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15957: THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON FOOD CONSUMPTION

John Hoddinott and Emmanuel Skoufias

15956: HEALTH CARE DEMAND IN RURAL MOZAMBIQUE: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1996/97 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

Magnus Lindelow

15955: WHY IS CHILD MALNUTRITION LOWER IN URBAN THAN RURAL AREAS? EVIDENCE FROM 36 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Lisa C. Smith, Marie T. Ruel and Aida Ndiaye

15954: IS DIETARY DIVERSITY AN INDICATOR OF FOOD SECURITY OR DIETARY QUALITY? A REVIEW OF MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND RESEARCH NEEDS

Marie T. Ruel

15953: STUNTED CHILD - OVERWEIGHT MOTHER PAIRS: AN EMERGING POLICY CONCERN?

James L. Garrett and Marie T. Ruel

15952: PUBLIC POLICY, FOOD MARKETS AND HOUSEHOLD COPING STRATEGIES IN BANGLADESH: LESSONS FROM THE 1998 FLOODS

Carlo del Ninno, Paul A. Dorosh and Lisa C. Smith

15951: TRUST, MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AND HOUSEHOLD WELFARE: EVIDENCE FROM KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

Lawrence James Haddad and John A. Maluccio

15950: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER AND THEIR IMPACTS ON CHILD WORK AND SCHOOLING: EVIDENCE FROM THE PROGRESA PROGRAM IN MEXICO

Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan Parker

15949: CHILDCARE AND WORK: JOINT DECISIONS AMONG WOMEN IN POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF GUATEMALA CITY

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

15948: THE ROLE OF STATE IN PROMOTING MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS

Cecile Lapenu

15947: RAPID ASSESSMENTS IN URBAN AREAS: LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH AND TANZANIA

James L. Garrett and Jeanne Downen

15946: CAN SOUTH AFRICA AFFORD TO BECOME AFRICA'S FIRST WELFARE STATE ?

James Thurlow

15945: QUALITY OR QUANTITY? THE SUPPLY-SIDE DETERMINANTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLING IN RURAL MOZAMBIQUE

Sudhanshu Handa and Kenneth R. Simler

15944: COMPARING VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS DERIVED FROM RAPID APPRAISALS AND HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS: A TALE FROM NORTHERN MALI

Luc J.M. Christiaensen, John Hoddinott and Gilles Bergeron

15943: IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ON POVERTY: FINDINGS OF AN INTEGRATED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS

Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Michelle Adato, Lawrence James Haddad and Peter B.R. Hazell

15942: CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS WITH INCOME MULTIPLIERS:PROMCAMPO IN MEXICO

Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain de Janvry and Benjamin Davis

15941: WEIGHING WHAT'S PRACTICAL: PROXY MEANS TESTS FOR TARGETING FOOD SUBSIDIES IN EGYPT

Akhter U. Ahmed and Howarth Bouis

15940: AN INTEGRATED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF VEGETABLE AND FISHPOND TECHNOLOGIES ON POVERTY IN RURAL BANGLADESH

Kelly K. Hallman, David J. Lewis and Suraiya Begum

15939: THE IMPACT OF AGROFORESTRY-BASED SOIL FERTILITY REPLENISHMENT PRACTICES ON THE POOR IN WESTERN KENYA

Frank Place, Michelle Adato, Paul Hebinck and Mary Omosa

15938: MAQUILADORAS AND MARKET MAMAS: WOMEN'S WORK AND CHILDCARE IN GUATEMALA CITY AND ACCRA

Agnes R. Quisumbing, Kelly K. Hallman and Marie T. Ruel

15937: CHILD LABOR AND SCHOOL DECISIONS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE

Lire Ersado

15936: NONTRADITIONAL CROPS AND LAND ACCUMULATION AMONG GUATEMALAN SMALLHOLDERS: IS THE IMPACT SUSTAINABLE?

Carletto Calogero

15935: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF DEMAND-AND-SUPPLY-SIDE EDUCATION: THE CASE OF PROGRESA IN MEXICO

David P. Coady and Susan Parker

15934: STRENGTHENING CAPACITY TO IMPROVE NUTRITION

Stuart Gillespie

15933: INTRAHOUSEHOLD IMPACT OF THE TRANSFER OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

Ruchira Tabassum Naved

15932: INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION AND GENDER RELATIONS: NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM FOUR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Agnes R. Quisumbing and John A. Maluccio

15931: EFFECTIVE FOOD AND NUTRITION POLICY RESPONSES TO HIV/AIDS: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

Lawrence James Haddad and Stuart Gillespie

15930: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF HGH-YIELDING VARIETIES OF MAIZE IN RESETTLEMENT AREAS OF ZIMBABWE

Michael Bourdillon, Paul Hebinck, John Hoddinott, Bill Kinsey, John Marondo, Netsayi Mudege and Trudy Owens

15929: HIV/AIDS, FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL LIVEHOODS: UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING

Michael Loevinsohn and Stuart Gillespie

15928: NONMARKET NETWORKS AMONG MIGRANTS: EVIDENCE FROM METROPOLITAN BANGKOK, THAILAND

Sakiko Tanabe and Futoshi Yamauchi

15927: ARE EXPERIENCE AND SCHOOLING COMPLEMENTARY? EVIDENCE FROM MIGRANTS' ASSIMILATION IN THE BANGKOK LABOR MARKET

Futoshi Yamauchi

15926: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ON POVERTY USING THE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FRAMEWORK

Michelle Adato and Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick

15925: CREATING A CHILD FEEDING INDEX USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS: AN EXAMPLE FROM LATIN AMERICA

Marie T. Ruel and Purnima Menon

15924: TARGETING OUTCOME REDUX

David P. Coady, Margaret Grosh and John Hoddinott

15923: PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING AN INFANT AND CHILD FEEDING INDEX: AN EXAMPLE USING THE ETHIOPIA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2000

Mary Arimond and Marie T. Ruel

15922: CHANGES IN INTRAHOUSEHOLD LABOR ALLOCATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS COLLECTION: A CASE STUDY FROM RURAL NEPAL, 1982 AND 1997

Priscilla A. Cooke

15921: AVOIDING CHRONIC AND TRANSITORY POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM EGYPT, 1997-99

Lawrence James Haddad and Akhter U. Ahmed

15920: SCHOOL SUBSIDIES FOR THE POOR: EVALUATING A MEXICAN STRATEGY FOR REDUCING POVERTY

Paul Schultz

15919: ASSESSING CARE: PROGRESS TOWARDS THE MEASUREMENT OF SELECTED CHILDCARE AND FEEDING PRACTICES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMS

Mary Arimond and Marie T. Ruel

15918: THE CONSTRAINTS TO GOOD CHILD CARE PRACTICES IN ACCRA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMS

Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Marie T. Ruel, Daniel G. Maxwell, Carol E. Levin and Saul Sutkover Morris

15917: AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON PRE-SCHOOL CHILD HEIGHT

Jere R. Behrman and John Hoddinott