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wp-2016-170: Ethnic inequality and community activities in Indonesia

Christophe Muller

wp-2016-169: The expansion of regional supermarket chains and implications for local suppliers: A comparison of findings from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Reena Das Nair and Shingie Chisoro-Dube

wp-2016-168: Constitutional social and environmental human rights and child health outcomes in Latin American countries

Hiroaki Matsuura

wp-2016-167: Horizontal inequality, status optimization, and interethnic marriage in a conflict-affected society

Omar Shahabudin McDoom

wp-2016-166: Mapping deprivation in Mozambique: An analysis of census data (1997-2007)

José Cardoso, João Morgado and Vincenzo Salvucci

wp-2016-165: Government intervention need for social security improvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A theoretical analysis using the principal-agent model

Didier Mumpambala Luzolo

wp-2016-164: Fiscal policy, inequality, and the poor in the developing world

Nora Lustig

wp-2016-163: Private standards and labour productivity in the food sector in Vietnam

Neda Trifkovic

wp-2016-162: Can integrated infrastructure investment plans contribute to more effective public spending?: The case of Mozambique

Mike Muller and Horacio Zandamela

wp-2016-161: Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria

Belinda Archibong

wp-2016-160: Regional opportunities in East Africa

Stephen Karingi, Ottavia Pesce and Lily Sommer

wp-2016-159: Where is commercial farming expanding in Mozambique?: Evidence from agricultural surveys

Steven Glover, Vincenzo Salvucci and Sam Jones

wp-2016-158: Industries without smokestacks: Mozambique country case study

António S. Cruz and Fausto J. Mafambissa

wp-2016-157: Understanding and characterizing the services sector in South Africa: An overview

Haroon Bhorat, Francois Steenkamp, Chris Rooney, Nomsa Kachingwe and Adrienne Lees

wp-2016-156: The politics of promoting social protection in Zambia

Kate Pruce and Sam Hickey

wp-2016-155: Tax revenue mobilization in conflict-affected developing countries

Vanessa van den Boogaard, Wilson Prichard, Nikola Milicic and Matthew Benson

wp-2016-154: On the mobilization of domestic resources in oil countries: The role of historical factors

Luc Omgba

wp-2016-153: Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing group-based inequality through business rights reform

Scott D. Taylor

wp-2016-152: How trucking services have improved and may contribute to economic development: The case of East Africa

Charles Kunaka, Gaël Raballand and Mike Fitzmaurice

wp-2016-151: Group inequality and regional development: Evidence from Pakistan

Hadia Majid and Rashid Memon

wp-2016-150: Senegal: A service economy in need of an export boost

Philip English

wp-2016-149: Gender matters: Private sector training in Vietnamese SMEs

Benedikte Bjerge, Nina Torm and Neda Trifkovic

wp-2016-148: Tax structures and economic growth: New evidence from the Government Revenue Dataset

Kyle McNabb

wp-2016-147: Characteristics and determinants of child malnutrition in Mozambique, 2003-11

José Cardoso, Lindsey Allwright and Vincenzo Salvucci

wp-2016-146: Policy diffusion, domestic politics and social assistance in Lesotho, 1998-2012

Maria Granvik

wp-2016-145: Putting Paris into practice: Foreign aid, national ownership, and donor alignment in Mali and Ghana

Stephen Brown

wp-2016-144: Race, resources, and representation: Evidence from Brazilian politicians

Natália S. Bueno and Thad Dunning

wp-2016-143: Updating NAMOD: A Namibian tax-benefit microsimulation model

Gemma Wright, Michael Noble, Helen Barnes, David McLennan and Michell Mpike

wp-2016-142: Ideational and institutional drivers of social protection in Tanzania

Marianne S. Ulriksen

wp-2016-141: Mining and economic development: Did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?

