World Development Perspectives

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ashwini Chhatre

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2020, volume 18, articles C

Nutritional status, poverty, and relative deprivation among socio-economic and gender groups in India: Is the growth inclusive?

Biswabhusan Bhuyan, Bimal Kishore Sahoo and Damodar Suar

Is there any interaction effect of mothers’ education and their bargaining power on children’s nutritional status? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Mahbub Hossain

How effective are cluster development policies? Evidence from Uruguay

Diego Aboal, Gustavo Crespi and Marcelo Perera

The risk of survey bias in self-reports vs. actual consumption of clean cooking fuels

Abhishek Kar, Michael Brauer, Rob Bailis and Hisham Zerriffi

Managing the challenges of obtaining a social license to operate in the pre-mining phase: A focus on the oil sands communities in Ondo State, Nigeria

Adeyinka O. Omotehinse and Giorgio De Tomi

Global horticultural value chains, labour and poverty in Tanzania

Fabio De Blasis

Improved cookstoves as a pathway between food preparation and reduced domestic violence in Uganda

Juan Carlos Guzmán, Lila Kumar Khatiwada and Danice Brown Guzmán

Climate-smart agriculture, household income and asset accumulation among smallholder farmers in the Nyando basin of Kenya

Maurice Juma Ogada, Elizaphan J.O. Rao, Maren Radeny, John W. Recha and Dawit Solomon

When climate change is not psychologically distant – Factors influencing the acceptance of sustainable farming practices in the Mekong river Delta of Vietnam

Melanie Connor, Annalyn H. de Guia, Reianne Quilloy, Hung Van Nguyen, Martin Gummert and Bjoern Ole Sander

The debate: Is global development adapting to climate change?

E.L.F. Schipper, T. Tanner, O.P. Dube, K.M. Adams and S. Huq

What explains the gender differences in the adoption of multiple maize varieties? Empirical evidence from Uganda and Tanzania

Hailemariam Teklewold, Rahma I. Adam and Paswel Marenya

2020, volume 17, articles C

Big data and the electricity sector in African countries

Ijeoma Onyeji-Nwogu, Morgan Bazilian and Todd Moss

Economic globalization and regional income convergence: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

Jun Zhao and John Serieux

Opportunities and struggles of decentralized governance reform for urban municipalities in India

Purva Sharma

What does autonomy mean for forest communities? The politics of transnational community forestry networks in Mesoamerica and the Congo Basin

Emilie Dupuits and Symphorien Ongolo

Bribery, motivations for bribery and life satisfaction in transitional countries

Timothy Hinks

Vietnam’s Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries: How do they perform against Ostrom’s institutional design principles?

Chi Nguyen Thi Quynh, Steven Schilizzi, Atakelty Hailu and Sayed Iftekhar

What are the determinant of international tourism in Tanzania?

Evelyn Wamboye, Peter John Nyaronga and Bruno S. Sergi

Social protection in Ghana and Kenya through an inclusive development Lens. Complex effects and risks

Nicky R.M. Pouw, Barbara Rohregger, Esther Schüring, Kennedy A. Alatinga, Bethuel Kinuthia and Katja Bender

Which aid targets poor at the sub-national level?

K.C. Dipendra

Determinants of the adoption of mobile phones for fruit marketing by Vietnamese farmers

Hung Gia Hoang

2019, volume 16, articles C

Designing interventions in local value chains for improved health and nutrition: Insights from Malawi

Jason Donovan and Aulo Gelli

Forgone opportunities of large-scale agricultural investment: A comparison of three models of soya production in Central Mozambique

Sophia Baumert, Janet Fisher, Casey Ryan, Emily Woollen, Frank Vollmer, Luis Artur, Pedro Zorrilla-Miras and Mansour Mahamane

Universal income in developing countries: Issues, options, and illustration for India

David Coady and Delphine Prady

Institutional capital, urban poverty and household wealth in Cape Town

Singumbe Muyeba

Recognizing the dynamics of household water insecurity in the rapidly changing polar north: Expected uncertainties in access, quality, and consumption patterns in Niugtaq (Newtok), Alaska

Laura Eichelberger

Engaging youth in conversations about community and forests: Methodological reflections from Asia, Africa, and the Americas

James P. Robson, Hugo Asselin, Miriam Castillo, Leigh Fox, Scott Francisco, Birendra Karna, Amanda Karst, Julia Quaedvlieg, Michelle Sanchez Luja, Maria Paula Sarigumba, Marlene Soriano, Fermín Sosa Pérez, Sarah J. Wilson and Julio Zetina

Collective action and heterogeneous welfare effects: Evidence from Ethiopian villages

