World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 33, issue 12, 2005

Developing country representation and governance of the International Monetary Fund pp. 1993-2011

David P. Rapkin and Jonathan R. Strand

Mass democracy: The real reason that Brazil ended inflation? pp. 2013-2027

Leslie Elliott Armijo

Governing the coffee chain: The role of voluntary regulatory Systems pp. 2029-2044

Roldan Muradian and Wim Pelupessy

NGOs in Bangladesh: Activities, resources, and governance pp. 2045-2065

Varun Gauri and Julia Galef

Big is ugly? How large-scale institutions prevent famines in Western India pp. 2067-2083

Donald W. Attwood

Reproducing Difference? Schooling, Jobs, and Empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, India pp. 2085-2101

Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery

Determinants of FDI-induced externalities: New empirical evidence for Mexican manufacturing industries pp. 2103-2118

Jacob Jordaan

Is the proposed East African Monetary Union an optimal currency area? a structural vector autoregression analysis pp. 2119-2133

Steven K. Buigut and Neven Valev

Volume 33, issue 11, 2005

Marketization and perceptions of social protection in China's cities pp. 1759-1781

Ingrid Nielsen, Chris Nyland, Russell Smyth and Cherrie Zhu

Gender and social capital: The importance of gender differences for the maturity and effectiveness of natural resource management groups pp. 1783-1799

Olaf Westermann, Jacqueline Ashby and Jules Pretty

The relationship between participation and project outcomes: Evidence from rural water supply projects in India pp. 1801-1819

Linda Stalker Prokopy

Social responsibility in the growing handmade paper industry of Nepal pp. 1821-1843

Stephen Biggs and Don Messerschmidt

NGOs and the globalization of managerialism: A research framework pp. 1845-1864

Susan M. Roberts, John Paul Jones and Oliver Frohling

Intellectual property rights in Mexico: Do they play a role? pp. 1865-1879

Andréanne Léger

The rise and decline of rent-seeking activity in the Brazilian coffee sector: Lessons from the imposition and removal of coffee export quotas pp. 1881-1903

Lovell S. Jarvis

The effect of minimum wages on actual wages in formal and informal sectors in Costa Rica pp. 1905-1921

Thomas (Tim) Gindling and Katherine Terrell

Institutional change, climate risk, and rural vulnerability: Cases from Central Mexico pp. 1923-1938

Hallie Eakin

Media proliferation and democratic transition in Africa: The case of Madagascar pp. 1939-1957

Pascal Andriantsoa, Nancy Andriasendrarivony, Steven Haggblade, Bart Minten, Mamy Rakotojaona, Frederick Rakotovoavy and Harivelle Sarindra Razafinimanana

Privatizing pastoral lands: economic and normative outcomes in Kenya pp. 1959-1978

Carolyn K. Lesorogol

Changing livelihoods and land reform: Evidence from the Northern Cape province of South Africa pp. 1979-1992

Alastair Bradstock

Volume 33, issue 10, 2005

European Union-developing country FTAs: overview and analysis pp. 1545-1565

Joseph Francois, Matthew McQueen and Ganeshan Wignaraja

Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? pp. 1567-1585

Eric Neumayer and Laura Spess

Transfer of technology to developing countries: Unilateral and multilateral policy options pp. 1587-1602

Bernard Hoekman, Keith Maskus and Kamal Saggi

Case-by-Case Versus mass privatization in transition economies: Initial owner and final seller effects on performance of firms in Slovenia pp. 1603-1625

Marko Simoneti, Joze Damijan, Matija Rojec and Boris Majcen

Governance and performance of microfinance institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States pp. 1627-1643

Valentina Hartarska

Do international migration and remittances reduce poverty in developing countries? pp. 1645-1669

Richard Adams and John Page

Disaggregated Rural Economywide Models for Policy Analysis pp. 1671-1688

J. Edward Taylor, George A. Dyer and Antonio Yunez-Naude

Does food aid Really have disincentive effects? New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1689-1704