Tony Addison, Amadou Boly and Anthony Mveyange

wp-2016-140: Redistribution, inequality and political participation: Evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis

Patricia Justino and Bruno Martorano

wp-2016-139: Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countries

Raj M. Desai and Nita Rudra

wp-2016-138: Access to what?: Legal agency and access to justice for indigenous peoples in Latin America

Daniel M. Brinks

wp-2016-137: Deterrence, peer effect, and legitimacy in anti-corruption policy-making: An experimental analysis

Amadou Boly, Robert Gillanders and Topi Miettinen

wp-2016-136: Cash transfers in Latin America: Effects on poverty and redistribution

Veronica Amarante and Martín Brun

wp-2016-135: Political agency and public healthcare: Evidence from India

Joan Costa-Font and Divya Parmar

wp-2016-134: Female say on income and child outcomes: Evidence from Nigeria

Rama Lionel Ngenzebuke

wp-2016-133: Redistribution around the world: Causes and consequences

Markus Jantti, Jukka Pirttilä and Risto Rönkkö

wp-2016-132: Integrating market and bilateral power trading in the Southern African Power Pool

Amy Rose, Robert Stoner and Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga

wp-2016-131: The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America

Paul Mosley and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai

wp-2016-130: Social protection in an aspiring 'developmental state': The political drivers of Ethiopia's PSNP

Tom Lavers

wp-2016-129: Crosscutting cleavages and ethno-communal violence: Evidence from Indonesia in the post-Suharto era

Joshua R. Gubler, Joel S. Selway and Ashutosh Varshney

wp-2016-128: Estimating profit shifting in South Africa using firm-level tax returns

Hayley Reynolds and Ludvig Wier

wp-2016-127: Patterns and trends of group-based inequality in Brazil

Pedro H. Leivas and Anderson M. A. dos Santos

wp-2016-126: Technical note: Proposed model for regional power sector integration in Africa

Amy Rose and Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga

wp-2016-125: Wind turbine and photovoltaic generating efficiency in Africa

Charles Fant

wp-2016-124: Unintended consequences of economic sanctions for human rights: Conflict minerals and infant mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dominic Parker, Jeremy Foltz and David Elsea

wp-2016-123: Links between foreign direct investment and human capital formation: Evidence from the manufacturing sector in India

Gunja Baranwal

wp-2016-122: The role and effectiveness of Special Economic Zones in Tanzania

Abel Kinyondo, Carol Newman and Finn Tarp

wp-2016-121: Gold mining pollution and the cost of private healthcare: The case of Ghana

Wisdom Akpalu and Ametefee K. Normanyo

wp-2016-120: Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from Mozambique

Steven Glover and Sam Jones

wp-2016-119: Horizontal inequalities and affirmative action: An analysis of attitudes towards redistribution across groups in Africa

Arnim Langer, Frances Stewart and Maarten Schroyens

wp-2016-118: The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda

Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya

wp-2016-117: Iran's multi-ethnic mosaic: A 23-year perspective

Sanaz Fesharaki and Mahdi Majbouri

wp-2016-116: Political competition and tax revenues in developing countries

Thierry Yogo and Martine M. Ngo Njib

wp-2016-115: SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model: Recent developments

Gemma Wright, Michael Noble, Helen Barnes, David McLennan and Michell Mpike

wp-2016-114: Horizontal inequality in education and wealth in Tanzania: A 20-year perspective

Emmanuel Maliti

wp-2016-113: The impact of intergovernmental transfers on local revenue generation in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania

Takaaki Masaki

wp-2016-112: Formalizing safety nets and the requirements to obtain them: An increased role for identity documents in the Global South

Wendy Hunter

wp-2016-111: Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia

Kalle Hirvonen, Giulia Mascagni and Keetie Roelen

wp-2016-110: Effect of girls' secondary school stipend on completed schooling, age at marriage, and age at first birth: Evidence from Bangladesh

Yeasmin Sayeed

wp-2016-109: Is multi-party coalition government better for the protection of socially backward classes in India?

Kaushik Basu, Sattwick Dey Biswas, Pratik Harish, Sasi Dhar and Mounik Lahiri

wp-2016-108: Growth and structural transformation in Vietnam during the 2000s

Dang Thi Thu Hoai, Finn Tarp, Dirk van Seventer and Ho Cong Hoa

wp-2016-107: Gender differences in child investment behaviour among agricultural households: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme

Ashwini Sebastian, Ana Paula de la O Campos, Silvio Daidone, Benjamin Davis, Ousmane Niang and Luca Pellerano

wp-2016-106: Vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador: The lack of sustainability

Ivan Gachet, Diego Grijalva, Paúl Ponce and Damián Rodríguez

wp-2016-105: Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision, and inequality in India, 1988-2012

