World Development

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Volume 38, issue 12, 2010

Political Institutions and Financial Development: An Empirical Study pp. 1667-1677

Yongfu Huang

Human Development and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: The Influence of FDI Policy and Corruption pp. 1678-1691

S.L. Reiter and H. Kevin Steensma

Disability Cash Transfers in the Context of Poverty and Unemployment: The Case of South Africa pp. 1692-1709

Sophie Mitra

Inside Informality: The Links Between Poverty, Microenterprises, and Living Conditions in Nairobi's Slums pp. 1710-1726

Sumila Gulyani and Debabrata Talukdar

Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1727-1746

Kathleen Beegle, Deon Filmer, Andrew Stokes and Lucia Tiererova

Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling pp. 1747-1759

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo

Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New Evidence from India pp. 1760-1774

Katsushi Imai, Thankom Arun and Samuel Annim

Food Prices and Modern Retail: The Case of Delhi pp. 1775-1787

Bart Minten, Thomas Reardon and Rajib Sutradhar

Identity, Interest and Information Search in a Dynamic Rural Economy pp. 1788-1796

Paulo Santos and Christopher Barrett

Knowledge Management in Practice: Pitfalls and Potentials for Development pp. 1797-1810

Julie Ferguson, Marleen Huysman and Maura Soekijad

Volume 38, issue 11, 2010

Determinants of Government Efficiency pp. 1527-1542

David Hauner and Annette Kyobe

Does Foreign Direct Investment Drive Technological Upgrading? pp. 1543-1554

Tom Kemeny

The Fight for the Middle: Upgrading, Competition, and Industrial Development in China pp. 1555-1574

Loren Brandt and Eric Thun

Supplier Upgrading in the Home-furnishing Value Chain: An Empirical Study of IKEA's Sourcing in China and South East Asia pp. 1575-1587

Inge Ivarsson and Claes Göran Alvstam

Catching up Trajectories in the Wine Sector: A Comparative Study of Chile, Italy, and South Africa pp. 1588-1602

Lucia Cusmano, Andrea Morrison and Roberta Rabellotti

Formal and Informal Institutions in a Transition Economy: The Case of Vietnam pp. 1603-1615

Liesbet Steer and Kunal Sen

The Returns to Education in Thailand: A Pseudo-Panel Approach pp. 1616-1625

Sasiwimon Warunsiri and Robert McNown

Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Guatemala pp. 1626-1641

Richard Adams and Alfredo Cuecuecha

Forests to the People: Decentralization and Forest Degradation in the Indian Himalayas pp. 1642-1656

Jean-Marie Baland, Pranab Bardhan, Sanghamitra Das and Dilip Mookherjee

How Do Ethnic Militias Perpetuate in Nigeria? A Micro-level Perspective on the Oodua People's Congress pp. 1657-1666

Yvan Guichaoua

Volume 38, issue 10, 2010

The Future of Small Farms pp. 1341-1348

Steve Wiggins, Johann Kirsten and Luis Llambí

The Future of Small Farms: Trajectories and Policy Priorities pp. 1349-1361

Peter Hazell, Colin Poulton, Steve Wiggins and Andrew Dorward

Reflections on the Role of Agriculture in Pro-Poor Growth pp. 1362-1374

Alberto Valdés and William Foster

The Role of Agriculture in African Development pp. 1375-1383

Xinshen Diao, Peter Hazell and James Thurlow

Principal Challenges Confronting Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1384-1398

Thomas Jayne, David Mather and Elliot Mghenyi

From Policy Aims and Small-farm Characteristics to Farm Science Needs pp. 1399-1412

Michael Lipton

The Future of Small Farms: New Directions for Services, Institutions, and Intermediation pp. 1413-1428

Colin Poulton, Andrew Dorward and Jonathan Kydd

The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction pp. 1429-1441

Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell and Thomas Reardon

The Political Economy of Policies for Smallholder Agriculture pp. 1442-1452

Regina Birner and Danielle Resnick

Impact Assessment of Policy-Oriented International Agricultural Research: Evidence and Insights from Case Studies pp. 1453-1461

