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84: Climate change and the extractives sector

Tony Addison

84: Lessons of Experience in International Democracy Support: Implications for Supporting Democratic Change in North Africa

Peter Burnell

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

Judith Fessehaie, Zavareh Rustomjee and Lauralyn Kaziboni

084: Measuring Industry Agglomeration and Identifying the Driving Forces

Emma Howard, Carol Newman and Finn Tarp

084: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Venezuela country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

084: Rwanda: From devastation to services-first transformation

Kasim Ggombe and Richard Newfarmer

084: Vietnam Following in China?s Footsteps: The Third Wave of Emerging Asian Economies

Jean-Raphael Chaponniere, Jean-Pierre Cling and Bin Zhou

084: Why Are the Elite in China Motivated to Promote Growth

Xiaowei Zang

084: How many manufacturing firms are there in Mozambique?

Soren Schou and Jose Cardoso

084: Fiscal Policy in a Growth Framework

Norman Gemmell

084: Economic Development Potential through IP Telephony for Namibia

Albertus Aochamub, Daniel Motinga and Christoph Stork

084: Women?s Status and Children?s Food Security in Nepal

Milla Nyyssola

084: Loan Processing Costs and Information Asymmetries-Implications for Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth

Salvatore Capasso and George Mavrotas

084: Foreign Aid for Capacity-Building to Address Climate Change: Insights and Applications

David G. Victor

084: Excess Credit and the South Korean Crisis

Panicos Demetriades and Bassam A Fattouh

83: The evolution and determination of earnings inequality in post-apartheid South Africa

Arden Finn and Murray Leibbrandt

083: The (Declining) Role of Households in Sustaining China's Economy: Structural Path Analysis for 1997-2007

James Thurlow, Ling Yang and Michael Lahr

083: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Uruguay country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

083: ICT Opportunities and Challenges for Development in the Arab World

Samia Satti O.M. Nour

083: Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana

Jeremy Seekings

083: Aid, Accountability, and Institution-Building in Ethiopia: a Comparative Analysis of Donor Practice

Berhanu Abegaz

083: Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Kenya

Clive J. Mutunga

083: Can mining promote industrialization? A comparative analysis of policy frameworks in three Southern African countries

Judith Fessehaie, Zavareh Rustomjee and Lauralyn Kaziboni

083: The Long-Run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long-Run History?

Gerald Roland

083: Information Technology and the Dynamics of Firm and Industrial Structure

Kenneth Simons

083: Climate change impacts on Moroccan agriculture and the whole economy: An analysis of the impacts of the Plan Maroc Vert in Morocco

Ismail Ouraich and Wallace Tyner

083: The Impact of Conflict and Fragility on Households: A Conceptual Framework with Reference to Widows

Tilman Brück and Kati Schindler

083: The Revenue and Double Dividend Potential of Taxes on International Private Capital Flows and Securities Transactions

Ilene Grabel

083: International Mobility of Researchers and Scientists: Policy Options for Turning a Drain into a Gain

Kristian Thorn and Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.

083: Security of Property Rights for Whom?

Lawson-Remer, Terra

82: Employer characteristics and youth employment outcomes in the formal sector in South Africa: Assessment using administrative tax data

Ngandu Stewart and Carolyn Chisadza

082: Private Donations for International Development

John Micklewright and Anna Wright

082: Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies: Lessons from sub-Saharan Africa

Linda Cotton and Vijaya Ramachandran

082: Elite Capture or Capture Elites? Lessons from the ‘Counter-elite’ and ‘Co-opt-elite’ Approaches in Bangladesh and Ghana

Sam Wong

082: Capital-Account and Counter-Cyclical Prudential Regulations in Developing Countries

Jose Antonio Ocampo

082: International Mobility of Health Professionals: Brain Drain or Brain Exchange?

Stephen Bach

082: China, South Africa, and the Lewis Model

John Knight

082: Social spending and aggregate welfare in developing and transition economies

Fiseha Gebregziabher and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa

082: A Graphical Approximation to Generalization: Definitions and Diagrams

Fernando Martel García and Leonard Wantchekon

082: The Economic Costs of Climate Change: A Multi-Sector Impact Assessment for Vietnam

Channing Arndt, Finn Tarp and James Thurlow

082: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Peru country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

082: Can We Predict Vulnerability to Poverty?

Yuan Zhang and Guanghua Wan

082: Long-term Effects of Land Reform on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from West Bengal

Klaus Deininger and Vandana Yadav

082: Impact of post-conflict development interventions on maternal healthcare utilization

Muhammad Badiuzzaman and Syed Mansoob Murshed

082: Differentials in market constraints and value addition among micro, small, and medium enterprises in Viet Nam

Christine Ngoc Ngo and Miao Chi

81: Private beats public: A flexible value-added model with Tanzanian school switchers

Brandt Kasper

081: The Rise and Halt of Economic Development in Brazil, 1945-2004: Industrial Catching-up, Institutional Innovation and Financial Fragility

Leonardo Burlamaqui, Jose A.P. De Souza and Nelson Barbosa-Filho

081: Taxation Policy in Low-Income Countries

Christopher Heady

081: Revenue Potential of the Currency Transaction Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal

Machiko Nissanke

081: Two for the Price of One? The Contribution to Development of the New Female Elites

Alison Wolf

081: The history and politics of energy transitions Comparing contested views and finding common ground

