World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 24, issue 12, 1996

Women's autonomy and its impact on fertility pp. 1793-1809

Sousan Abadian

Women-headed households and household welfare: An empirical deconstruction for Uganda pp. 1811-1827

Simon Appleton

Women "manufacture" economic spaces in Bethlehem pp. 1829-1840

Jennifer Olmsted

Child survival in East Africa: The impact of preventive health care pp. 1841-1857

Martin Brockerhoff and Laurie F. Derose

The Triple C approach to local industrial policy pp. 1859-1877

John Humphrey and Hubert Schmitz

Mighty oaks from little acorns: Can microenterprise serve as the seedbed of industrialization? pp. 1879-1890

Barbara Grosh and Gloria Somolekae

Determinants of pollution abatement in developing countries: Evidence from South and Southeast Asia pp. 1891-1904

Hemamala Hettige, Mainul Huq, Sheoli Pargal and David Wheeler

A new look at the effects of export instability on investment and growth pp. 1905-1914

David Dawe

Macroeconomic policy and output comovement: The formal and informal sectors in India pp. 1915-1923

Urjit R. Patel and Pradeep Srivastava

Expectative land rights, house consolidation and cemetery squatting: Some perspectives from Central Java pp. 1925-1933

Daniel J. Garr

Volume 24, issue 11, 1996

Small fields, big money: Two successful programs in helping small farmers make the transition to high value-added crops pp. 1681-1693

Vincent Benziger

Snails, southern hake and sustainability: Neoliberalism and natural resource exports in Chile pp. 1695-1709

Rachel A. Schurman

Seeking guidelines for poverty reduction in rural Zambia pp. 1711-1723

Jeffrey Alwang, Paul B. Siegel and Steen L. Jorgensen

Household fuelwood demand and supply in Nepal's tarai and mid-hills: Choice between cash outlays and labor opportunity pp. 1725-1736

Gregory S. Amacher, William F. Hyde and Keshav R. Kanel

The urban informal sector in Central America: Household survey evidence pp. 1737-1751

Edward Funkhouser

Borrowing from the IMF: The policy implications of recent empirical research pp. 1753-1760

Graham Bird

Marketing the third world: The contradictions of portfolio investment in the global economy pp. 1761-1776

Ilene Grabel

The Egyptian food subsidy system: Operation and effects on income distribution pp. 1777-1791

Sonia M. Ali and Richard Adams

Volume 24, issue 10, 1996

After Samuelson? pp. 1561-1578

Hugh Stretton

Male-female differences in agricultural productivity: Methodological issues and empirical evidence pp. 1579-1595

Agnes Quisumbing

Testing among models of intrahousehold resource allocation pp. 1597-1609

Cheryl Doss

The informal sector elephant pp. 1611-1619

Donald C. Mead and Christian Morrisson

Making civil society work, promoting democratic development: What can states and donors do? pp. 1621-1639

Axel Hadenius and Fredrik Uggla

Donor-initiated common pool resource institutions: The case of the Yanesha Forestry Cooperative pp. 1641-1657

Christopher E. Morrow and Rebecca Watts Hull

Empirics of crosscountry tax revenue comparisons pp. 1659-1671

Howell Zee

Electoral price cycles in regulated industries pp. 1673-1680

Claudio Paiva

Volume 24, issue 9, 1996

Editor's preface pp. 1393-1394

Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Process perspectives on policy change: Highlighting implementation pp. 1395-1401

Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Policy implementation: The organizational challenge pp. 1403-1415

Benjamin L. Crosby

Integrating strategic management tasks into implementing agencies: From firefighting to prevention pp. 1417-1430

Moses N. Kiggundu

Strategic thinking in international development: Using management tools to see the big picture pp. 1431-1439

Arthur A. Goldsmith

Assessing policy implementation success: Observations from The Philippines pp. 1441-1451

Alice L. Morton

Increasing private sector capacity for policy dialogue: The West African Enterprise Network pp. 1453-1466

Deborah M. Orsini, Michel Courcelle and Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Participation, social capital, and intersectoral problem solving: African and Asian cases pp. 1467-1479