Tom Walker, Jim Ryan and Tim Kelley

Returns to Policy-Oriented Agricultural Research: The Case of Barley Fertilization in Syria pp. 1462-1472

Mohamed A.M. Ahmed, Kamel Shideed and Ahmed Mazid

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA Anti-Poverty and Human Resource Investment Conditional Cash pp. 1473-1485

Jere Behrman

The Perceived Impact of the In-Trust Agreements on CGIAR Germplasm Availability: An Assessment of Bioversity International's Institutional Activities pp. 1486-1493

Elisabetta Gotor, Francesco Caracciolo and Jamie Watts

Kenyan Dairy Policy Change: Influence Pathways and Economic Impacts pp. 1494-1505

Simeon Kaitibie, Amos Omore, Karl Rich and Patti Kristjanson

Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Research: The Case of CIFOR's Influence on the Indonesian Pulp and Paper Sector pp. 1506-1518

David Raitzer

Economic Assessment of a Change in Pesticide Regulatory Policy in the Philippines pp. 1519-1526

Deborah Jane Templeton and Nelissa Jamora

Volume 38, issue 9, 2010

Good for Living? On the Relationship between Globalization and Life Expectancy pp. 1191-1203

Andreas Bergh and Therese Nilsson

Debt Relief, Investment and Growth pp. 1204-1216

Pernilla Johansson

Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports pp. 1217-1228

Ben Shepherd

Regulating Water Services for All in Developing Economies pp. 1229-1240

Esther Gerlach and Richard Franceys

Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi pp. 1241-1250

Monica Fisher, Moushumi Chaudhury and Brent McCusker

"Ancient and Backward or Long-Lived and Sustainable?" The Role of the Past in Debates Concerning Rural Livelihoods and Resource Conservation in Eastern Africa pp. 1251-1262

Daryl Stump

Promoting Transparency in the NGO Sector: Examining the Availability and Reliability of Self-Reported Data pp. 1263-1277

Ronelle Burger and Trudy Owens

A Rural-Urban Comparison of Manufacturing Enterprise Performance in Ethiopia pp. 1278-1296

Bob Rijkers, Mans Soderbom and Josef Loening

Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Urban West Africa pp. 1297-1314

Philippe Bocquier, Christophe Nordman and Aude Vescovo

Consumption Fluctuations and Welfare: Evidence from China pp. 1315-1327

Chun-Yu Ho, Wai-Yip Alex Ho and Dan Li

The Global Food Crisis and Guatemala: What Crisis and for Whom? pp. 1328-1339

Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

Volume 38, issue 8, 2010

Are International Databases on Corruption Reliable? A Comparison of Expert Opinion Surveys and Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1057-1069

Mireille Razafindrakoto and François Roubaud

Financial Reforms, Patent Protection, and Knowledge Accumulation in India pp. 1070-1081

James Ang

Patent Incentives, Technology Markets, and Public-Private Bio-Medical Innovation Networks in Brazil pp. 1082-1093

Michael P. Ryan

Does Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Protection Induce More Bilateral Trade? Evidence from China's Imports pp. 1094-1104

Titus Awokuse and Hong Yin

Effects of Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements on Trade: A Panel Data Analysis pp. 1105-1113

Jung Hur, Joseph Alba and Donghyun Park

Foreign Presence, Spillovers, and Productivity: Evidence from Ghana pp. 1114-1126

Andreas Waldkirch and Andra Ofosu

Exchange Rate Volatility and Employment Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from Turkey pp. 1127-1140

Firat Demir

Return Migration and Occupational Choice: Evidence from Albania pp. 1141-1155

Matloob Piracha and Florin Vadean

Values, Cultural Practices, and Economic Performance: Theory and Some Evidence from Kenya pp. 1156-1167

Gilad David Aharonovitz and Elizabeth Kabura Nyaga

Pastoralists' Conceptions of Poverty: An Analysis of Traditional and Conventional Indicators from Borana, Ethiopia pp. 1168-1178

