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9461: Apexes: An Important Source of Local Funding

Eric Duflos and Mayada El-Zoghbi

9460: Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services: Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

Sonia Madhvani and Eija Pehu

9459: Health Expenditures, Services and Outcomes in Africa

David H. Peters, Kami Kandola, A. Edward Elemendorf and Gnanaraj Chellaraj

9458: Microfinance Investors Adjust Strategy in Tougher Market Conditions

Jasmina Glisovic and Xavier Reille

9457: Is There a Business Case for Small Savers?

Glenn D. Westley and Xavier Martín Palomas

9456: Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for Youth in MENA: Policies to Promote Employment Opportunities

Gloria La Cava, Carlo Maria Rossotto and Cecilia Paradi-Guilford

9455: Emerging Developments and Challenges in the Arab World

Shamshad Akhtar

9454: Middle East and North Africa Local Service Delivery Initiative: Promoting Social Accountability and Demand for Good Governance

Sabine Beddies, Mariana Felicio, Gabriel Dedu, Fatou Fall and Caroline Vagneron

9453: Agricultural Innovation Funds

Riikka Rajalahti and Gunnar Larson

9452: Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance: Contributions of Different Approaches

World Bank

9451: Enhancing Access to Micro-Data in the Middle East and North Africa

Anne Hilger, Diego Angel-Urdinola and Ingrid B. Ivins

9450: Towards a New Partnership for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank

9449: Branchless Banking in Pakistan: A Laboratory for Innovation

Chris Bold

9448: Trends in Cross-Border Funding

Barbara Gähwiler and Alice Nègre

9447: Georgia - Beeps-at-a-Glance

World Bank

9446: Lithuania - BEEPS-at-a-Glance

World Bank

9445: Azerbaijan - BEEPS-at-a-Glance

World Bank

9444: Can Postal Networks Advance Financial Inclusion in the Arab World?

Mayada El-Zoghbi and Meritxell Martinez

9443: Financial Inclusion and Stability: What Does Research Show?

Robert Cull, Asl? Demirgüç-Kunt and Timothy Lyman

9442: How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?

Jasmina Glisovic and Louise Moretto

9441: A Structured Approach to Understanding the Financial Service Needs of the Poor in Mexico

Xavier Faz and Paul Breloff

9440: Microfinance Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Turning Opportunities into Reality

Jasmina Glisovic, Senayit Mesfin and Louise Moretto

9439: Can Digital Footprints Lead to Greater Financial Inclusion?

Kabir Kumar and Kim Muhota

9254: Women in Agriculture: Some Results of Household Surveys Data Analysis

Manuel Chiriboga, Romain Charnay and Carol Chehabay

9253: Where Have All the Young Women Gone? Gender-Specific Migration from East to West Germany

Steffen Kröhnert and Sebastian Vollmer

9251: What Can Economists Explain by Taking into Account People's Perceptions of Fairness? Punishing Cheats, Bargaining Impasse, and Self-Perpetuating Inequalities

Karla Hoff

9250: WDR Gender Background Paper

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

9249: Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services

Edgardo M. Favaro

9248: Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from Indian States

Massimiliano Calì

9247: Unemployment and Participation in Violence

Christopher Cramer

9246: Trends and Socio-Economic Gradients in Adult Mortality around the Developing World

Damien de Walque and Deon Filmer

9245: Transitional Justice, Security, and Development: Security and Justice Thematic Paper

Pablo de Greiff

9244: Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products

Andrew Dorward, Jonanthan Kydd and Colin Poulton

9243: Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology

Luc De Wulf

9242: Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa and Opportunities for Low Income Countries

P. Manners and A. Behar

9241: Towards National and Global Agendas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Julio A. Berdegué, Alexander Schejtman, Manuel Chiriboga, Félix Modrego, Romain Charnay and Jorge Ortega

9240: The Success of Tourism in Rwanda: Gorillas and More

Hannah Nielsen and Anna Spenceley

9239: The Role of Technological Change in Increasing Gender Equity with a Focus on Information and Communications Technology

Joyce Jacobsen

9238: The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asia and East Africa

Keijiro Otsuka and Takashi Yamano

9237: The Role Of Men for Gender Equality

Lidia Farre

9236: The Role of Cities in Post-War Economic Recovery

Austin Kilroy

9235: The Risks of Climate Change: A Synthesis of New Scientific Knowledge since the Finalization of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

Hans-Martin Füssel

9234: The Rise in Female Participation in Colombia: Children, Education or Marital Status

Diego Amador, Raquel Bernal and Ximena Peña

9233: The Retail-Led Transformation of Agrifood Systems and its Implications for Development Policies

Thomas Reardon and Julio A. Berdegué

9232: The Political Economy of Reform: Institutional Change as a Tool for Political Credibility

Anders Olofsgård

9231: The Political Economy of Labor Reform in Colombia

Juan Carlos Escheverry and Mauricio Santa Maria

9230: The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers Across the US Border

Michael Clemens, Claudio E. Montenegro and Lant Pritchett

9229: The Mexican Credit Reporting Industry Reform: A Case Study

Johanna Gil Hubert

9228: The Making of Gender Equality in Tunisia and Implications for Development

Mina Baliamoune

9227: The Links between Finance and Inequality: Channels and Evidence

Stijn Claessens and Enrico Perotti

9226: The Investment Climate in South Africa? Regulatory Issues: Some Insights from the High-Growth, Export-oriented SME Sector

David Christianson

9225: The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa

Francie Lund and Caroline Skinner

9224: The Investment Climate for Female Informal Businesses: A Case Study from Urban and Rural India

Marty Chen, Renana Jhabvala and Reema Nanavaty

9223: The Inter-Linkages between Rapid Growth in Livestock Production, Climate Change, and the Impacts on Water Resources, Land Use, and Deforestation

