World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 32, issue 12, 2004

Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Estimating the Growth Elasticity of Poverty pp. 1989-2014

Richard Adams

What Happens When Relative Costs Increase in Export Processing Zones? Technology, Regional Production Networks, and Mexico's Maquiladoras pp. 2015-2030

John Sargent and Linda Matthews

The Roles of Corporatization and Stock Market Listing in Reforming China's State Industry pp. 2031-2047

Le-Yin Zhang

Estimating the Impact of Transgenic Bt Cotton on West and Central Africa: A General Equilibrium Approach pp. 2049-2064

Aziz Elbehri and Stephen MacDonald

How Big is the Crowding-Out Effect of User Fees in the Rural Areas of Ethiopia? Implications for Equity and Resources Mobilization pp. 2065-2081

Abay Asfaw, Joachim von Braun and Stephan Klasen

On Measuring Energy Poverty in Indian Households pp. 2083-2104

S. Pachauri, A. Mueller, A. Kemmler and D. Spreng

Death, Disability, Displaced Persons and Development: The Case of Landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina pp. 2105-2120

Shannon Mitchell

Can Water Reform Survive Politics? Institutional Change and River Basin Management in Ceara, Northeast Brazil pp. 2121-2137

Maria Carmen Lemos and Joao Lucio Farias de Oliveira

Struggling with Sustainability--A Comparative Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Development Programs pp. 2139-2160

Justin M. Mog

Volume 32, issue 11, 2004

Women, Food Security, and Development in Less-Industrialized Societies: Contributions and Challenges for the New Century pp. 1807-1829

Stephen J. Scanlan

HIV/AIDS and Labor Force Upgrading in Tanzania pp. 1831-1847

Peter Wobst and Channing Arndt

Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in the Former USSR: Social Transfers in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 1849-1870

Charles Becker and Sergey V. Paltsev

What Explains Emigration Out of Latin America? pp. 1871-1890

Ximena Clark, Timothy Hatton and Jeffrey Williamson

Going beyond Crosscountry Averages: Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in the Philippines pp. 1891-1907

Arsenio Balisacan and Nobuhiko Fuwa

Microfinance Repayment Performance in Bangladesh: How to Improve the Allocation of Loans by MFIs pp. 1909-1926

Marie Godquin

Implementation of Village Self-Help Projects in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 1927-1938

Joshua DeWald, Molly Espey and Michael D. Hammig

Protecting the Forest or the People? Environmental Policies and Livelihoods in the Forest Margins of Southern Ghana pp. 1939-1955

Steve Wiggins, Kofi Marfo and Vincent Anchirinah

Productivity Differentials Between Local and Foreign Plants in Indonesian Manufacturing, 1995 pp. 1957-1969

Sadayuki Takii

China's Shallow Integration: Networked Production and the New Challenges for Late Industrialization pp. 1971-1987

Edward S. Steinfeld

Volume 32, issue 10, 2004

The Economic Costs to International Labor Restrictions: Revisiting the Empirical Discussion pp. 1609-1626

Jonathon W. Moses and Bjorn Letnes

Does the "Resource Curse" hold for Growth in Genuine Income as Well? pp. 1627-1640

Eric Neumayer

Land Tenure, Fixed Investment, and Farm Productivity: Evidence from Zambia's Southern Province pp. 1641-1661

Robert E. Smith

Guest Editor's Introduction pp. 1663-1667

Bill Kinsey

Zimbabwe's Land Reform Program: Underinvestment in Post-Conflict Transformation pp. 1669-1696

Bill Kinsey

Economic Benefits and Costs of Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe in the Early 1980s pp. 1697-1709

Klaus Deininger, Hans Hoogeveen and Bill Kinsey

External Support During the Transition Phase: Roles for Humanitarian Aid and Development Assistance from a Village Perspective pp. 1711-1733

Trudy Owens

Sustainability and Resourcefulness: Support Networks During Periods of Stress pp. 1735-1751

