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16007: THE COST OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION TRANSFER PROGRAMS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THREE PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA

Natalia Caldes, David P. Coady and John A. Maluccio

16006: ARE WOMEN OVERREPRESENTED AMONG THE POOR? AN ANALYSIS OF POVERTY IN TEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Agnes R. Quisumbing, Lawrence James Haddad and Christine Pena

16005: CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS WITHIN RURAL ETHIOPIAN HOUSEHOLDS

Marcel Fafchamps and Agnes R. Quisumbing

16004: AN EVALUATION OF THE DISTRIBUTIONAL POWER OF PROGRESA'S CASH TRANSFERS IN MEXICO

David P. Coady

16003: FOOD AID AND CHILD NUTRITION IN RURAL ETHIOPIA

Agnes R. Quisumbing

16002: THE NUTRITIONAL TRANSITION AND DIET-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASES IN ASIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION

Barry M. Popkin, Susan Horton and Soowon Kim

16001: CULTIVATING NUTRITION: A SURVEY OF VIEWPOINTS ON INTEGRATING AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION

Carol E. Levin, Jennifer Long, Kenneth R. Simler and Charlotte Johnson-Welch

16000: DO CROWDED CLASSROOMS CROWD OUT LEARNING? EVIDENCE FROM THE FOOD FOR EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BANGLADESH

Akhter U. Ahmed and Mary Arends-Kuenning

15999: THE SENSITIVITY OF CALORIE-INCOME DEMAND ELASTICITY TO PRICE CHANGES: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA

Emmanuel Skoufias

15998: THE FOOD FOR EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BANGLADESH: AN EVALUATION OF ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND FOOD SECURITY

Akhter U. Ahmed and Carlo del Ninno

15997: TARGETING URBAN MALNUTRITION: A MULTICITY ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDHOOD NUTRITIONAL STATUS

Saul Sutkover Morris

15996: REDUCING CHILD UNDERNUTRTION: HOW FAR DOES INCOME GROWTH TAKE US?

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

15995: MOTHER-FATHER RESOURCE CONTROL, MARRIAGE PAYMENTS AND GIRL-BOY HEALTH IN RURAL BANGLADESH

Kelly K. Hallman

15994: STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY NETS: CAN THE INFORMAL SECTOR SHOW THE WAY?

Jonathan Morduch and Manohar P. Sharma

15993: ON THE TARGETING AND REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFICIENCIES OF ALTERNATIVES TRANSFER INSTRUMENTS

David P. Coady and Emmanuel Skoufias

15992: PUBLIC SPENDING AND POVERTY IN MOZAMBIQUE

Rasmus Heltberg, Kenneth R. Simler and Finn Tarp

15991: IN-KIND TRANSFERS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR TARGETED FOOD PROGRAMS IN BANGLADESH

Carlo del Ninno and Paul A. Dorosh

15990: POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SPILLOVER IN MEXICO'S EDUCATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAM

Sudhanshu Handa, Mari-Carmen Huerta, Raul Perez and Beatriz Straffon

15989: THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED MAIZE GERMPLASM ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION: THE CASE OF TUXPENO-DERIVED MATERIAL IN MEXICO

Mauricio R. Bellon, Michelle Adato, Javier Becerril and Dubravka Mindek

15988: MEASURING POWER

Elizabeth Frankenberg and Thomas Duncan

15987: MOVING FORWARD WITH COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING: INDICATORS AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Marie T. Ruel, Kenneth H. Brown and Laura E. Caulfield

15986: ARE NEIGHBORS EQUAL? ESTIMATING LOCAL INEQUALITY IN THREE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Chris Elbers, Peter Lanjouw, Johan A. Mistiaen, Berk Ozler and Kenneth R. Simler

15985: EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENTS OF HOUSEHOLDS' ACCESS TO CREDIT AND CREDIT CONSTRAINTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND EVIDENCE

Aliou Diagne, Manfred Zeller and Manohar P. Sharma

15984: SOCIO-ECONOMICS DIFFERENTIALS IN CHILD STUNTING ARE CONSISTENTLY LARGER IN URBAN THAN RURAL AREAS

Purnima Menon, Marie T. Ruel and Saul Sutkover Morris

15983: PATHWAYS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MADAGASCAR: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CRITICAL TRIANGLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Manfred Zeller, Cecile Lapenu, Bart Minten, Eliane Ralison, Desire Randrianaivo and Jean Claude Randrianarisoa