Awudu Abdulai, Christopher Barrett and John Hoddinott

What should we expect from farmer field schools? A Sri Lanka case study pp. 1705-1720

Robert Tripp, Mahinda Wijeratne and V. Hiroshini Piyadasa

Why do small-scale producers choose to produce under contract? Lessons from nontraditional vegetable exports from Zimbabwe pp. 1721-1733

Oliver Masakure and Spencer Henson

Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers' capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South Asia pp. 1735-1757

Santosh Mehrotra and Mario Biggeri

Volume 33, issue 9, 2005

Introduction pp. 1379-1381

William D. Sunderlin

Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: An Overview pp. 1383-1402

William D. Sunderlin, Arild Angelsen, Brian Belcher, Paul Burgers, Robert Nasi, Levania Santoso and Sven Wunder

Reconciling biodiversity conservation, people, protected areas, and agricultural suitability in Mexico pp. 1403-1418

Katrina Brandon, Larry J. Gorenflo, Ana S.L. Rodrigues and Robert W. Waller

Village economic opportunity, forest dependence, and rural livelihoods in East Kalimantan, Indonesia pp. 1419-1434

Sonya Dewi, Brian Belcher and Atie Puntodewo

Global patterns and trends in the use and management of commercial NTFPs: Implications for livelihoods and conservation pp. 1435-1452

Brian Belcher, Manuel Ruiz-Perez and Ramadhani Achdiawan

Natural insurance, forest access, and compounded misfortune: Forest resources in smallholder coping strategies before and after Hurricane Mitch, northeastern Honduras pp. 1453-1471

Kendra McSweeney

Making the Best of Two Worlds: Rural and Peri-Urban Livelihood Options Sustained by Nontimber Forest Products from the Bolivian Amazon pp. 1473-1490

Dietmar Stoian

Trading Off Environmental Sustainability for Empowerment and Income: Woodlot Devolution in Northern Ethiopia pp. 1491-1510

Pamela Jagger, John Pender and Berhanu Gebremedhin

How can market mechanisms for forest environmental services help the poor? Preliminary lessons from Latin America pp. 1511-1527

Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Ina Porras and Sven Wunder

Community forest enterprises as entrepreneurial Firms: Economic and institutional perspectives from Mexico pp. 1529-1543

Camille Antinori and David Barton Bray

Volume 33, issue 8, 2005

How can the security of international trade be financed in developing countries? A global public good Approach pp. 1201-1214

Philippe Dulbecco and Bertrand Laporte

Religion and economic performance pp. 1215-1232

Marcus Noland

Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Data and New Insights from Anthropometric Estimates pp. 1233-1265

Alexander Moradi and Joerg Baten

Achieving child-health-related Millennium Development Goals: The role of infrastructure pp. 1267-1284

Marianne Fay, Danny Leipziger, Quentin Wodon and Tito Yepes

Why Is Child Malnutrition Lower in Urban Than in Rural Areas? Evidence from 36 Developing Countries pp. 1285-1305

Lisa C. Smith, Marie Ruel and Aida Ndiaye

Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy and Private Interests pp. 1307-1324

Wei Li, Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang and Lixin Xu

Technology transfer from TNCs to local suppliers in developing countries: A study of AB Volvo's truck and bus plants in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico pp. 1325-1344

Inge Ivarsson and Claes Goran Alvstam

The Shifting Natures of "Development": Growth, Crisis, and Recovery in Indonesia's Forests pp. 1345-1364

Paul K. Gellert

The right to development and indigenous peoples: Lessons from New Zealand pp. 1365-1378

Meredith Gibbs

Volume 33, issue 7, 2005

Resource intensity, institutions, and development pp. 1029-1044

Erwin Bulte, Richard Damania and Robert Deacon

Openness and inequality in developing countries: A review of theory and recent evidence pp. 1045-1063

Edward Anderson

Women's discrimination in developing countries: A new data set for better policies pp. 1065-1081