Dambala Gelo and Johane Dikgang

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction? Evidence from Iraq

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Enhancing livestock vaccination decision-making through rapid diagnostic testing

Ashley F. Railey, Felix Lankester, Tiziana Lembo, Richard Reeve, Gabriel Shirima and Thomas Marsh

2019, volume 15, articles C

Dissemination pathways for drought-tolerant rice cultivars: A farmer-participatory evaluation in the Philippines pp. -

Aurora M. Corales, Royette C. Santos, Niño M.C. Banayo, Crisanta S. Bueno, David E. Johnson and Yoichiro Kato

Evaluating producer preferences and information processing strategies for drought risk management tools in Bangladesh pp. -

David Ortega, Patrick Ward and Vincenzina Caputo

On the ground in sunny Mexico: A case study of consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for solar-powered devices pp. -

Anna Ebers Broughel

Can cash transfers mitigate child labour? Evidence from Indonesia’s cash transfer programme for poor students in Java pp. -

Achsanah Hidayatina and Arlene Garces-Ozanne

Patrons of disaster: The role of political patronage in flood response in the Solomon Islands pp. -

Carl Adams and Andreas Neef

Status and determinants of poverty and income inequality in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities: Household-based evidence from Afar Regional State, Ethiopia pp. -

Araya M. Teka, Gabriel Temesgen Woldu and Zeremariam Fre

2019, volume 14, articles C

Exploring the nature, motives, and implications of foreign capital in Africa pp. -

Evelyn Wamboye and Bruno S. Sergi

Validity and reliability of the Neighborhood Walkability Scale Abbreviated (NEWS-A) in elderly people of Valparaíso, Chile pp. -

Christine Bailey-Catalán, Ximena Sánchez, Estela Arcos, Rafael Miranda, Ximena Cea and Gabriela Morgado

Impunity of international labor rights violators and beneficiaries: The case of Uzbekistan pp. -

Matthew Fischer-Daly

Can we sustain success in reducing deaths to extreme weather in a hotter world? pp. -

Zia Mehrabi, Simon Donner, Patricia Rios, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Pedram Rowhani, Milind Kandlikar and Navin Ramankutty

The effect of collective action on smallholder income and asset holdings in Kenya pp. -

Sarah Mutonyi

Differences in conviction rates across violent crimes in India pp. -

Bidisha Mandal

Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania pp. -

David K. Nkedianye, Joseph O. Ogutu, Mohammed Y. Said, Shem Kifugo, Jan de Leeuw, Paul Van Gardingen and Robin S. Reid

Linking crop and livestock diversification to household nutrition: Evidence from Guruve and Mt Darwin districts, Zimbabwe pp. -

Conrad Murendo, Simon Gwara, Kizito Mazvimavi and Jeffrey Scott Arensen

Causality between income inequality and corruption in OECD countries pp. -

Laura Policardo, Edgar Sánchez Carrera and Wiston Adrian Risso

2019, volume 13, articles C

Understanding factors associated with agricultural mechanization: A Bangladesh case pp. 1-9

Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, Dil Rahut, Sofina Maharjan and Olaf Erenstein

Biofuels versus food: Understanding the trade-offs between climate friendly crop and food security pp. 10-17

Kishor Goswami and Hari K. Choudhury

Community wellbeing: The impacts of inequality, racism and environment on a Brazilian coastal slum pp. 18-24

Cintia Gillam and Anthony Charles

Effectiveness of mobile agri-advisory service extension model: Evidence from Direct2Farm program in India pp. 25-33

Monica K. Kansiime, Abdillahi Alawy, Catherine Allen, Manish Subharwal, Arun Jadhav and Martin Parr

The employment impact of microcredit program participation in Bangladesh: Evidence from a longitudinal household survey pp. 34-49

A.K.M. Ghulam Hussain, Nigar Nargis, S.M. Ashiquzzaman and Fahad Khalil

Child labour and education – A survey of slum settlements in Dhaka (Bangladesh) pp. 50-66

Maria Quattri and Kevin Watkins

Community managed hydropower, spillover effect and agricultural productivity: The case of rural Nepal pp. 67-74

Bishwa S. Koirala, Alok Bohara, Satis Devkota and Kamal Upadhyaya

The returns to occupations: The role of minimum wage and gender in Nigeria pp. 75-86

Tolu I.A. Olarewaju, Tomasz Mickiewicz and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Food insecurity in South Africa: To what extent can social grants and consumption of wild foods eradicate hunger? pp. 87-94

Gamuchirai Chakona and Charlie M. Shackleton

Impact of non-farm income on welfare in rural Bangladesh: Multilevel mixed-effects regression approach pp. 95-102

A.K.M. Abdullah Al-Amin and M.J. Hossain