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Volume 47, issue 4, 2019

Unruly entrepreneurs – investigating value creation by microfinance clients in rural Burundi pp. 373-390

Katarzyna Cieslik, Marek Hudon and Philip Verwimp

Competition to Save Lives: Political competition and health outcomes in India pp. 391-405

Sandip Datta

Factors influencing the decision to hire contract labour by Indian manufacturing firms pp. 406-419

Jaivir Singh, Deb Kusum Das, Kumar Abhishek and Prateek Kukreja

The effect of violent crime on sector-specific FDI in Latin America pp. 420-434

Luisa R. Blanco, Isabel Ruiz and Rossitza Wooster

Does multilateral trade liberalization help reduce poverty in developing countries? pp. 435-451

Sena Kimm Gnangnon

Remittances, monetary institutions, and autocracies pp. 452-467

Ana Carolina Garriga and Covadonga Meseguer

Volume 47, issue 3, 2019

South–South Cooperation 3.0? Managing the consequences of success in the decade ahead pp. 259-274

Emma Mawdsley

Disability and household economic wellbeing: evidence from Indonesian longitudinal data pp. 275-288

Natalie Simeu and Sophie Mitra

Perspectives of children with disabilities and their guardians on factors affecting inclusion in education in rural Nepal: “I feel sad that I can’t go to school” pp. 289-303

Lena Morgon Banks, Maria Zuurmond, Adrienne Monteath–Van Dok, Jaquelline Gallinetti and Nidhi Singal

Is intraregional trade an opportunity for industrial upgrading in East Africa? pp. 304-318

Hyeseon Na

Migrant remittances and financial inclusion among households in Nigeria pp. 319-335

Joseph Boniface Ajefu and Joseph O. Ogebe

In the wake of conflict: the long-term effect on child nutrition in Uganda pp. 336-355

Hoolda Kim

Time preferences and commitment devices: evidence from ROSCAs and funeral groups in Benin pp. 356-372

Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Kyle McNabb and Charlemagne Codjo Tomavo

Volume 47, issue 2, 2019

The Human Development Approach: An Overview pp. 135-153

Frances Stewart

The transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: reflections from a participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers pp. 154-170

Miranda Worthen, Angela Veale, Susan McKay and Michael Wessells

International migration and universal healthcare access: evidence from Mexico’s ‘Seguro Popular’ pp. 171-187

Ana Isabel López García and Pedro P. Orraca-Romano

Structural transformation in emerging economies: leading sectors and the balanced growth hypothesis pp. 188-204

David Kucera and Xiao Jiang

Explaining the Superior Education Outcomes of Kerala: The Role of State Activism and Historical Endowment pp. 205-221

Udayan Rathore and Upasak Das

Opportunities for higher education: the ten-year effects of conditional cash transfers on upper-secondary and tertiary enrollments pp. 222-237

Justin Whetten, Matías Fontenla and Kira Villa

Explaining changes in Sri Lanka’s wage distribution, 1992-2014: a quantile regression analysis pp. 238-256

Prathi Seneviratne

The Sanjaya Lall prize 2018 pp. 257-257

Jayne Whiffin

Volume 47, issue 1, 2019

Labor force participation of women left behind in Tajikistan pp. 1-28

Sophia Kan and R. Emre Aytimur

Parental education, gender preferences and child nutritional status in Peru pp. 29-47

Rafael Novella

Does maternal employment affect child nutrition status? New evidence from Egypt pp. 48-62

Ahmed Rashad and Mesbah Sharaf

Investigating the gender wealth gap in Ghana pp. 63-78

Marya Hillesland

Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities pp. 79-96

Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Tassew Woldehanna

Social protection for people with disabilities in Africa and Asia: a review of programmes for low- and middle-income countries pp. 97-112

Matthew Walsham, Hannah Kuper, Lena Morgon Banks and Karl Blanchet

Happiness over the financial crisis pp. 113-133

Dennis Wesselbaum

Erratum pp. 134-134

The Editors

Volume 46, issue 4, 2018

Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices pp. 453-469

Valerie Mueller, Lucy Billings, Tewodaj Mogues, Amber Peterman and Ayala Wineman

Protecting future rights for future citizens: children’s property rights in fragile environments pp. 470-482