L. David Brown and Darcy Ashman

Gender policy in development assistance: Improving implementation results pp. 1481-1496

Monteze Snyder, Fran Berry and Paul Mavima

Coordination issues in policy implementation networks: An illustration from Madagascar's Environmental Action Plan pp. 1497-1510

Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Strategies for Achieving Health Financing Reform in Africa pp. 1511-1525

Charlotte Leighton

Sustaining economic reform under political liberalization in Africa: Issues and implications pp. 1527-1537

David F. Gordon

Strategic change through sensible projects pp. 1539-1550

Coralie Bryant

Promoting policy reforms: The twilight of conditionality? pp. 1551-1559

Joan M. Nelson

Volume 24, issue 8, 1996

Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia: A new approach to an old idea pp. 1281-1299

Paul Smoke and Blane Lewis

Improving the performance of small-scale irrigation systems: The effects of technological investments and governance structure on irrigation performance in Nepal pp. 1301-1315

Wai Fung Lam

Deforestation, land use, and women's agricultural activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon pp. 1317-1332

Keshari K. Thapa, Richard E. Bilsborrow and Laura Murphy

State credit programs and the peasantry under populist regimes: Lessons from the APRA experience in the Peruvian Amazon pp. 1333-1346

Oliver T. Coomes

Magic and witchcraft: Implications for democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa pp. 1347-1355

Dirk Kohnert

Globalization: Emasculation or opportunity for educational planning? pp. 1357-1372

Abby Rubin Riddell

Productivity of public and private investment in developing countries: A broad international perspective pp. 1373-1378

Rati Ram

The growing gap between rich and poor countries: A proposed explanation pp. 1379-1384

Edmund J. Sheehey

Human development as statistical artifact pp. 1385-1392

Guido Luchters and Lukas Menkhoff

Volume 24, issue 7, 1996

Level playing fields and laissez faire: Postliberal development strategy in inegalitarian agrarian economies pp. 1133-1149

Michael Carter and Bradford L. Barham

Economic growth and environmental degradation: The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainable development pp. 1151-1160

David Stern, Michael S. Common and Edward Barbier

Organizations and intensifications: Campesino federations, rural livelihoods and agricultural technology in the Andes and Amazonia pp. 1161-1177

Anthony Bebbington

The impact of structural adjustment and property rights conflicts on Nicaraguan Agrarian reform beneficiaries pp. 1179-1191

Jon Jonakin

Shrimp aquaculture development and the environment: People, mangroves and fisheries on the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras pp. 1193-1208

Billie R. Dewalt, Philippe Vergne and Mark Hardin

Ethical development pp. 1209-1221

Mozaffar Qizilbash

The Uruguay Round agreements: Impact on developing countries pp. 1223-1242

Raed Safadi and Sam Laird

Technology investment and growth in economic welfare pp. 1243-1266

Peter L. Daniels

Trade reform and manufacturing performance in Malawi 1970-1991 pp. 1267-1278

Geoffrey Mulaga and John Weiss

Volume 24, issue 6, 1996

Too close for comfort? the impact of official aid on nongovernmental organizations pp. 961-973

Michael Edwards and David Hulme

The significance of development economics pp. 975-987

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi

South Africa: Macroeconomic perspectives for the medium term pp. 989-1001

Peter Brixen and Finn Tarp

Adjustment and income distribution in an agricultural economy: A general equilibrium analysis of Cameroon pp. 1003-1013

Nancy Benjamin

Modeling determinants of poverty in Mauritania pp. 1015-1031

Harold Coulombe and Andy McKay

Institutional design of public agencies and coproduction: A study of irrigation associations in Taiwan pp. 1039-1054

Wai Fung Lam

Social capital as a product of class mobilization and state intervention: Industrial workers in Kerala, India pp. 1055-1071

Patrick Heller

Crossing the great divide: Coproduction, synergy, and development pp. 1073-1087

Elinor Ostrom

How does civil society thicken? the political construction of social capital in rural Mexico pp. 1089-1103

Jonathan Fox

The state and economic involution: Russia through a China lens pp. 1105-1117

Michael Burawoy

Government action, social capital and development: Reviewing the evidence on synergy pp. 1119-1132

Peter Evans

Introduction: Development strategies across the public-private divide pp. IN1-IN1

Peter Evans

Volume 24, issue 5, 1996

Credit constraints, credit unions, and small-scale producers in Guatemala pp. 793-806

Bradford L. Barham, Stephen Boucher and Michael Carter

International taxation: The trajectory of an idea from Lorimer to Brandt pp. 807-820

Myron Frankman

Gender, markets and states: A selective review and research agenda pp. 821-829

Gita Sen

Reducing the gender gap in an asian economy: How important is women's increasing work experience? pp. 831-844

Tony Tam

National land cover mapping by remote sensing pp. 845-855

Barry Haack and Richard English

Household demand for improved solid waste management: A case study of Gujranwala, Pakistan pp. 857-868

Mir Anjum Altaf and J. R. Deshazo

Catching up in the postwar period: Puerto Rico as the fifth "Tiger"? pp. 869-885

William Baumol and Edward Wolff

Policy adjustments to the oil boom and their evaluation: The Dutch disease in Indonesia pp. 887-900

Norio Usui

Agroclimatic shock, income inequality, and poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 901-914

Thomas Reardon and J. Edward Taylor

Two-tier land tenure system and sustained economic growth in post-1978 rural China pp. 915-928

Xiao-yuan Dong

Estimating the level of protection: The implications of seasonal price fluctuations pp. 929-937

Forhad Shilpi

Adjustment and economic performance under a fixed exchange rate: A comparative analysis of the CFA zone pp. 939-951

Ibrahim Elbadawi and Nader Majd

Bureaucrat, heal thyself! lessons from three administrative reforms pp. 953-960

John D. Montgomery

Volume 24, issue 4, 1996

Education and the market: Which parts of the neoliberal solution are correct? pp. 589-610

Christopher Colclough

Chaos and certainty in development pp. 611-633

Joel Samoff

Rural credit programs and women's empowerment in Bangladesh pp. 635-653

Syed M. Hashemi, Sidney Ruth Schuler and Ann P. Riley

Central-local relations in china during the reform era: The economic and institutional dimensions pp. 655-672

Yasheng Huang

Intellectual property protection, market orientation and location of overseas R&D activities by multinational enterprises pp. 673-688

Nagesh Kumar

Entrepreneurial human capital and the long-run survival of firms in India pp. 689-696

E. Wayne Nafziger and Dek Terrell

Modern varieties, productivity, and sustainability: Recent experience and emerging challenges pp. 697-718

Derek Byerlee

Exchange rate, fiscal and agricultural policies in Africa: Does adjustment hurt the poor? pp. 719-747

David Sahn, Paul Dorosh and Stephen Younger

The household and employment in small-scale nonfarm enterprises pp. 749-764

Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak and Carlos E. Santiago

Price Responsiveness, Efficiency, and the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Egyptian Crop Producers pp. 765-771

John Baffes and Madhur Gautam

The Kuznets curve: A reassessment pp. 773-780

Sailesh K. Jha

Mechanizing small-scale rice cultivation in an industrializing economy: The development of the power-tiller in prewar Japan pp. 781-791

Penelope Francks

Volume 24, issue 3, 1996

Small firms and their helpers: Lessons on demand pp. 407-426

Judith Tendler and Monica Alves Amorim

The enforcement of commercial contracts in Ghana pp. 427-448

Marcel Fafchamps

R&D and technology policy in NICs as learning processes pp. 449-460

Morris Teubal

The investment-profits nexus in East Asian industrialization pp. 461-470

Yilmaz Akyuz and Charles Gore

Pollution intensity of GDP and trade policy: Can the World Bank be wrong? pp. 471-479

Michael T. Rock

Determinants of small and micro enterprise registration: Results from surveys in Niger and Swaziland pp. 481-487

Michael A. McPherson and Carl Liedholm

Rescuing gender from the poverty trap pp. 489-504

Cecile Jackson

Women heading households: Some more equal than others? pp. 505-520

Ann Varley

Economic reform and food prices: Evidence from markets in Ghana pp. 521-534

Harold Alderman and Gerald Shively

The impact of structural adjustment programs on manufacturing: Lessons from Nicaragua pp. 535-547

A. Geske Dijkstra

Comparative advantage and bilateral foreign aid policy pp. 549-556

Michael Dewald and Rolf Weder

Evaluation of the incentive structure: A survey and application to Cameroon pp. 557-568

Dominique Njinkeu

Vector-borne disease control in sub-Saharan Africa: A necessary but partial vision of development pp. 569-588

Della E. McMillan and Martin I. Meltzer

Volume 24, issue 2, 1996

Foreword pp. 213-213

Mihaly Simai

Sustainable development: An introduction pp. 215-225

Lance Taylor

Argentina: Growth resumption, sustainability, and environment pp. 227-240

Omar Chisari, JoseMaria Fanelli and Roberto Frenkel

Brazil: Widening the scope for balanced growth pp. 241-254

Marcelo Abreu, Dionisio D. Carneiro and Rogerio L. F. Werneck

Growth, equity, and the environment in Chile: Issues and evidence pp. 255-272

Patricio Meller, Raúl O'Ryan and Andres Solimano

China's macroeconomy, environment, and alternative transition model pp. 273-286

Alice H. Amsden, Dongyi Liu and Xiaoming Zhang

Growth, distribution, and the environment: Sustainable development in India pp. 287-305

Amitava Dutt and J. Mohan Rao

Prospects for growth and the environment in Mexico in the 1990s pp. 307-324

Jaime Ros, Joost Draisma, Nora Lustig and Adriaan Ten Kate

The environmental consequences of stagnation in Nicaragua pp. 325-339

Bill Gibson

Macroeconomic volatility, investment anemia and environmental struggles in the Philippines pp. 341-357

Manuel F. Montes and Joseph Y. Lim

Russian economic growth: Lessons from liberalization, medium-term constraints, and ecological challenges pp. 359-371

Alexander Yu. Vorobyov and Stanislav V. Zhukov

Dilemmas of structural adjustment and environmental policies under instability: Post-1980 Turkey pp. 373-393

Korkut Boratav, Oktar Turel and Erinc Yeldan

Growth, distribution and environment: Macroeconomic issues in Zimbabwe pp. 395-405

Rob Davies and Jorn Rattso

Volume 24, issue 1, 1996

International Commodity Agreements: An obituary notice pp. 1-19

Christopher L. Gilbert

The moral foundations of foreign aid pp. 21-44

Brian R. Opeskin

Who takes the credit? Gender, power, and control over loan use in rural credit programs in Bangladesh pp. 45-63

Anne Marie Goetz and Rina Sen Gupta

The design of successful rural financial intermediaries: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 65-78

Rodrigo A. Chaves and Claudio Gonzalez-Vega

Managing credit for the rural poor: Lessons from the Grameen Bank pp. 79-89

Pankaj S. Jain

Relief programs: When it may be better to give food instead of cash pp. 91-96

Kaushik Basu

Deagrarianization and rural employment in sub-Saharan Africa: A sectoral perspective pp. 97-111

Deborah Fahy Bryceson

The implications of female household headship for food consumption and nutritional status in the Dominican Republic pp. 113-128

Beatrice Lorge Rogers

The struggle for survival: Prospects for the Women's Federation in Post-Mao China pp. 129-143

Jude Howell

Monetary management and intergovernmental relations in China pp. 145-153

Jun Ma

Trade interdependence and direct foreign investment between ASEAN and China pp. 155-170

Zhaoyong Zhang and Ow Chin Hock

Strategies for software exports from developing countries pp. 171-182

Carlos M. Correa

Rates of return to education: Does the conventional pattern prevail in sub-Saharan Africa? pp. 183-199

Paul Bennell

A reply to Bennell pp. 201-201

George Psacharopoulos

Women and public policy in Afghanistan: A comment pp. 203-206

William Maley

A reply to maley pp. 207-211

Valentine M. Moghadam