15982: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND COPING WITH ECONOMIC SHOCKS: AN ANALYSIS OF STUNTING OF SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN

Michael R. Carter and John A. Maluccio

15981: CONSUMPTION INSURANCE AND VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A SYNTHESIS OF THE EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, MALI, MEXICO, AND RUSSIA

Emmanuel Skoufias and Agnes R. Quisumbing

15980: EVALUATING TRANSFER PROGRAMS WITHIN A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK

Rebecca Lee Harris and David P. Coady

15979: TARGETING POVERTY THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Michelle Adato and Lawrence James Haddad

15978: THE ROBUSTNESS OF POVERTY PROFILES RECONSIDERED

Finn Tarp, Kenneth R. Simler, Cristina Matusse, Rasmus Heltberg and Gabriel Dava

15977: INCOME DIVERSIFICATION IN ZIMBABWE: WELFARE IMPLICATIONS FROM URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

Lire Ersado

15976: A MULTIPLE-METHOD APPROACH TO STUDYING CHILDCARE IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: THE CASE OF ACCRA, GHANA

Marie T. Ruel, Margaret Armar-Klemesu and Mary Arimond

15975: DOES SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE HELP POOR WORKING WOMEN IN URBAN AREAS? EVALUATION OF A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAM IN GUATEMALA CITY

Marie T. Ruel, Benedicte de la Briere, Kelly K. Hallman, Agnes R. Quisumbing and Nora Coj de Salazar

15974: LABOR MARKET SHOCKS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON WORK AND SCHOOLING: EVIDENCE FROM URBAN MEXICO

Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan Parker

15973: PARTICIPATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION: ISSUES, THEORY, AND NEW EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICA

John Hoddinott, Michelle Adato, Timothy Besley and Lawrence James Haddad

15972: DIETARY DIVERSITY AS A FOOD SECURITY INDICATOR

John Hoddinott and Yisehac Yohannes

15971: ARE THE WELFARE LOSSES FROM IMPERFECT TARGETING IMPORTANT ?

Emmanuel Skoufias and David P. Coady

15970: ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR FOOD-BASED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE VITAMIN A AND IRON DEFICIENCIES: A REVIEW OF RECENT EVIDENCE

Marie T. Ruel and Carol E. Levin

15969: ATTRITION IN THE KWAZULU NATAL INCOME DYNAMICS STUDY, 1993-1998

John A. Maluccio

15968: DESIGNING AND EVALUATING SOCIAL SAFETY NETS: THEORY, EVIDENCE AND POLICY CONCLUSIONS

David P. Coady

15967: THE DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYEMENT STATUS IN EGYPT

Ragu Assaad, Fatma El-Hamidi and Akhter U. Ahmed

15966: AN OPERATIONAL TOOL FOR EVALUATING POVERTY OUTREACH OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROJECTS

Manfred Zeller, Manohar P. Sharma, Carla Henry and Cecile Lapenu

15965: DISTRIBUTION, GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA

Cecile Lapenu and Manfred Zeller

15964: WOMEN'S ASSET AND INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION IN RURAL BANGLADESH: TESTING MEASURES OF BARGAINING POWER

Agnes R. Quisumbing and Benedicte de la Briere

15963: IS PROGRESA WORKING? SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION BY IFPRI

Bonnie McClafferty and Emmanuel Skoufias

15962: CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING AND VULNERABILITY IN THE ZONE LACUSTRE, MALI

Sarah Harrower and John Hoddinott

15961: DOES CASH CROP ADOPTION DETRACT FROM CHILDCARE PROVISION? EVIDENCE FROM RURAL NEPAL

Michael J. Paolisso, Kelly K. Hallman, Lawrence James Haddad and Shibesh Regmi

15960: RETHINKING FOOD AID TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS

Stuart Gillespie and Suneetha Kadiyala

15959: HOW EFFECTIVELY DO PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS TRANSFER BENEFITS TO THE POOR? EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Michelle Adato and Lawrence James Haddad

15958: WHAT CAN FOOD POLICY DO TO REDIRECT THE DIET TRANSITION?

Lawrence James Haddad