Marleen Dekker

Forging Effective New Communities: The Evolution of Civil Society in Zimbabwean Resettlement Villages pp. 1753-1766

Abigail Barr

Peasant Demonstrators, Violent Invaders: Representations of Land in the Zimbabwean Press pp. 1767-1783

Wendy Willems

Land Reform and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Balancing Individual and Social Justice Through an Integrated Human Rights Framework pp. 1785-1805

Anne Hellum and Bill Derman

Volume 32, issue 9, 2004

China's Competitive Performance: A Threat to East Asian Manufactured Exports? pp. 1441-1466

Sanjaya Lall and Manuel Albaladejo

Testing the Three Roles of Equity Markets in Developing Countries: The Case of China pp. 1467-1486

Sayuri Shirai

Imperfect Substitutes: The Local Political Economy of Informal Finance and Microfinance in Rural China and India pp. 1487-1507

Kellee S. Tsai

Microfinance and Famine: The Irish Loan Funds during the Great Famine pp. 1509-1523

Aidan Hollis and Arthur Sweetman

Foreign Direct Investment, Vertical Integration, and Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector pp. 1525-1544

Liesbeth Dries and Johan Swinnen

The Regional Returns of Public Investment Policies in Mexico pp. 1545-1562

Eduardo Rodriguez-Oreggia and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Unlocking Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries--A Report from the Field pp. 1563-1577

Joel I. Cohen and Robert Paarlberg

IDA Grants and HIPC Debt Cancellation: Their Effectiveness and Impact on IDA Resources pp. 1579-1607

Jonathan E. Sanford

Volume 32, issue 8, 2004

Keeping Up with the Jones': Decentralization, Policy Imitation, and Industrial Development in China pp. 1289-1308

Eric Thun

Economic Obstacles to Expanding Intra-African Trade pp. 1309-1321

Robert Longo and Khalid Sekkat

South Africa's International Cost Competitiveness and Exports in Manufacturing pp. 1323-1339

Lawrence Edwards and Stephen Golub

Deteriorating Economic Context and Changing Patterns of Youth Employment in Urban Burkina Faso: 1980-2000 pp. 1341-1354

Anne-Emmanuele Calves and Bruno Schoumaker

Gender Norms in Financial Markets: Evidence from Kenya pp. 1355-1374

Susan Johnson

The Effect of Export-Oriented Growth on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey pp. 1375-1393

Cem Baslevent and Ozlem Onaran

Development and Income Distribution: The Case of Puerto Rico pp. 1395-1406

Orlando Sotomayor

Workers' Remittances and the Real Exchange Rate: A Paradox of Gifts pp. 1407-1417

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo

The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve pp. 1419-1439

David Stern

Volume 32, issue 7, 2004

The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity pp. 1075-1107

Dina Abu-Ghaida and Stephan Klasen

Could a Global Marshall Plan be Successful? An Investigation Using The WEEP Simulation Model pp. 1109-1137

James A. Yunker

Shifts in the Composition of Government Spending in Response to External Debt Burden pp. 1139-1157

Saeid Mahdavi

Informality Revisited pp. 1159-1178

William Maloney

Local Institutions, Poverty and Household Welfare in Bolivia pp. 1179-1198

Christiaan Grootaert and Deepa Narayan

Changing to Gray: Decentralization and the Emergence of Volatile Socio-Legal Configurations in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia pp. 1199-1223

John F. McCarthy

Social Networks and Credit Access in Indonesia pp. 1225-1246

Cagla Okten and Una Osili

Microenterprise Occupation and Poverty Reduction in Microfinance Programs: Evidence from Sri Lanka pp. 1247-1264

Judith Shaw

Skills Development and Interfirm Learning Linkages under Globalization: Lessons from the Indian Automobile Industry pp. 1265-1288

Aya Okada

Volume 32, issue 6, 2004

(Dis)Accords: The Politics of Market-Assisted Land Reforms in Chiapas, Mexico pp. 887-903