Boku Tache and Espen Sjaastad

Trust, Market Participation and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from Rural China pp. 1179-1190

Qin Tu and Erwin Bulte

Volume 38, issue 7, 2010

Community-Based Risk Management Arrangements: A Review pp. 923-932

Ruchira Bhattamishra and Christopher Barrett

"Trade Matters in the Fight Against Poverty": Narratives, Perceptions, and (Lack of) Evidence in the Case of Fish Trade in Africa pp. 933-954

Christophe Béné, Rebecca Lawton and Edward H. Allison

Assets, Activity Choices, and Civil War: Evidence from Burundi pp. 955-965

Tom Bundervoet

Who Should be Interviewed in Surveys of Household Income? pp. 966-973

Monica Fisher, Jeffrey Reimer and Edward Carr

Women's Empowerment and the Creation of Social Capital in Indian Villages pp. 974-988

Wendy Janssens

How Does Public Assistance Affect Family Expenditures? The Case of Urban China pp. 989-1000

Qin Gao, Fuhua Zhai and Irwin Garfinkel

Nutrient Intake of the Poor and its Implications for the Nutritional Effect of Cereal Price Subsidies: Evidence from China pp. 1001-1011

Satoru Shimokawa

Adult BMI as a Health and Nutritional Inequality Measure: Applications at Macro and Micro Levels pp. 1012-1023

Vasco Molini, Maarten Nubé and Bart van den Boom

The Impact of Improved Maize Varieties on Poverty in Mexico: A Propensity Score-Matching Approach pp. 1024-1035

Javier Becerril and Awudu Abdulai

Poverty and Inequality Among Ethnic Groups in Chile pp. 1036-1046

Claudio Agostini, Phil Brown and Andrei C. Roman

Remittances and Their Unintended Consequences in Cuba pp. 1047-1055

Susan Eckstein

Volume 38, issue 6, 2010

Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America: Findings from Case Studies pp. 797-802

Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

Trade Liberalization and the Self-Employed in Mexico pp. 803-813

Gurleen Popli

Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala pp. 814-827

Calogero Carletto, Angeli Kirk, Paul Winters and Benjamin Davis

Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Mexico pp. 828-839

Alejandro de la Fuente

Globalization and Formal Sector Migration in Brazil pp. 840-856

Ernesto Aguayo-Téllez, Marc-Andreas Muendler and Jennifer Poole

Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development pp. 857-869

Karen Macours and Renos Vakis

Earnings Mobility in Times of Growth and Decline: Argentina from 1996 to 2003 pp. 870-880

Gary Fields and Maria Sanchez Puerta

Linkages Between Pro-Poor Growth, Social Programs and Labor Market: The Recent Brazilian Experience pp. 881-894

Nanak Kakwani, Marcelo Neri and Hyun H. Son

Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 895-907

Emmanuel Skoufias, Kathy Lindert and Joseph Shapiro

Minimum Wages, Globalization, and Poverty in Honduras pp. 908-918

Thomas (Tim) Gindling and Katherine Terrell

Volume 38, issue 5, 2010

Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988-2002 pp. 665-678

Simon Appleton, Lina Song and Qingjie Xia

The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labor and School Attendance: Evidence From Aggregate and Individual-Level Data pp. 679-692

Bernhard Boockmann

Corruption, Manufacturing Plant Growth, and the Asian Paradox: Indonesian Evidence pp. 693-705

Virginie Vial and Julien Hanoteau

Certification, Partnership, and Morality in an Organic Shrimp Network: Rethinking Transnational Alternative Agrifood Networks pp. 706-716

Maki Hatanaka

The Effect of Infrastructure Access and Quality on Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Indonesia pp. 717-726

John Gibson and Susan Olivia

How Important are Locational Characteristics for Rural Non-agricultural Employment? Lessons from Brazil pp. 727-741

Erik Jonasson and Steven Helfand

Jump-starting Self-employment? Evidence for Welfare Participants in Argentina pp. 742-755

Rita Almeida and Emanuela Galasso

When is Cheap, Cheap Enough to Bridge the Digital Divide? Modeling Income Related Structural Challenges of Technology Diffusion in Latin America pp. 756-770

