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Volume 18, issue 3, 2004

Trade Policy and Poverty Reduction in Brazil pp. 289-317

Glenn Harrison, Thomas Rutherford, David Tarr and Angelo Gurgel

Trade Liberalization and Industry Wage Structure: Evidence from Brazil pp. 319-344

Nina Pavcnik, Andreas Blom, Pinelopi Goldberg and Norbert Schady

Lobbying, Counterlobbying, and the Structure of Tariff Protection in Poor and Rich Countries pp. 345-366

Olivier Cadot, Jaime de Melo and Marcelo Olarreaga

Social Protection in a Crisis: Argentina's Plan Jefes y Jefas pp. 367-399

Emanuela Galasso and Martin Ravallion

On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities pp. 401-421

Chris Elbers, Peter Lanjouw, Johan Mistiaen, Berk Özler and Kenneth Simler

Ghost Doctors: Absenteeism in Rural Bangladeshi Health Facilities pp. 423-441

Nazmul Chaudhury and Jeffrey Hammer

Small-Scale Industry, Environmental Regulation, and Poverty: The Case of Brazil pp. 443-464

Rajshri Jayaraman and Peter Lanjouw

Volume 18, issue 2, 2004

Do Macroeconomic Crises Always Slow Human Capital Accumulation? pp. 131-154

Norbert Schady

The Distribution of Income Shocks during Crises: An Application of Quantile Analysis to Mexico, 1992--95 pp. 155-174

William Maloney, Wendy Cunningham and Mariano Bosch

Agricultural Tariffs or Subsidies: Which Are More Important for Developing Economies? pp. 175-204

Bernard Hoekman, Francis Ng and Marcelo Olarreaga

The Earnings Effects of Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Implications for Poverty pp. 205-236

Thomas Hertel, Maros Ivanic, Paul Preckel and John Cranfield

Asymmetries in the Union Wage Premium in Ghana pp. 237-252

Niels-Hugo (Hugo) Blunch and Dorte Verner

Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 pp. 253-287

Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

Volume 18, issue 1, 2004

China's Accession to the World Trade Organization, Policy Reform, and Poverty Reduction: An Introduction pp. 1-2

Deepak Bhattasali, Li Shantong and Will Martin

Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization pp. 3-27

Elena Ianchovichina and Will Martin

Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization pp. 29-57

Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion

Tracking Distortions in Agriculture: China and Its Accession to the World Trade Organization pp. 59-84

Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle and Min Chang

Regulated Efficiency, World Trade Organization Accession, and the Motor Vehicle Sector in China pp. 85-104

Joseph Francois and Dean Spinanger

China in the World Trade Organization: Antidumping and Safeguards pp. 105-130

Patrick Messerlin

Volume 17, issue 3, 2003

Macro and Micro Perspectives of Growth and Poverty in Africa pp. 317-347

Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery and Stefano Paternostro

Risk Sharing in Labor Markets pp. 349-366

Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Mans S–derbom, Francis Teal and Albert Zeufack

Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact pp. 367-389

John Wilson, Catherine Mann and Tsunehiro Otsuki

Water Subsidy Policies: A Comparison of the Chilean and Colombian Schemes pp. 391-407

AndrÈs GÛmez-Lobo and Dante Contreras

Policy Selectivity Forgone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa pp. 409-435

Nancy Birdsall, Stijn Claessens and Ishac Diwan

Volume 17, issue 2, 2003

Child Labor and Development: An Introduction pp. 145-146

Kaushik Basu and Zafiris Tzannatos

The Global Child Labor Problem: What Do We Know and What Can We Do? pp. 147-173

Kaushik Basu and Zafiris Tzannatos

Child Labor: Lessons from the Historical Experience of Today's Industrial Economies pp. 175-196

Jane Humphries

Child Farm Labor: The Wealth Paradox pp. 197-227

Sonia Bhalotra and Christopher Heady

Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling, and Child Labor: Micro-Simulating Brazil's Bolsa Escola Program pp. 229-254

