Ana Dammert and Jose Galdo

Drivers of Export Upgrading pp. 221-233

Shujin Zhu and Xiaolan Fu

Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) pp. 234-244

Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock