World Development Perspectives

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ashwini Chhatre

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2025, volume 40, articles C

Energy access and gender gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of institutional quality

Emmanuel Y. Gbolonyo and Bright Tetteh

Evolving interdisciplinary contributions to global societal challenges: A 50-year overview

Keisuke Okamura

They know each other, but do they trust each other? Social capital and selected beneficiaries of community-based development projects: A lab-in-the-field in rural Zimbabwe

Amandine Belard, Stefano Farolfi, Damien Jourdain, Mark Manyanga, Tarisayi Pedzisa and Marc Willinger

The push and pull of rural-to-rural migration: Insights from Northwest Benin

Solomon Geleta, David Natcher, Mohamed Nasser Baco and Derek Peak

Labor demands and gender inequality in education: understanding school enrollment patterns in Zambia

Averi Chakrabarti and Garima Siwach

Keynes’ theory of liquidity preference and microfinance banks in Africa

Jacob Tche

Development policy affects the indigenous group: the case of the Karen community, Ban Klang Village, Northern Thailand

Yingluck Kanchanaroek and David Wells Engstrom

Switching or staying? Exploring the dynamics and impacts of job switching in a wage setting cartel in Ethiopia

Fekadu Nigussie Deresse, Carlos Oya and Christian Samen Otchia

“The children don’t want to listen, the fathers need to be ready”: Perceptions and belief systems connected to the restoration and preservation of a sacred forest in Benin

Julia Bello-Bravo and Peter Neuenschwander

Agricultural market participation impact on gender health inequality: Evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Júlio Vicente Cateia

The Equitable Resilience Framework: An environmental justice strategy for community-led resilience planning

Janelle Knox-Hayes, Surbhi Agarwal, Johan Arango-Quiroga, Nicholas Ashford, David Birge, Gabriella Carolini, Shekhar Chandra, Colleen Chiu-Shee, Jungwoo Chun, Daniela Coray, Nicholas de Monchaux, Sally Haslanger, Courtney Humphries, Eric Huntley, Caroline A Jones, Deni Lopez, Miho Mazeereuw, Leslie Norford, Prudence Robinson, Haley Schilling, Lawrence J. Vale, Sarah Williams and Rose Winer-Chan

Redistribution, income inequality, and conflict in developing countries: Is there any causality?

Brandon Parsons and Ayoub Rabhi

Building the State, Fighting the rebels. Military engineers and infrastructure in modern Colombia

Camilo Espinosa-Díaz and Robinson Cadena Bareño

Corrigendum to “The push and pull of rural-to-rural migration: Insights from Northwest Benin World Development Perspectives”. [40 (2025) 100730]

Solomon Geleta, David Natcher, Mohamed Nasser Baco and Derek Peak

Voices from Iranian Farmers: Balancing livelihood and sustainability in the climate change Era

Khadijeh Soleimani, Azadeh Bakhshi and Mansour Ghanian

Taxation of fisheries in Kenya: neither improving management nor raising revenue?

Giovanni Occhiali and Olivia Okello

Inheriting subsidies: Intergenerational correlation in Conditional Cash Transfers in Colombia

Blanca Zuluaga and Karen Camilo

Exploring the dynamic nexus between life insurance, governance, and economic development in OECD and MENA countries: a system-generalized method of moments analysis

Ines Nasri, Imen Ghannouchi and Saloua Ben Ammou

“Nothing for Us without Us”: localizing agricultural innovation systems − a case study from the feed the future innovation labs

Erin McGuire, Gina Rico-Mendez, Siobhan Rabsum, Penina Yumbya, David Ameyaw, Robert Jarman, Tara Steinmetz, Mwangi Thumbi and David Tschirley

Village Development and Governability: A Case Study of Transmigration Village Governance in East Luwu, Indonesia

Haryanto, and Nurlinah,

The purchasing power of Non-cash food Program and household food security in Indonesia

Suci Nurmaya Tangkudung and Nasrudin, Rus’an

Corrigendum to ““Nothing for us without us”: localizing agricultural innovation systems – a case study from the feed the future innovation labs” [World Dev. Perspect. 40 (2025)100746]

Erin McGuire, Gina Rico-Mendez, Siobhan Rabsum, Penina Yumbya, David Ameyaw, Robert Jarman, Tara Steinmetz, Mwangi Thumbi and David Tschirley

Climate change and labor mobility: A longitudinal study of agricultural households in Indonesia

Hastuti,, Teguh Dartanto, Alin Halimatussadiah and Amzul Rifin

Assets and livelihood strategies of agricultural households on the East India Plateau

Adam M. Komarek, Arundhita Bhanjdeo, Murray Unkovich, Ritesh Pandey, Ashok Kumar, Girish Pradhan, Amulya Khandai and William D. Bellotti

Developing community resilience index for flood (CRIF): evidence from extreme flood-prone Jamalpur district of Bangladesh

Raihan Riaz, Saima Ikbal Safi, Zereen Saba and Imrul Kabir

Institutional design and performance of land-based financing instruments: Evidence from local authorities in Ghana

Samuel B. Biitir, Michael Poku-Boansi and John T. Bugri

2025, volume 39, articles C

Shifting paradigm in water resources management: Public willingness to participate in watershed management of Batu Kurau, Perak, Malaysia

Khalid Sayed, Ridzwan Nazimuddin, M.I. Syakir, Shaiful Yusuff, Rahmah Johar and Zaher Mundher Yaseen