Sandra F. Joireman

Impact of risk aversion on fertiliser use: evidence from Vietnam pp. 483-496

Ling Yee Khor, Susanne Ufer, Thea Nielsen and Manfred Zeller

Water scarcity and livelihoods in Bihar and West Bengal, India pp. 497-518

Thiagu Ranganathan, Ram Ranjan and Deepa Pradhan

Inequalities in the reduction of child stunting over time in Latin America: evidence from the DHS 2000–2010 pp. 519-535

Veronica Amarante, Nincen Figueroa and Heidi Ullman

Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA pp. 536-549

Diego Maiorano, Upasak Das and Silvia Masiero

Volume 46, issue 3, 2018

Horizontal inequality as an outcome pp. 305-324

Carla Canelas and Rachel Gisselquist

Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria pp. 325-347

Belinda Archibong

Horizontal inequality and ethnic diversity in Brazil: patterns, trends, and their impacts on institutions pp. 348-362

Pedro Henrique Soares Leivas and Anderson Moreira Aristides dos Santos

Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012 pp. 363-377

Nishant Chadha and Bharti Nandwani

Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in Guatemala pp. 378-397

Carla Canelas and Rachel Gisselquist

Revisiting the socioeconomic determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices: evidence from Eastern Indonesia pp. 398-410

Maria Lo Bue and Jan Priebe

The BoP business paradigm: what it promotes and what it conceals pp. 411-429

Ana Maria Peredo, Nick Montgomery and Murdith McLean

A meta-analysis examining the nature of trade-offs in microfinance pp. 430-452

Patrick Reichert

Volume 46, issue 2, 2018

Rural electrification in Cambodia: does it improve the welfare of households? pp. 147-163

Chan Hang Saing

Healthy targets? World Bank projects and targeted health programmes and policies in Costa Rica, Argentina, and Peru, 1980–2005 pp. 164-183

Shiri Noy

Effects of social capital building on social network formation among the rural poor: a case-study from Peru pp. 184-198

Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas

Does employment before marriage exert autonomy after marriage? Evidence on female autonomy from India pp. 199-214

Anindita Chakrabarti and Kausik Chaudhuri

The capability approach as a framework for assessing the role of microcredit in resource conversion: the case of rural households in the Madagascar highlands pp. 215-235

Sandrine Michel and Holimalala Randriamanampisoa

Performance of primary education in Burkina Faso: a multi-output stochastic frontier analysis pp. 236-249

Elisé Miningou and Valerie Vierstraete

FDI and income inequality in Africa pp. 250-265

Teresia Kaulihowa and Charles Adjasi

Cultural norms, economic incentives and women’s labour market behaviour: empirical insights from Bangladesh pp. 266-289

James Heintz, Naila Kabeer and Simeen Mahmud

Modelling guanxi with a games network approach pp. 290-303

Alexander Blair and Andrea Chareunsy

Corrigendum pp. 304-304

The Editors

Volume 46, issue 1, 2018

Obituary: Professor Abdul Raufu Mustapha, 1954–2017 pp. 1-2

Ami V. Shah, David Ehrhardt and Oliver Owen

Urban inequality, youth and social policy in Latin America: introduction to special section pp. 3-9

Séverine Deneulin and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

Living on the edge: vulnerability to poverty and public transfers in Mexico pp. 10-27

Alejandro de la Fuente, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán

Concentrated poverty and neighbourhood effects: youth marginalisation in Buenos Aires’ informal settlements pp. 28-44

Eduardo Lépore and Simca Simpson Lapp

School completion in urban Latin America: the voices of young people from an informal settlement pp. 45-56

Ann Mitchell, Pablo Del Monte and Séverine Deneulin

Implementing social policy through the criminal justice system: youth, prisons, and community-oriented policing in Nicaragua pp. 57-70

Julienne Weegels

Implementing industrial policy: How to choose? pp. 71-82

John Weiss

Social isolation and its relationship to multidimensional poverty pp. 83-97

Kim Samuel, Sabina Alkire, Diego Zavaleta, China Mills and John Hammock

The place of technology in the Capability Approach pp. 98-112

Marco Haenssgen and Proochista Ariana

Crisis and relief in the Niger Delta (2012–13): assessment of the effects of a flood on relational capabilities pp. 113-131

Gaël Giraud, Hélène L’Huillier and Cécile Renouard

Lessons from a basic income programme for Indigenous Australians pp. 132-146

Jon Altman and Elise Klein