Nishant Chadha and Bharti Nandwani

wp-2016-104: Competing cleavages in sub-Saharan Africa?: How economic distance affects ethnic bloc politics

Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz

wp-2016-103: Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries

Lisa Chauvet and Marin Ferry

wp-2016-102: Structural transformation in the world economy: On the significance of developing countries

Deepak Nayyar

wp-2016-101: Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization

Gil Epstein and Ira Gang

wp-2016-100: Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa

Biniam Bedasso and Nonso Obikili

wp-2016-99: On the spread of social protection systems

Peter Egger, Doina Radulescu and Nora Strecker

wp-2016-98: Taxation and inequality in developing countries: Lessons from the recent experience of Latin America

Bruno Martorano

wp-2016-97: A brief history of the international monetary system since Bretton Woods

José Antonio Ocampo

wp-2016-96: Resilience to crisis through social protection: Can we build the case?

Thomas Roca and Hélène Ferrer

wp-2016-95: Capital flight and development: An overview of concepts, methods, and data sources

Niels Johannesen and Jukka Pirttilä

wp-2016-94: Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?

Vanesa Jorda and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa

wp-2016-93: Understanding elite commitment to social protection: Rwanda's Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme

Tom Lavers

wp-2016-92: Deflecting my burden, hindering redistribution: How elites influence tax legislation in Latin America

Juan A. Bogliaccini and Juan Pablo Luna

wp-2016-91: Institutionalizing segregation: Conditional cash transfers and employment choices

María Gabriela Palacio

wp-2016-90: Imports, supply chains, and firm productivity

Carol Newman, John Rand and Finn Tarp

wp-2016-89: Financial systems in new middle-income African economies: The opportunities and the risks

Alan R. Roe

wp-2016-88: Anti-corruption policy-making, discretionary power, and institutional quality: An experimental analysis

Amadou Boly and Robert Gillanders

wp-2016-87: Ethnic and racial disparities in children's education: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

Mohamed Arouri, Adel Ben-Youssef and Cuong Viet Nguyen

wp-2016-86: Why does caste still influence access to agricultural credit?

Sunil Mitra Kumar

wp-2016-85: Affirmative action and long-run changes in group inequality in India

Hemanshu Kumar and Rohini Somanthan

wp-2016-84: Mining-related national systems of innovation in southern Africa: National trajectories and regional integration

Judith Fessehaie, Zavareh Rustomjee and Lauralyn Kaziboni

wp-2016-83: Can mining promote industrialization?: A comparative analysis of policy frameworks in three Southern African countries

Judith Fessehaie, Zavareh Rustomjee and Lauralyn Kaziboni

wp-2016-82: Impact of post-conflict development interventions on maternal healthcare utilization

Muhammad Badiuzzaman and Syed Mansoob Murshed

wp-2016-81: The history and politics of energy transitions: Comparing contested views and finding common ground

Benjamin K. Sovacool

wp-2016-80: Do labour market conditions affect the extent of gender discrimination?

Eva Arceo-Gomez and Raymundo Campos-Vazquez

wp-2016-79: Tanzania: From mining to oil and gas

Alan R. Roe

wp-2016-78: Discriminatory attitudes and indigenous language promotion: Challenges and solutions

Rajesh Ramachandran and Christopher Rauh

wp-2016-77: Less restrictive birth control, less education?: Evidence from ethnic minorities in China

Yishen Liu and Yao Pan

wp-2016-76: Cooperation and leadership in a segregated community: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in a South African township

Daniela Grieco, Michela Braga and Francesco Bripi

wp-2016-75: Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania

Channing Arndt, Vincent Leyaro, Kristi Mahrt and Finn Tarp

wp-2016-74: Mandated political representation and crimes against the low castes

Victoire Girard

wp-2016-73: Microsimulation of impacts of tax and transfer in Vietnam: Feasibility study

Duong Anh Nguyen, Minh Binh Tran and Anh Mai Le

wp-2016-72: The political economy of energy transitions and thermal energy poverty: Comparing the residential LPG sectors in Indonesia and South Africa

Johannes Kruger, Louise Tait and Jiska de Groot

wp-2016-71: Double jeopardy?: Caste, affirmative action, and stigma

Ashwini Deshpande