Christian Morrisson and Johannes P. Jutting

Public management and the essential public health functions pp. 1083-1099

Peyvand Khaleghian and Monica Das Gupta

Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal's Terai pp. 1101-1114

Arun Agrawal and Krishna Gupta

Can Income Programs Reduce Tropical Forest Pressure? Income Shocks and Forest Use in Malawi pp. 1115-1128

Monica Fisher and Gerald Shively

Migration to cities in Burkina Faso: Does the level of development in sending areas matter? pp. 1129-1152

Cris Beauchemin and Bruno Schoumaker

The absorptive capacities of South African automotive component suppliers pp. 1153-1182

Jochen Lorentzen

Assessing Indirect Tax Reform in a Tourism-Dependent Developing Country pp. 1183-1200

Nishaal Gooroochurn and Chris Milner

Volume 33, issue 6, 2005

Exploring the Politics of Chronic Poverty: From Representation to a Politics of Justice? pp. 851-865

Sam Hickey and Sarah Bracking

From correlates and characteristics to causes: thinking about poverty from a chronic poverty perspective pp. 867-879

Maia Green and David Hulme

Destitution and the Poverty of its Politics--With Special Reference to South Asia pp. 881-891

Barbara Harriss-White

The inequality of social capital and the reproduction of chronic poverty pp. 893-906

Frances Cleaver

When and how far is group formation a route out of chronic poverty? pp. 907-920

Rosemary Thorp, Frances Stewart and Amrik Heyer

Civil society and propoor initiatives in rural Bangladesh: finding a workable strategy pp. 921-936

Harry Blair

Donor-NGO relations and representations of livelihood in nongovernmental aid ahains pp. 937-950

Anthony Bebbington

Beyond comparative anecdotalism: lessons on civil society and participation from Sao Paulo, Brazil pp. 951-964

Adrian Gurza Lavalle, Arnab Acharya and Peter P. Houtzager

Productivity and Virtue: Elite Categories of the Poor in Bangladesh pp. 965-977

Naomi Hossain

Poverty reduction as a local institutional process pp. 979-993

Johan Bastiaensen, Tom De Herdt and Ben D'Exelle

The politics of staying poor: exploring the political space for poverty reduction in Uganda pp. 995-1009

Sam Hickey

Guided Miscreants: Liberalism, Myopias, and the Politics of Representation pp. 1011-1024

Sarah Bracking

Volume 33, issue 5, 2005

The Impact of Investment in IT on Economic Performance: Implications for Developing Countries pp. 681-700

Rouben Indjikian and Donald Siegel

The Transformation of Competitive Advantage in East Asia: An Analysis of Technological and Trade Specialization pp. 701-728

Yuichiro Uchida and Paul Cook

Economic Liberalization, the Changing Role of the State and "Wagner's Law": China's Development Experience since 1978 pp. 729-743

Damian Tobin

Coalitional politics, economic reform, and technological upgrading in Malaysia pp. 745-761

Bryan K. Ritchie

Kerala's industrial backwardness: a case of path dependence in industrialization? pp. 763-783

Jayan Thomas

Export processing zones in Madagascar: a success story under threat? pp. 785-803

Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto and François Roubaud

Bringing the firm back in: local decision making and human capital development in Mexico's maquiladora sector pp. 805-822

James G. Samstad and Seth Pipkin

Marital violence, human development and women's property status in India pp. 823-850

Pradeep Panda and Bina Agarwal

Volume 33, issue 4, 2005

The impact of technology and structural change on export performance in nine developing countries pp. 527-547

Fabio Montobbio and Francesco Rampa

Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters pp. 549-573

Elisa Giuliani, Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti

State transfers to the poor and back: The case of the Food-for-Work program in India pp. 575-591

Priya Deshingkar, Craig Johnson and John Farrington

Daughters or dowries? The changing nature of dowry practices in south India pp. 593-615

Sharada Srinivasan

Where is the Poverty-Environment Nexus? Evidence from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam pp. 617-638

Susmita Dasgupta, Uwe Deichmann, Craig Meisner and David Wheeler

Community-based forest management within the context of institutional decentralization in Honduras pp. 639-655