Benjamin K. Sovacool

081: Comparative Advantage Patterns and Domestic Determinants in Emerging Countries: An Analysis with a Focus on Technology

Daniela Marconi and Valeria Rolli

081: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Paraguay country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

081: Development Effectiveness at the Country Level

Robert Picciotto

081: The Demand Side of Social Protection

Alisa DiCaprio

081: Success when stars align: Public financial management reforms in Sierra Leone

Heidi Tavakoli, Ismaila Cessay and Winston Cole

081: Financial Crises and National Policy Issues: An Overview

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis

081: Doubling down: National oil companies as instruments of risk and reward

Patrick R.P. Heller

081: Risks of Coastal Storm Surge and the Effect of Sea Level Rise in the Red River Delta, Vietnam

Sai Ravela, Caroleen Verly, Lindsay C. Ludwig, James E. Neumann and Kerry A. Emanuel

081: Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa

Ismail Elgizouli and Siddig Umbadda

80: Certification and business risk

Trifkovi? Neda

080: Domestic Violence Against Women: Its Determinants and Implications for Gender Resource Allocation

Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique and Mohammad Razzaque

080: ICT Sector, Globalization and Urban Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangalore (India)

M. R. Narayana

080: Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa

James Sumberg, Nana Akua Anyidoho, Michael Chasukwa, Blessings Chinsinga and Jennifer Leavy

080: Do labour market conditions affect the extent of gender discrimination?

Eva Arceo-Gomez and Raymundo Campos-Vazquez

080: Primary Education in India: Prospects of Meeting the MDG Target

Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora

080: The Instability of the Emerging Market Assets Demand Schedule

Valpy FitzGerald

080: Approaches to supporting local and community development: Brazil and the Vale SA model of corporate interaction

Liesel Filgueiras, Andreia Rabetim and Isabel Aché

080: Road Infrastructure and Climate Change in Vietnam

Kenneth Strzepek, Niko Strzepek, Amy E. Schweikert and Paul S. Chinowsky

080: A Global Lottery and a Global Premium Bond

Tony Addison and Abdur Chowdhury

080: Taxation in Tanzania

Jorgen Levin

080: Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization

Zoltan Acs and Wim Naud�

080: Delivering Good Aid in Hard Places: The Yemen Social Fund for Development Approach

Al-Iryani, Lamis, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

080: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Panama country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

080: Hunting for Leopards: Long-Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa

Jorge Arbache and John Page

79: Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa

Maboshe Mashekwa and Woolard Ingrid

079: The International Finance Facility: The UK HM Treasury-DFID Proposal to Increase External Finance to Developing Countries

George Mavrotas

079: Competing in the Digital Economy?: The Dynamics and Impacts of B2B E-commerce on the South African Manufacturing Sector

Sagren Moodley

079: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Mexico country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

079: Does Women?s Status Matter for Food Security? Evidence from Bangladesh

Mohammad Razzaque and Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique

079: Gesture Politics or Real Commitment? Gender Inequality and the Allocation of Aid

Axel Dreher, Kai Gehring and Stephan Klasen

079: AIDS, Economic Growth and the HIPC Initiative in Honduras

Jose Cuesta

079: Framework: The channels for indirect impacts

Alan R. Roe and Jeffery Round

079: The Macroeconomic Management of Increased Aid: Policy Lessons from Recent Experience

Shekhar Aiyar, Andrew Berg and Mumtaz Hussain

079: Childhood Mortality and Economic Growth

Sonia Bhalotra

079: Climate and Industrial Policy in an Asymmetric World

Thomas Gries

079: Exporting and foreign direct investment spillovers: Cambodia's experience

Luyna Ung and Sokty Chhair

079: Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation, Crops and Hydropower in Vietnam

Charles Fant, Yohannes Gebretsadik and Kenneth Strzepek

079: Tanzania-from mining to oil and gas

Alan R. Roe

78: Slack resources and innovation in Vietnamese SMEs: A behavioural, stewardship, and institutional perspective

Chieu Trinh and Nguyen Tam

078: Savings by and for the poor: A research review and agenda

Dean Karlan, Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan and Jonathan Zinman

078: The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Honduras country study

Guillermo Cruces, Fields Gary S., David Jaume and Mariana Viollaz

078: Reconstruction from Breakdown in Northeastern India: Building State Capability

M. Sajjad Hassan

078: The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Lessons for Policy

George Borjas

078: Aid, Volatility and Growth Again: When Aid Volatility Matters and When It Does Not

Lisa Chauvet and Patrick Guillaumont

078: The Impact of Financial Reform on Private Savings in Bangladesh

Abdur Chowdhury

078: Anti-discrimination measures in education: A comparative policy analysis

Amanda Lenhardt, Ella Page, Moizza Binat Sarwar and Andrew Shepherd

078: Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation: Can Microcredit Close the Deal?

M.G. Quibria

078: Discriminatory attitudes and indigenous language promotion: Challenges and solutions

Rajesh Ramachandran, Christopher Rauh and Anh Mai Le

078: Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission-Based Productivity Change and Industrialization in Post-Reform

Shiyi Chen and Amelia Santos-Paulino

078: Growth of ICT and ICT for Development: Realities of the Myths of the Indian Experience

K J Joseph

078: Role of the Household and Community in Determining Child Health

Subha Mani

078: Global Supply Chains in Chinese Industrialization: Impact on Waste Scavenging in Developing Countries

Martin Medina

078: The Rise and Fall of Decentralization in Contemporary Uganda

Elliott Green