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213: Micronutrient malnutrition, obesity, and chronic disease in countries undergoing the nutrition transition: potential links and program/policy implications

Cara L. Eckhardt

212: A global hunger index: measurement concept, ranking of countries, and trends

Doris Wiesmann

211: Poverty comparisons with absolute poverty lines estimated from survey data

Kenneth Simler and Channing Arndt

210: From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide

Regina Birner, Kristin Davis, John Pender, Ephraim Nkonya, Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Javier Ekboir, Adiel Mbabu, David Spielman, J Horna, Samuel Benin and Marc J. Cohen

209: Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid? Evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia

Daniel Gilligan and John Hoddinott

208: Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa

Futoshi Yamauchi, Thabani Buthelezi and Myriam Velia

207: The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults

John Maluccio, John Hoddinott, Jere Behrman, Reynaldo Martorell, Agnes Quisumbing and Aryeh D. Stein

206: Conflict, food insecurity, and globalization

Ellen Messer and Marc J. Cohen

205: Insights from poverty maps for development and food relief program targeting: an application to Malawi

Todd Benson

204: Nutrition mapping in Tanzania: an exploratory analysis

Kenneth Simler

203: Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: evidence from South Africa

Futoshi Yamauchi

201: Community, inequality, and local public goods: Evidence from School Financing in South Africa

Futoshi Yamauchi and Shinichi Nishiyama

200: Is greater decisionmaking power of women associated with reduced gender discrimination in South Asia?

Lisa C. Smith and Elizabeth M. Byron

199: Evaluating the cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs: An Illustration Based on PROGRESA in Mexico

David Coady, Raul Perez and Hadid Vera-Ilamas

198: Why the poor in rural Malawi are where they are: An Analysis of the Spatial Determinants of the Local Prevalence of Poverty

Todd Benson, Jordan Chamberlin and Ingrid Rhinehart

197: Migration and the rural-urban continuum: Evidence from the Rural Philippines

Agnes Quisumbing and Scott McNiven

196: Rural and urban dynamics and poverty: Evidence from China and India

Shenggen Fan, Connie Chan-Kang and Anit Mukherjee

195: Market institutions: Enhancing the Value of Rural-Urban Links

Shyamal Chowdhury, Asfaw Negassa and Maximo Torero

194: Livelihoods, growth, and links to market towns in 15 Ethiopian villages

Stefan Dercon and John Hoddinott

193: Livelihood diversification and rural-urban linkages in Vietnam's Red River Delta

Hoang Xuan Thanh, Dang Nguyen Anh and Cecilia Tacoli

192: Poverty, inequality, and geographic targeting: Evidence from Small-Area Estimates in Mozambique

Kenneth Simler and Virgulino Nhate

191: Program participation under means-testing and self-selection targeting methods

David P. Coady and Susan Parker

190: Social learning, neighborhood effects, and investment in human capital: Evidence from Green-Revolution India

Futoshi Yamauchi

189: Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines

Channing Arndt and Kenneth Simler

188: Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: The Role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social

John Maluccio

187: The use of operations research as a tool for monitoring and managing food-assisted maternal/child health nutrition (MCHN) programs: An Example from Haiti

Cornelia Loechl, Marie Ruel, Gretel Pelto and Purnima Menon

186: Are wealth transfers biased against girls?

Agnes Quisumbing, Ellen M. Payongayong and Keijiro Otsuka

185: Assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia

Marcel Fafchamps and Agnes Quisumbing

184: Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program

John Maluccio and Rafael Flores

183: Poverty in Malawi, 1998

Todd Benson, Charles Machinjili and Lawrence Kachikopa

182: Race, equity, and public schools in post-apartheid South Africa

Futoshi Yamauchi

180: Scaling up Kudumbashree collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment

Suneetha Kadiyala

179: Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi

Suneetha Kadiyala

178: Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services

Manohar Sharma

177: Community empowerment and scaling-up in urban areas

James Garrett

176: Why is child malnutrition lower in urban than rural areas?

Lisa C. Smith, Marie Ruel and Aida Ndiaye

175: Consumption soothing and vulnerability in the Zone Lacustre, Mali

Sarah Harrower and John Hoddinott

174: The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs

Natàlia Caldés, David Coady and John Maluccio

172: Designing and evaluating social safety nets

David P. Coady

171: Living life

James Garrett

170: From research to program design

Purnima Menon, Marie Ruel, Cornelia Loechl and Gretel Pelto

169: Nonmarket networks among migrants

Futoshi Yamauchi and Sakiko Tanabe

168: Long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition

Harold Alderman, John Hoddinott and Bill Kinsey

167: Public spending and poverty in Mozambique

Rasmus Heltberg, Kenneth Simler and Finn Tarp

166: Are experience and schooling complementary?

Futoshi Yamauchi

165: What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition?

Lawrence Haddad

162: The impact of improved maize germplasm on poverty alleviation

Mauricio Bellon, Michelle Adato, Javier Becerril and Dubravka Mindek

161: Assessing the impact of high-yielding varieties of maize in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe

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

160: The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya

Frank Place, Michelle Adato, Paul Hebinck and Mary Omosa

159: Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

Suneetha Kadiyala and Stuart Gillespie