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Volume 27, issue 2, 2012

The Odds of Achieving the MDGs pp. 143-184

Delfin Go and José Alejandro Quijada

The Challenges of Bankruptcy Reform pp. 185-203

Elena Cirmizi, Leora Klapper and Mahesh Uttamchandani

School Feeding Programs and Development: Are We Framing the Question Correctly? pp. 204-221

Harold Alderman and Donald Bundy

International Grain Reserves And Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets pp. 222-260

Brian Wright

Using Contingent Valuation in the Design of Payments for Environmental Services Mechanisms: A Review and Assessment pp. 261-287

Dale Whittington and Stefano Pagiola

Volume 27, issue 1, 2012

Mashup Indices of Development pp. 1-32

Martin Ravallion

Impact Analysis of Rural Electrification Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 33-51

Tanguy Bernard

What Can We Learn about the "Resource Curse" from Foreign Aid? pp. 52-73

Kevin M. Morrison

Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard Risk pp. 74-105

Somik Lall and Uwe Deichmann

Coping with Crises: Policies to Protect Employment and Earnings pp. 106-141

Pierella Paci, Ana Revenga and Bob Rijkers

Volume 26, issue 2, 2011

New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development pp. 193-221

Justin Lin

Comments on "New Structural Economics"; by Justin Yifu Lin pp. 222-226

Anne Krueger

Comments on "New Structural Economics"; by Justin Yifu Lin pp. 227-229

Dani Rodrik

Rethinking Development Economics pp. 230-236

Joseph Stiglitz

Gender and the Business Environment for New Firm Creation pp. 237-257

Leora Klapper and Simon Parker

Explaining Enterprise Performance in Developing Countries with Business Climate Survey Data pp. 258-309

Jean-Jacques Dethier, Maximilian Hirn and Stephane Straub

The Effects of Business Environments on Development: Surveying New Firm-level Evidence pp. 310-340

Lixin Xu

Volume 26, issue 1, 2011

HIV Testing: Principles and Practice pp. 1-41

Mark Gersovitz

Corporate Governance and Performance around the World: What We Know and What We Don't pp. 42-70

Inessa Love

A Comparative Perspective on Poverty Reduction in Brazil, China, and India pp. 71-104

Martin Ravallion

Adaptation amidst Prosperity and Adversity: Insights from Happiness Studies from around the World pp. 105-137

Carol Graham

Financial Transactions Tax: Panacea, Threat, or Damp Squib? pp. 138-161

Patrick Honohan and Sean Yoder

Urban Road Transportation Externalities: Costs and Choice of Policy Instruments pp. 162-191

Govinda Timilsina and Hari Dulal

Volume 25, issue 2, 2010

Ideas and Innovation in East Asia pp. 177-207

Milan Brahmbhatt and Albert Hu

Impact Assessments in Finance and Private Sector Development: What Have We Learned and What Should We Learn? pp. 209-233

David McKenzie

Scale Economies and Cities pp. 235-262

Indermit S. Gill and Chor-Ching Goh

Estimation of Water Demand in Developing Countries: An Overview pp. 263-294

Celine Nauges and Dale Whittington

To Mitigate or to Adapt: Is that the Question? Observations on an Appropriate Response to the Climate Change Challenge to Development Strategies pp. 295-321

Zmarak Shalizi and Franck Lecocq

Nuclear Power and Sustainable Energy Policy: Promises and Perils pp. 323-362

Ioannis Kessides

Volume 25, issue 1, 2010

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence pp. 1-20

Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

Policy Reforms Affecting Agricultural Incentives: Much Achieved, Much Still Needed pp. 21-55

Kym Anderson

Agricultural Employment Trends in Asia and Africa: Too Fast or Too Slow? pp. 57-89

Derek Headey, Dirk Bezemer and Peter B. Hazell

Are All the Sacred Cows Dead? Implications of the Financial Crisis for Macro- and Financial Policies pp. 91-124

Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Luis Servén

The 2007 Meltdown in Structured Securitization: Searching for Lessons, not Scapegoats pp. 125-155

Gerard Caprio, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Edward Kane

Higher Food Prices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Poverty Impact and Policy Responses pp. 157-176

Quentin Wodon and Hassan Zaman

Volume 24, issue 1, 2009

Rural Poverty: Old Challenges in New Contexts pp. 1-28

Stefan Dercon

Evaluation in the Practice of Development pp. 29-53

Martin Ravallion

Timing and Duration of Exposure in Evaluations of Social Programs pp. 55-82

Elizabeth King and Jere Behrman

Competition in the Financial Sector: Overview of Competition Policies pp. 83-118

Stijn Claessens

Access to Financial Services: Measurement, Impact, and Policies pp. 119-145

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Patrick Honohan

Volume 23, issue 2, 2008

Collecting the Pieces of the FDI Knowledge Spillovers Puzzle pp. 107-138

Roger Smeets

Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment? pp. 139-159

Beata Javorcik

The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Does It Deepen Human Capital, Widen Inequalities, or Waste Resources? pp. 161-200

Hai-Anh Dang and Frederic Rogers

Can Biological Factors Like Hepatitis B Explain the Bulk of Gender Imbalance in China? A Review of the Evidence pp. 201-217

Monica Das Gupta

Industrial Location in Developing Countries pp. 219-246

Uwe Deichmann, Somik Lall, Stephen Redding and Anthony Venables

Volume 23, issue 1, 2008

Governance Indicators: Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going? pp. 1-30

Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay

Two Comments on "Governance Indicators: Where Are We, Where Should We Be Going?" by Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay-super-1 pp. 31-36

Simon Johnson

Walking up the Down Escalator: Public Investment and Fiscal Stability pp. 37-56

William Easterly, Timothy Irwin and Luis Servén

What Can Countries in Other Regions Learn from Social Security Reform in Latin America? pp. 57-76

Indermit S. Gill, Ceren Ozer and Radu Tatucu

Why OECD Countries Should Reform Rules of Origin pp. 77-105

Olivier Cadot and Jaime de Melo