Philip Thornton and Mario Herrero

9222: The Importance of the Enabling Environment for Business and Economic Growth: A 10 Country Comparison of Central Europe and Africa

Graham Bannock, Matthew Gamser and Mariell Juhlin

9221: The Impacts of Refugees on Neighboring Countries: A Development Challenge

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9220: The Impact of Trade Liberalization Policies and FDI on Gender Inequalities: A Literature Review

Ernesto Aguayo?Tellez

9219: The Impact of The Cedaw Convention: Paths to Equality

Andrew Byrnes and Marsha Freeman

9218: The Future of Small Farms: Synthesis Paper

Peter Hazell, Colin Poulton, Steve Wiggins and Andrew Dorward

9217: The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes

Brindusa Anghel, Sara de la Rica and Juan J. Dolado

9216: The Downfall of the Soviet Union: A Spatial Explanation

Treyvish Andrey

9215: The Demography Of Youth In Developing Countries And Its Economic Implications

David Lam

9214: The Agricultural Exit Problem: An Empirical Assessment

Dirk Bezemer and Peter Hazell

9213: Thailand's 20 Year Program to Title Rural Land

Anthony Burns

9212: Symbolic Public Goods and the Coordination of Collective Action: A Comparison of Local Development in India and Indonesia

Vijayendra Rao

9211: Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Finding From Kenya, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Winnie V. Mitullah

9210: Spatial/Territorial Development Policies in the United States

Geoffery J.D. Hewings, Edward Feser and Ken Poole

9209: Spain: Development, Democracy and Equity

Carles Boix

9208: Some Lessons from the CUTS 7-Up Comparative Competitive Policy Project

Peter Holmes

9207: Social Influences on Gender Equity in Access to and Benefits from Energy

Joy Clancy, Magi Matinga, Sheila Oparaocha and Tanja Winther

9206: Social and Governance Dimensions of Climate Change: Implications for Policy

Roberto Foa

9205: Small Farmers in Developing Countries: Some Results of Household Surveys Data Analysis

Félix Modrego, Romain Charnay, Esteban Jara, Hugo Contreras and Cristián Rodríguez

9204: Sex Equality in Family Law: Historical Legacies, Feminist Activism, and Religious Power in 70 Countries

Mala Htun and Laurel Weldon

9203: Service Delivery in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Mark Baird

9202: Second Generation Bioenergy Potential

Tim Beringer and Wolfgang Luchton

9201: Science, Technology and Skills

Philip Pardey, Jennifer James, Julian Alston, Stanley Wood, Bonwoo Koo, Eran Binenbaum, Terrance Hurley and Paul Glewwe

9200: Rural Territorial Development: The Milk Territory in Southern Chile

German Escobar, Carlos Mladinic, Ramiro Sanhueza and Octavio Díazeza

9199: Rural Labour Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence from India and Bangladesh

Priya Deshingkar and John Farrington

9198: Rural Income Generating Activities: A Cross Country Comparison

Benjamin Davis, Paul Winters, Gero Carletto, Katia Covarrubias, Esteban Quinones, Alberto Zezza, Kostas Stamoulis, Genny Bonomi and Stefania DiGiuseppe

9197: Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions: A Cross Country Comparison

Alberto Zezza, Paul Winters, Benjamin Davis, Gero Carletto, Katia Covarrubias, Esteban Quinones, Kostas Stamoulis, Takis Karfakisis, Luca Tasciottiis, Stefania DiGiuseppe and Genny Bonomitiis

9196: Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Lessons and Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa

Julian Quan, Junior Davis and Felicity Proctor

9195: Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America

Octavio Damiani

9194: Role of Law and Justice in Achieving Gender Equality

Rea Abada Chiongson, Deval Desai, Teresa Marchiori and Michael Woolcock

9193: Review and Quantitative Analysis of Indices of Climate Change Exposure, Adaptive Capacity, Sensitivity, and Impacts

Hans-Martin Füssel

9192: Rethinking Resource Conflict

John-Andrew McNeish

9191: Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict

Alex Evans

9190: Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States

Jack A. Goldstone

9189: Regional Integration, Growth and Concentration

Dirk Willem te Velde

9188: Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production

H. Haberl, K.-H. Erb, F. Krausmann, V. Gaube, S. Gingrich and C. Plutzar

9187: Public Security, Criminal Justice, and Reforming the Security Sector: Security and Justice Thematic Paper

Jean-Marie Guehenno

9186: Promoting Gender Parity Lessons From Yemen: A Jica Technical Cooperation Project in Basic Education

Takako Yuki, Keiko Mizuno, Keiichi Ogawa and Mihoko Sakaia

9185: Promoting Gender Equality by Facilitating Women's Collective Problem-Solving Capacity Development: Japanese Experience with the Post-War Life Improvement Program and its Application to Contemporary Developing Countries

Mine Sato

9184: Post-Conflict Recovery and Peacebuilding

Anke Hoeffler, Syeda Shahbano Ijaz and Sarah von Billerbeck

9183: Policy Reform on Investment Climate: Case Analysis of Hangzhou

Pu Yufei, Sheng Lei and Yao Yul

9182: Participatory Varietal Selection, Participatory Plant Breeding, and Varietal Change

Thomas S. Walker

9181: On the Complementarity of Regional and Global Trade

Souleymane Coulibaly

9180: OECD (UK & EU) Home Country Measures and FDI in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Analysis

Dirk Willem te Velde

9179: New Roles of the Public Sector for an Agriculture for Development Agenda

Roberto Martinez Nogueira

9178: New Markets and Their Supporting Institutions: Opportunities and Constraints for Demand Growth

Spencer Henson

9177: New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty

Martin Ravallion, Prem Sangraula and Shaohua Chen