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Volume 40, issue 1, 2026

When Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture pp. 1-28

Ram Fishman, Meha Jain and Avinash Kishore

Reducing Emission of CO2 from Africa’s Tropical Forests: A Randomized Controlled Trial pp. 29-61

Yonas Alem and Remidius D Ruhinduka

The Health Burden of E-Waste: The Impact of E-Waste Dumping Sites on Child Mortality pp. 62-81

Stefania Lovo and Samantha Rawlings

Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India pp. 82-104

Ama Baafra Abeberese, Ritam Chaurey and Radhika Menon

The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times pp. 105-124

Yoonyoung Cho and Teresa Molina

Income Shocks, Bride Price, and Child Marriage in Turkey pp. 125-145

Isabelle Chort, Rozenn Hotte and Karine Marazyan

The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs? pp. 146-171

Adriana Camacho, Julián Messina and Juan Pablo Uribe

Volume, Risk, Complexity: What Makes Development Finance Projects Succeed or Fail? pp. 172-195

Yota Eilers, Jochen Kluve, Jörg Langbein and Lennart Reiners

Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions pp. 196-223

Nicole Gorton and Elena Ianchovichina

Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data? pp. 224-253

Deepti Sharma, Hema Swaminathan and Rahul Lahoti

Volume 39, issue 4, 2025

Martin Ravallion: Measuring Poverty, Shaping Policy pp. 779-780

Deon Filmer

Unpacking Household Engel Curves pp. 781-799

Philippe De Vreyer, Sylvie Lambert and Martin Ravallion

Sharpening the Welfare-Consistency of the Mainstream Multidimensional Poverty Identification Method, with Illustration on Nigerian Data pp. 800-834

Benoit Decerf and Kike Fonton

Women at Work: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Urban Djibouti pp. 835-866

Florencia Devoto, Emanuela Galasso, Kathleen Beegle and Stefanie Brodmann

Is There an Underside to Economic Growth? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Malaysia pp. 867-892

M Asadullah, Monica Biradavolu, Vijayendra Rao and Kenneth Simler

Migrants as Social Protection? Simulations of a Market for Work Permits pp. 893-906

Quy-Toan Do, Michael Lokshin and Martin Ravallion

Private but Misunderstood? Evidence on Measuring Intimate Partner Violence via Self-Interviewing in Rural Liberia and Malawi pp. 907-923

David Sungho Park, Shilpa Aggarwal, Dahyeon Jeong, Naresh Kumar, Jonathan Robinson and Alan Spearot

Debtor (Non-)Participation in Sovereign Debt Relief: A Real Option Approach pp. 924-955

Danny Cassimon, Dennis Essers and Andrea F Presbitero

The Occupation Content of Trade pp. 956-970

Hagen Kruse, Marcel P Timmer, Gaaitzen de Vries and Xianjia Ye

Educational Responses to Local and Migration Destination Shocks: Evidence from China pp. 971-992

Jessica Leight and Yao Pan

The Effect of Shortening High-School Duration by One Year on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana pp. 993-1017

Augustine Denteh, Samuel Asare and Bernardin Senadza

Private Sanitation and Psychosocial Health in Adolescent Girls pp. 1018-1038

Ray Miller, Lackson D Mudenda, Ashish K Sedai and Lauren Vilims

Predicting Poverty pp. 1039-1064

Paolo Verme

Volume 39, issue 3, 2025

Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty pp. 497-521

Dean Jolliffe, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Christoph Lakner, Aziz Atamanov and Samuel Kofi Tetteh-Baah

International Commodity Prices Transmission to Consumer Prices in Africa* pp. 522-552

Thibault Lemaire and Paul Vertier

Leaving the Shadows Behind? Effects of Domestic Workers Reform on Mothers’ Formal Employment pp. 553-570

Cynthia Boruchowicz

Watering the Seeds of the Rural Economy: Evidence from Groundwater Irrigation in India pp. 571-591

Camille Boudot-Reddy and André Butler

Rural Road Infrastructure and Women’s Empowerment in India pp. 592-613

Bharti Nandwani and Punarjit Roychowdhury

Disclosure of Violence against Women and Girls in Senegal pp. 614-631

Amber Peterman, Malick Dione, Agnes Le Port, Justine Briaux, Fatma Lamesse and Melissa Hidrobo

Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War pp. 632-662

Hale Utar

Does the Source of FDI Matter? The Case of Tax Havens pp. 663-683

Solomiya Shpak

A Measurement of Aggregate Trade Restrictions and Their Economic Effects pp. 684-710

Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri, Swarnali A Hannan, Jonathan D Ostry and Andrew K Rose

From Workfare to Economic and Sociopolitical Stability? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Eastern Congo pp. 711-730

Paul Brandily, Eric Mvukiyehe, Lodewijk Smets, Peter van der Windt and Marijke Verpoorten

Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda pp. 731-762

Paul Brandily, Eric Mvukiyehe, Lodewijk Smets, Peter van der Windt and Marijke Verpoorten

Performance Pay Increases Dog Vaccinations to Reduce Human Rabies pp. 763-778

Felix Lankester, Shanthi Manian and Jonathan Yoder

Volume 39, issue 2, 2025

Organizational Hierarchies and Export Destinations pp. 229-259

Irene Brambilla, Andrés César, Guillermo Falcone and Guido Porto

Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment pp. 260-280

Junyan Tian

Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework pp. 281-307

Mario Larch and Yoto Yotov

Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms pp. 308-340

Xinshen Diao, Mia Ellis, Margaret McMillan and Dani Rodrik

Chiefs, Courts, and Upholding Property Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone pp. 341-361

Henry Musa Kpaka

Subnational Income, Growth, and the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 362-376

M Ali Choudhary, Ilaria Dal Barco, Ijlal A Haqqani, Federico Lenzi and Nicola Limodio

Integrating Survey and Geospatial Data for Geographical Targeting of the Poor and Vulnerable: Evidence from Malawi pp. 377-409

Melany Gualavisi and David Newhouse

(Joint) Bank Savings, Female Empowerment, and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia pp. 410-438

Jose Galdo

Food Transfers, Cash Transfers, Behavior Change Communication and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 439-472

Akhter Ahmed, John Hoddinott and Shalini Roy

Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal pp. 473-496

Julie Schaffner, Paul Glewwe and Uttam Sharma

Volume 39, issue 1, 2025

The Temptation of Social Networks under Job Search Frictions pp. 1-25

Norihiko Matsuda and Shinsaku Nomura

Too Hard, Too Easy, or Just Right: The Productivity of Schooling and the Match between Child Skill and School Complexity pp. 26-41

Juan Castro and Lucciano Villacorta

Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 42-60

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico and Gian Luca Tedeschi

Free Trade and Subnational Development: Economic Activity and Human Welfare pp. 61-84

John Cruzatti C

The Impact of Weather Shocks on Violent and Property Crimes in Jamaica pp. 85-103

Nicholas Wright and Aubrey M Stewart

Better Roads, Better Off? Evidence on Upgrading Roads in Tanzania pp. 104-123

Christelle Dumas and Ximena Játiva

Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 124-142

Girum Abebe, Niklas Buehren and Markus Goldstein

The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique pp. 143-163

Sam Jones and Kunal Sen

Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age pp. 164-190

Mireille Kozhaya and Fernanda Martínez Flores

Minimum Wage Policy and Poverty in Indonesia pp. 191-210

Nurina Merdikawati and Ridho Al Izzati

Can Discussions about Girls’ Education Improve Academic Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Development Project pp. 211-227

Christopher Cotton, Ardyn Nordstrom, Jordan Nanowski and Eric Richert