Martin Hilbert

Has Mercantilism Reduced Urban Poverty in SSA? Perception of Boom, Bust, and the China-Africa Trade in Lomé and Bamako pp. 771-782

Michal Lyons and Alison Brown

Disentangling Bargaining Power from Individual and Household Level to Institutions: Evidence on Women's Position in Ethiopia pp. 783-796

Ramzi Mabsout and Irene van Staveren

Volume 38, issue 4, 2010

The Developing World's Bulging (but Vulnerable) Middle Class pp. 445-454

Martin Ravallion

Social Security Regimes, Global Estimates, and Good Practices: The Status of Social Protection for International Migrants pp. 455-466

Johanna Avato, Johannes Koettl and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

Global Infant Mortality: Correcting for Undercounting pp. 467-481

Rebecca Anthopolos and Charles M. Becker

Is Foreign Aid a Vanguard of Foreign Direct Investment? A Gravity-Equation Approach pp. 482-497

Hidemi Kimura and Yasuyuki Todo

Investment Climate and FDI in Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence pp. 498-513

Tidiane Kinda

Productivity and Employment in a Developing Country: Some Evidence from Korea pp. 514-522

Sangho Kim, Hyunjoon Lim and Donghyun Park

Who Benefits from Promoting Small Enterprises? Some Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 523-540

Bob Rijkers, Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi and Francis Teal

Poverty Status and the Impact of Formal Credit on Technology Use and Wellbeing among Ethiopian Smallholders pp. 541-554

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie and Alex Winter-Nelson

Impact of Access to Credit on Labor Allocation Patterns in Malawi pp. 555-566

Hema Swaminathan, Rodrigo Salcedo and Jill L. Findeis

Credit Program Participation and Child Schooling in Rural Malawi pp. 567-580

Yasuharu Shimamura and Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel

Promising Approaches to Address the Needs of Poor Female Farmers: Resources, Constraints, and Interventions pp. 581-592

Agnes Quisumbing and Lauren Pandolfelli

Are Female-Headed Households More Food Insecure? Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 593-605

Debdulal Mallick and Mohammad Rafi

Tests of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation Using a CV Framework: A Comparison of Husbands' and Wives' Separate and Joint WTP in the Slums of Navi-Mumbai, India pp. 606-619

Vimalanand S. Prabhu

Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme pp. 620-630

Anuradha Joshi

One Size Fits All? Decentralization, Corruption, and the Monitoring of Bureaucrats pp. 631-646

Christian Lessmann and Gunther Markwardt

Vulnerability of Victims of Civil Conflicts: Empirical Evidence for the Displaced Population in Colombia pp. 647-663

Ana Ibáñez and Andres Moya

Volume 38, issue 3, 2010

Aid and Debt Relief in Africa: Have They Been Substitutes or Complements? pp. 219-227

Robert Powell and Graham Bird

Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé's Aid Allocation pp. 228-243

Laura Metzger, Peter Nunnenkamp and Toman Omar Mahmoud

Is Corruption an Efficient Grease? pp. 244-259

Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill

A Critical Appraisal of McKinnon's Complementarity Hypothesis: Does the Real Rate of Return on Money Matter for Investment in Developing Countries? pp. 260-269

Tomoe Moore

Growth and Inequality in India: Analysis of an Extended Social Accounting Matrix pp. 270-281

Janneke Pieters

Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures pp. 282-297

Jewelwayne Cain, Rana Hasan, Rhoda Magsombol and Ajay Tandon

Schooling Investments over Three Decades in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: Changing Effects of Income, Gender, and Adult Family Members' Education pp. 298-314

Kei Kajisa and N. Venkatesa Palanichamy

Child Nutrition, Health Problems, and School Achievement in Sri Lanka pp. 315-332

Suzanne L.W. Wisniewski

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines pp. 333-344

Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin

Relative to What or Whom? The Importance of Norms and Relative Standing to Well-Being in South Africa pp. 345-355