Aaron Bobrow-Strain

British Colonial Legacies and Political Development pp. 905-922

Matthew K. Lange

From the Policies to the Clinics: The Reproductive Health Paradox in Post-Adjustment Health Care pp. 923-940

Lisa Ann Richey

Does Public Welfare Crowd Out Informal Safety Nets? Ethnographic Evidence from Rural Latin America pp. 941-955

Marieke Heemskerk, Anastasia Norton and Lise de Dehn

Are Agricultural Production and Forest Conservation Compatible? Agricultural Diversity, Agricultural Incomes and Primary Forest Cover Among Small Farm Colonists in the Amazon pp. 957-977

Stephen G. Perz

Gender Segmentation at Work in China's Privatized Rural Industry: Some Evidence from Shandong and Jiangsu pp. 979-998

Xiao-yuan Dong, Fiona MacPhail, Paul Bowles and Samuel P. S. Ho

The Comparative Politics of Corruption: Accounting for the East Asian Paradox in Empirical Studies of Corruption, Growth and Investment pp. 999-1017

Michael T. Rock and Heidi Bonnett

The Performance of State-Owned Enterprises and Newly Privatized Firms: Does Privatization Really Matter? pp. 1019-1041

Mohammed Omran

Macro Economic Determinants of Antidumping: A Comparative Analysis of Developed and Developing Countries pp. 1043-1057

Aradhna Aggarwal

Performance-Based Conditionality: A European Perspective pp. 1059-1070

Christopher Adam, Gerard Chambas, Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney and Jan Willem Gunning

Volume 32, issue 5, 2004

The Globalization of Organic Agro-Food Networks pp. 725-743

Laura T. Raynolds

Successes in African Agriculture: Results of an Expert Survey pp. 745-766

Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin and Steven Haggblade

Development Pathways and Land Management in Uganda pp. 767-792

John Pender, Pamela Jagger, Ephraim Nkonya and Dick Sserunkuuma

Participation Rhetoric or Community-Based Management Reality? Influences on Willingness to Participate in a Venezuelan Freshwater Fishery pp. 793-807

Brooke Ann Zanetell and Barbara A. Knuth

Labor Standards and Informal Employment in Latin America pp. 809-828

Rossana Galli and David Kucera

Assembly Trade and Technology Transfer: The Case of China pp. 829-850

Francoise Lemoine and Deniz Ünal

A Failure Story: Politics and Financial Liberalization in Turkey, Revisiting the Revolving Door Hypothesis pp. 851-869

Firat Demir

Public Health Capital and Productivity in the Spanish Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data Model pp. 871-885

Berta Rivera and Luis Currais

Volume 32, issue 4, 2004

Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality? pp. 567-589

Robert Hunter Wade

Information Technology and Broad-Based Development: Preliminary Lessons from North India pp. 591-607

P. D. Kaushik and Nirvikar Singh

Facilitating Development: The Role of Business Groups pp. 609-628

Raymond Fisman and Tarun Khanna

A New Indicator of Technological Capabilities for Developed and Developing Countries (ArCo) pp. 629-654

Daniele Archibugi and Alberto Coco

Assessing Community Preferences for Development Projects: Are Willingness-to-Pay Studies Robust to Mode Effects? pp. 655-672

Jennifer Davis

Involuntary Resettlement, Production and Income: Evidence from Xiaolangdi, PRC pp. 673-690

Michael Webber and Brooke McDonald

Wealth-Based Trust and the Development of Collective Action pp. 691-711

Eric C. Jones

Exit, Voice, and Vouchers: Using Vouchers to Train Microentrepreneurs--Observations from the Paraguayan Voucher Scheme pp. 713-724

Philipp H. Lepenies

Volume 32, issue 3, 2004

Unemployment in South Africa: The Nature of the Beast pp. 391-408

Geeta Kingdon and John Knight

Aggregate Demand, Productivity, and "Disguised Unemployment" in the Chinese Industrial Sector pp. 409-425