François Bourguignon, Francisco Ferreira and Phillippe G. Leite

Targeting Child Labor in Debt Bondage: Evidence, Theory, and Policy Implications pp. 255-281

Arnab Basu and Nancy Chau

Children's Working Hours and School Enrollment: Evidence from Pakistan and Nicaragua pp. 283-295

Furio Rosati and Mariacristina Rossi

Child Labor: A Normative Perspective pp. 297-309

Debra Satz

Understanding Children's Work: An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project pp. 311-314

Alec Fyfe, Frans Roselaers, Zafiris Tzannatos and Furio Rosati

Volume 17, issue 1, 2003

Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa pp. 1-25

Esther Duflo

Public Policy and Extended Families: Evidence from Pensions in South Africa pp. 27-50

Marianne Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan and Douglas Miller

Economic, Demographic, and Institutional Determinants of Life Insurance Consumption across Countries pp. 51-88

Thorsten Beck and Ian Webb

Reducing Child Malnutrition: How Far Does Income Growth Take Us? pp. 107-131

Lawrence Haddad, Harold Alderman, Simon Appleton, Lina Song and Yisehac Yohannes

Particularism around the World pp. 133-143

Jessica Wallack, Alejandro Gaviria, Ugo Panizza and Ernesto Stein

Volume 16, issue 3, 2002

Gender Effects of Social Security Reform in Chile pp. 321-343

Alejandra Cox Edwards

Low Schooling for Girls, Slower Growth for All? Cross-Country Evidence on the Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Economic Development pp. 345-373

Stephan Klasen

Gender, Time Use, and Change: The Impact of the Cut Flower Industry in Ecuador pp. 375-395

Constance Newman

The Distributional Impacts of Indonesia's Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: A "Rapid Response" Methodology pp. 397-423

Jed Friedman and James Levinsohn

Density versus Quality in Health Care Provision: Using Household Data to Make Budgetary Choices in Ethiopia pp. 425-448

Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon and John Mackinnon

A Firm's-Eye View of Commercial Policy and Fiscal Reforms in Cameroon pp. 449-472

Bernard Gauthier, Isidro Soloaga and James Tybout

Volume 16, issue 2, 2002

An Introduction pp. 149-150

Carmen Reinhart

Default, Currency Crises, and Sovereign Credit Ratings pp. 151-170

Carmen Reinhart

Emerging Market Instability: Do Sovereign Ratings Affect Country Risk and Stock Returns? pp. 171-195

Graciela Kaminsky and Sergio Schmukler

On the Use of Portfolio Risk Models and Capital Requirements in Emerging Markets: The Case of Argentina pp. 197-212

Veronica Balzarotti, Michael Falkenheim and Andrew Powell

An Introduction pp. 213-217

Laura B. Rawlings and Norbert Schady

Supporting Communities in Transition: The Impact of the Armenian Social Investment Fund pp. 219-240

Robert S. Chase

An Impact Evaluation of Education, Health, and Water Supply Investments by the Bolivian Social Investment Fund pp. 241-274

John Newman, Menno Pradhan, Laura B. Rawlings, Geert Ridder, Ramiro Coa and Jose Luis Evia

The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments: Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social Fund pp. 275-295

Menno Pradhan and Laura B. Rawlings

The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds: Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru pp. 297-319

Christina Paxson and Norbert Schady

Volume 16, issue 1, 2002

Eliminating Excessive Tariffs on Exports of Least Developed Countries pp. 1-21

Bernard Hoekman, Francis Ng and Marcelo Olarreaga

Imported Machinery for Export Competitiveness pp. 23-48

Ashoka Mody and Kamil Yilmaz

Trade Policy Options for Chile: The Importance of Market Access pp. 49-79

Glenn Harrison, Thomas Rutherford and David Tarr

Trade in International Maritime Services: How Much Does Policy Matter? pp. 81-108

Carsten Fink, Aaditya Mattoo and Ileana Neagu Constantinescu

Bank Risk and Deposit Insurance pp. 109-137

Luc Laeven

How Different Is the Efficiency of Public and Private Water Companies in Asia? pp. 139-148

Antonio Estache and Martín Rossi