(Re)making landscapes into resources: the role of Hass avocado plantations in Salamina, Colombia

Andres Suarez

Measuring poverty in Tanzania: Comparison of diary and recall approaches to food consumption data collection

Akuffo Amankwah, Darcey Jeanne Genou Johnson, Josephine Ofori Adofo, Maryam Gul and Amparo Palacios-Lopez

Colonial education disparity, contemporary institutions, and long-run economic performance

Yeti Nisha Madhoo and Shyam Nath

The dynamics of crop diversity and seed use in the context of recurrent climate shocks and poverty: Seasonal panel data evidence from rural Uganda

Clifton Makate, Arild Angelsen, Teshome Hunduma Mulesa and Ola Tveitereid Westengen

Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: the case of maize in Myanmar

Joseph Goeb, Cho Cho San, Ben Belton, Nang Lun Kham Synt, Nilar Aung, Mywish Maredia and Bart Minten

Towards community-driven rural development: Path of women group in empowering rural Women’s capacities and role in rural development

Adzani Ameridyani, Minori Tokito and Izuru Saizen

Understanding how national development planning (NDP) shapes public institutions and procedures for development: the case of Colombia

Fabian Telch

Determinants of use of digital innovation and its impact on land acquisition and food security among farming households in Nigeria

Adeolu Ayanwale and Ayodeji D. Kehinde

Public and household financing of education in India: are they substitutes or complements?

Aswathy Rachel Varughese and Indrajit Bairagya

An overview of financial subsidy programs in Vietnamese fisheries during the past 25 years: An evaluation and recommendations towards improved future mechanisms

Phuong Viet Le, Luong Trong Nguyen and Khanh Quoc Nguyen

Land Rights for Women in Rural Ethiopia: Legal Framework and Reality

Mekonnen Nigusie Asfaw, Ayelech Kidie Mengesha, Katharina Gugerell, Reinfried Mansberger and Doris Damyanovic

Economy-wide impacts of palm oil downstream in North Sumatra: A CGE approach

Rifa’i, Achmad

The political consequences of resource scarcity: Targeted spending in a water-stressed democracy. A replication study of Mahadevan and Shenoy (Journal of Public Economics, 2023)

Ryan McWay and Matthew Braaksma

Global mining and the production of inequality: a case for continued inquiry

Deanna Kemp and John R. Owen

The effect of fiscal decentralization on urbanization: Evidence from Cameroon

Justin Romuald Amougou Manga and Constant Djiogap Fouopi

Agricultural cooperatives boost food security through input subsidies in rural Zambia

Cornelius Zemba, Stephen Prah and Ng’ombe, John N.

‘The youth are not given a listening ear’: A critical analysis of the contributions of youth-led civil society organisations to Africa’s development

Emmanuel Kumi, Thomas Yeboah and Emmanuel Edudzie

Bridging the rural–urban energy transition divide: Place-specific challenges in renewable energy transitions for vulnerable communities in the Philippines

Laurence L. Delina, Sanny D. Afable and Chloe Chan

Experimental and ethnographic evidence on household-based lockboxes and savings nudges from rural Tanzania

Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Alan Hubbard, Robert Katikiro, Daniel M. Kammen and Isha Ray

Refugees’ home-making practices as assemblages: material & symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp

Heba Alqub and Osaid Matar

From ashes to opportunity? Reimagining job creation in a smoke-free Africa

Edmond Noubissi Domguia, Paul Tadzong Mouafo, Armand Mboutchounag Kountchou, Hilaire Nkengfack and Cerapis Mbognou Nchinda

Agricultural stakeholder panels and lead farmer visits: Evidence from Malawi

Festus O. Amadu and Paul E. McNamara

The socioeconomic effects of Fusarium TR4 on banana producers in Peru

Thea Ritter, Jonathan Mockshell, Diego Álvarez, Leslie Estefany Mosquera, Jorge Eliecer Vargas and Carolina Gonzalez

Has mandatory reporting improved environmental disclosure quality in Indonesia?

Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum, Sriningsih,, Annisa Sila Puspita, Mochamad Arief Budihardjo, Amin Chegenizadeh and Hamid Nikraz

How much of economic growth trickles down to the population in resource-rich countries? evidence from Papua New Guinea

Paripoorna Baxi, Darian Naidoo and Sharad Tandon

Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia

Silas Amo-Agyei, Florence Nana Pokuaah Nimoh, Ibrahima Sarr and Maryada Vallet

Better tracking SDG progress with fewer resources? A call for more innovative data uses

Hai-Anh Dang, Calogero Carletto and Dean Jolliffe

Long-term health impacts of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war on young Ethiopian adults

Yemareshet Hailu Demeke and Dainn Wie

Committeefication of African urban development:The case of Ghana’s Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development Project (GARID)

Rosina Sheburah Essien, George Owusu, Kofi Kekeli Amedzro and Musah Aziba Issah

The determinants of multidimensional poverty in the urban slums of Dhaka city

S.M. Asif Ehsan, Mazharul Hoque Bhuiyan, Mashnur Rahman, Md Saifur Rahman Sayeef, Marufa Ferdausi, Md Sajadul Alam, Abdul Hannan Chowdhury and Md. Jakariya

Doubling: How it is impoverishing a mining community in India

Prajna Paramita Mishra, Ch. Sravan and Sujit Kumar Mishra

Military expenditures and macroeconomic indicators in selected countries of Asia and Africa

Faisal Jamil and Mayira Sabir