Jeff Bookwalter and Douglas Dalenberg

A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia pp. 356-368

Nicole Mason, Thomas Jayne, Antony Chapoto and Robert Myers

Health Insurance and Other Risk-Coping Strategies in Uganda: The Case of Microcare Insurance Ltd pp. 369-378

Marleen Dekker and Annegien Wilms

Gold Digging Careers in Rural East Africa: Small-Scale Miners' Livelihood Choices pp. 379-392

Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Jesper Bosse Jønsson

Life is Unfair in Latin America, But Does it Matter for Growth? pp. 393-404

Luisa Blanco

Complementary Labor Regulation: The Uncoordinated Combination of State and Private Regulators in the Dominican Republic pp. 405-414

Matthew Amengual

Do Interventions at School Level Improve Educational Outcomes? Evidence from a Rural Program in Colombia pp. 415-428

Catherine Rodriguez, Fabio Sanchez Torres and Armando Armenta

Doing it for Themselves: Direct Action Land Reform in the Brazilian Amazon pp. 429-444

Cynthia Simmons, Robert Walker, Stephen Perz, Stephen Aldrich, Marcellus Caldas, Ritaumaria Pereira, Flavia Leite, Luiz Claudio Fernandes and Eugenio Arima

Volume 38, issue 2, 2010

Formal and Informal Institutions and Development pp. 137-141

Mark Casson, Marina Della Giusta and Uma Kambhampati

Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research pp. 142-154

Antonio Savoia, Joshy Easaw and Andy McKay

Do Informal Institutions Matter for Technological Change in Russia? The Impact of Communist Norms and Conventions, 1998-2004 pp. 155-169

Brigitte Granville and Carol Leonard

Work and Wellbeing in Informal Economies: The Regulative Roles of Institutions of Identity and the State pp. 170-183

Barbara Harriss-White

Social Capital and its "Downside": The Impact on Sustainability of Induced Community-Based Organizations in Nepal pp. 184-194

Krishna Prasad Adhikari and Patricia Goldey

Political Market Characteristics and the Provision of Educational Infrastructure in North India pp. 195-204

Benjamin Crost and Uma Kambhampati

Religious Schools, Social Values, and Economic Attitudes: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 205-217

M Asadullah and Nazmul Chaudhury

Volume 38, issue 1, 2010

Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF Programs on the Likelihood and Outcome of Currency Crises pp. 1-18

Axel Dreher and Stefanie Walter

Optimal Deficit and Debt in the Presence of Foreign Aid pp. 19-27

Karin Mayr-Dorn

Microfinance Mission Drift? pp. 28-36

Roy Mersland and Reidar Strøm

Homogenization and Specialization Effects of International Trade: Are Cultural Goods Exceptional? pp. 37-47

Jesse Chu-Shore

A Cross-Country Comparison of Rural Income Generating Activities pp. 48-63

Benjamin Davis, Paul Winters, Calogero Carletto, Katia Covarrubias, Esteban Quiñones, Alberto Zezza, Kostas Stamoulis, Carlo Azzarri and Stefania DiGiuseppe

How Cost-Effective is Biofortification in Combating Micronutrient Malnutrition? An Ex ante Assessment pp. 64-75

J.V. Meenakshi, Nancy L. Johnson, Victor M. Manyong, Hugo DeGroote, Josyline Javelosa, David R. Yanggen, Firdousi Naher, Carolina Gonzalez, James García and Erika Meng

Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa's Food Crises pp. 76-87

David Tschirley and Thomas Jayne

Reconsidering Conventional Explanations of the Inverse Productivity-Size Relationship pp. 88-97

Christopher Barrett, Marc Bellemare and Janet Y. Hou

Does Women's Proportional Strength Affect their Participation? Governing Local Forests in South Asia pp. 98-112

Bina Agarwal

Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural-Urban Migrants in China pp. 113-124

John Knight and Ramani Gunatilaka

Voice, Votes, and Resources: Evaluating the Effect of Participatory Democracy on Well-being pp. 125-135

Carew Boulding and Brian Wampler