Anja Nygren

The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda pp. 657-679

Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps and Trudy Owens

Volume 33, issue 3, 2005

Global Educational Expansion and Socio-Economic Development: An Assessment of Findings from the Social Sciences pp. 333-354

Emily Hannum and Claudia Buchmann

Aid, Government Expenditure, and Aggregate Welfare pp. 355-370

Karuna Gomanee, Oliver Morrissey, Paul Mosley and Arjan Verschoor

The Effects of IMF and World Bank Lending on Long-Run Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis pp. 371-391

James Butkiewicz and Halit Yanıkkaya

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: An Increasingly Endogenous Relationship pp. 393-407

Xiaoying Li and Xiaming Liu

New Challenges for Developing Country Suppliers in Global Clothing Chains: A Comparative European Perspective pp. 409-430

Florence Palpacuer, Peter Gibbon and Lotte Thomsen

Constrained Geographical Mobility and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes Under Structural Adjustment: Evidence from Egypt pp. 431-454

Ragui Assaad and Melanie Arntz

Child Labor and Schooling Decisions in Urban and Rural Areas: Comparative Evidence from Nepal, Peru, and Zimbabwe pp. 455-480

Lire Ersado

Right Target, Wrong Mechanism? Agricultural Modernization and Poverty Reduction in Uganda pp. 481-496

Godfrey Bahiigwa, Dan Rigby and Philip Woodhouse

Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Can Fair Trade, Organic, and Specialty Coffees Reduce Small-Scale Farmer Vulnerability in Northern Nicaragua? pp. 497-511

Christopher Bacon

Modeling the Defense-Growth Nexus in Guatemala pp. 513-526

Gerhard Reitschuler and Josef Loening

Volume 33, issue 2, 2005

Institutional Arrangements for Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation pp. 193-197

Christopher Barrett, David R. Lee and John McPeak

Can Habitat Protection Lead to Improvements in Human Well-Being? Evidence from Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines pp. 199-217

Heidi Gjertsen

A Tale of Two Communities: Explaining Deforestation in Mexico pp. 219-235

Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

Can Payments for Environmental Services Help Reduce Poverty? An Exploration of the Issues and the Evidence to Date from Latin America pp. 237-253

Stefano Pagiola, Agustin Arcenas and Gunars Platais

Paying for Environmental Services: An Analysis of Participation in Costa Rica's PSA Program pp. 255-272

Simon Zbinden and David R. Lee

Local Enforcement and Better Forests pp. 273-284

Clark C. Gibson, John T. Williams and Elinor Ostrom

Linkages Between Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya pp. 285-299

Guyo O. Haro, Godana J. Doyo and John McPeak

Potential for Poverty Reduction Strategies to Address Community Priorities: Case Study of Kenya pp. 301-321

Brent Swallow

Poverty and Conservation: The New Century's "Peasant Question?" pp. 323-332

Steven Sanderson

Volume 33, issue 1, 2005

Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging pp. 1-19

Charles Kenny

China, Economic Development and Mortality Decline pp. 21-41

Judith Banister and Xiaobo Zhang

Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor pp. 43-63

Eric Neumayer and Indra de Soysa

Macroeconomic Change, Competitiveness and Timber Production: A Five-Country Comparison pp. 65-86

Sven Wunder

Encouraging Private Sector Research for Tropical Agriculture pp. 87-105

Michael Kremer and Alix Peterson Zwane

The Impact of "Market-Friendly" Reforms on Credit and Land Markets in Honduras and Nicaragua pp. 107-128

Stephen R. Boucher, Bradford L. Barham and Michael Carter

In the Market But Not of It: Fair Trade Coffee and Forest Stewardship Council Certification as Market-Based Social Change pp. 129-147

Peter Leigh Taylor

Peer Monitoring, Social Ties and Moral Hazard in Group Lending Programs: Evidence from Eritrea pp. 149-169

Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Habteab T. Mehrteab

Does Greater Accountability Improve the Quality of Public Service Delivery? Evidence from Uganda pp. 171-191

Klaus Deininger and Paul Mpuga