Minqi Li

Productivity Growth in Latin America: The Limits of Neoliberal Reforms pp. 427-445

Eva A. Paus

Co-Governance for Accountability: Beyond "Exit" and "Voice" pp. 447-463

John Ackerman

Social Rights and Economics: Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries pp. 465-477

Varun Gauri

Capital Controls and Foreign Direct Investment pp. 479-490

Elizabeth Asiedu and Donald Lien

The Determinants of Private Saving in India pp. 491-503

Prema-chandra Athukorala and Kunal Sen

E-Business and Export Behavior: Evidence from Indian Firms pp. 505-517

Kaushalesh Lal

Competition and Coordination in Liberalized African Cotton Market Systems pp. 519-536

Colin Poulton, Peter Gibbon, Benjamine Hanyani-Mlambo, Jonathan Kydd, Wilbald Maro, Marianne Nylandsted Larsen, Afonso Osorio, David Tschirley and Ballard Zulu

Land Reform in Zimbabwe: Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction Among Commercial Farm Workers pp. 537-553

Evert Waeterloos and Blair Rutherford

"Role of Transnational Corporations in the Evolution of a High-Tech Industry: The Case of India's Software Industry"--A Comment pp. 555-560

Suma Athreye

"Role of Transnational Corporations in the Evolution of a High-Tech Industry: The Case of India's Software Industry"--A Reply pp. 561-566

Murali Patibandla and Bent Petersen

Volume 32, issue 2, 2004

Solutions When the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development pp. 191-212

Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock

Administrative Reform as Credible Commitment: The Impact of Autonomy on Revenue Authority Performance in Latin America pp. 213-232

Robert Taliercio

Who Talks with Whom? The Role of Repeated Interactions in Decentralized Forest Governance pp. 233-249

Krister P. Andersson

Constraints on Collective Action in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Bulgaria's Irrigation Sector pp. 251-271

Insa Theesfeld

Do Community-based Health Insurance Schemes Improve Poor People's Access to Health Care? Evidence From Rural Senegal pp. 273-288

Johannes P. Jutting

The Demand for Medical Care in Urban China pp. 289-304

Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin and Jeffrey Zax

Industrial Clusters, Knowledge Integration and Performance pp. 305-326

Piero Morosini

Introduction pp. 327-327

Godfrey Baldacchino

Small Island Nations and Democratic Values pp. 329-341

Henry Srebrnik

On the Convergence of Small Island Economies with Their Metropolitan Patrons pp. 343-364

Ivo Bertram

The Implications of Increasing Globalization and Regionalism for the Economic Growth of Small Island States pp. 365-378

Robert Read

Direct Democracy in Microstates and Small Island States pp. 379-390

Dag Anckar

Volume 32, issue 1, 2004

The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function Approach pp. 1-13

David Bloom, David Canning and J.P. Sevilla

Rethinking the Brain Drain pp. 15-22

Oded Stark

Urban Growth in Developing Countries: A Review of Current Trends and a Caution Regarding Existing Forecasts pp. 23-51

Barney Cohen

Corruption in Public Service Delivery: Experience from South Asia's Water and Sanitation Sector pp. 53-71

Jennifer Davis

A Policy Agenda for Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth pp. 73-89

Andrew Dorward, Jonathan Kydd, Jamie Morrison and Ian Urey

Measuring the Impacts of Working-Age Adult Mortality on Small-Scale Farm Households in Kenya pp. 91-119

Takashi Yamano and Thomas Jayne

Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor: Who Gains, Who Loses, and Why? pp. 121-136

Anirudh Krishna

Agricultural Expansion, Resource Booms and Growth in Latin America: Implications for Long-run Economic Development pp. 137-157

Edward Barbier

Conceptualizing Interventions to Support On-Farm Genetic Resource Conservation pp. 159-172

Mauricio Bellon

Deforestation and Carbon Emissions at Tropical Frontiers: A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon pp. 173-190

Lisa Naughton-Treves