1.
Measuring Empowerment in Practice: Structuring Analysis and Framing Indicators
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3510
Number of pages: 123
Posted: 10 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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2,092
2.
Greed and Grievance in Civil War
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2355
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
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1,990
3.
Social Capital, Household Welfare, and Poverty in Indonesia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2148
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Social Development
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1,970
4.
Does Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence from Bangladesh
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2998
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Brown University, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
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1,842
5.
Sustainability of Microfinance Self Help Groups in India: Would Federating Help?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3516
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 09 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,743
6.
Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3618
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 13 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
Independent, World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Independent
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1,465
7.
Democracy and Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 411; World Bank Research Working Paper No. 2561
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 12 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and World Bank - Research Department
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1,277
8.
Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Lessons from Latin America
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3119
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America & the Caribbean Region and University of the Americas, Puebla
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1,178
9.
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2516
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics
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Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2516
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
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1,040
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
Journal of Public Economics, 2003
Posted: 14 Mar 2003
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1,040
10.
Community Based (and Driven) Development: A Critical Review
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3209
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 17 Feb 2004
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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862
11.
Individual Attitudes Toward Corruption: Do Social Effects Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3122
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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794
12.
Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam: A Socioeconomic Perspective
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2836
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Bentley University - Department of Mathematical Sciences and Global Studies, Suffolk University - Department of Economics and Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City - Department of Geography
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790
13.
Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data
KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-024; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3521
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 16 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
Pomona College - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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750
14.
Belief Systems and Durable Inequalities: An Experimental Investigation of Indian Caste
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3351
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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712
15.
Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in Transition Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1530
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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706
16.
Gender Equality and Economic Development: The Role for Information and Communication Technologies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3285
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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703
17.
Local Conflict in Indonesia: Measuring Incidence and Identifying Patterns
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3384
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank - Indonesia Resident Mission and VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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668
18.
Why is Son Preference so Persistent in East and South Asia? A Cross-Country Study of China, India, and the Republic of Korea
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2942
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Interdisciplinary Research Center of the Academic Sciences of China, and Population and Economy Research Institute, China Population Information and Research Center and Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs
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625
19.
Equity and Growth in Developing Countries: Old and New Perspectives on the Policy Issues
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1563
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Hebrew University (Deceased), Georgetown University and Global Development Network
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618
20.
Conditional Cash Transfers and the Equity-Efficiency Debate
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3280
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
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611
21.
Democratization and Clientelism: Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3594
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 24 Jun 2005
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank
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572
22.
What Factors Influence World Literacy? Is Africa Different?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3496
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 19 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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563
23.
Using an Asset-Based Approach to Identify Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America: A Conceptual Framework
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3475
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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554
24.
Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty: A Proposed Measure, Applied to Indonesia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2437
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
SMERU Research Institute, SMERU Research Institute and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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506
25.
The Kin System as a Poverty Trap?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3575
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 06 May 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and Jawaharlal Nehru University
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499
26.
Educational Attainment in Developing Countries: New Estimates and Projections Disaggregated by Gender
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1489
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - College of Agriculture & Natural Resources and World Bank
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493
27.
Explaining the Increase in Inequality During the Transition
World Bank Research Working Paper No. 1935
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 13 Apr 1999
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Explaining the Increase in Inequality During the Transition
World Bank Research Working Paper No. 1935
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 13 Apr 1999
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477
Explaining the Increase in Inequality During the Transition
Economics of Transition, May 1999
Posted: 29 Sep 1999
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477
28.
The Swiss Multi-Pillar Pension System: Triumph of Common Sense?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2416
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy Division and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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432
29.
Decomposing World Income Distribution: Does the World Have a Middle Class?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2562
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 23 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Decomposing World Income Distribution: Does the World Have a Middle Class?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2562
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 23 Jan 2001
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424
Decomposing World Income Distribution: Does the World Have a Middle Class?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2562
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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133
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424
30.
Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2902
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
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422
31.
Cents and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1796
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PRMVP) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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412
32.
Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - a Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3683
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Freelance Writer
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408
33.
Helping People Help Themselves: Toward a Theory of Autonomy-Compatible Help
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2693
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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Phil. Dept. UC at Riverside
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376
34.
What Does Political Economy Tell Us About Economic Development - and Vice Versa?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3250
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank
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376
35.
Social Capital and the State: Complementarity and Substitution
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2167
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PRMVP)
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375
36.
Spatial Poverty Traps?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1862
Number of pages: 334
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University and Indian Statistical Institute
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371
37.
Mine Closure and its Impact on the Community: Five Years after Mine Closure in Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3083
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region and World Bank
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363
38.
Social Rights and Economics: Claims to Health Care and Education in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3006
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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361
39.
The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2346
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
New York University - Department of Economics
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346
40.
Youth at Risk, Social Exclusion, and Intergenerational Poverty Dynamics: A New Survey Instrument with Application to Brazil
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3296
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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336
41.
Social Protection in a Crisis: Argentina's Plan Jefes Y Jefas
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3165
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Social Protection in a Crisis: Argentina's Plan Jefes Y Jefas
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3165
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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319
Social Protection in a Crisis - Argentina's Plan Jefes Y Jefas
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3165
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 10 Jan 2017
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42.
Beyond Unequal Development: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2091
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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313
43.
Survey Responses from Women Workers in Indonesia's Textile, Garment, and Footwear Industries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1755
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
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296
44.
The Evolution of Poverty During the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996 to 99
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2435
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
SMERU Research Institute, SMERU Research Institute, The Social Monitoring & Early Response Unit Research Institute (SMERU) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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292
45.
Methodologies to Measure the Gender Dimensions of Crime and Violence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2648
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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288
46.
Evaluating Anti-Poverty Programs
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3625
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 26 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University
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Evaluating Anti-Poverty Programs
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3625
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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614
Evaluating Anti-Poverty Programs
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3625
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 26 Jul 2005
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278
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278
47.
Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A Critical Review of Interventions
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3438
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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268
48.
How Can China Provide Income Security for its Rapidly Aging Population?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1674
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Consultant, World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy Division
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266
49.
Terror as a Bargaining Instrument: A Case Study of Dowry Violence in Rural India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2347
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM)
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264
50.
On the Duration of Civil War
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2681
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and University of Oxford - Department of Economics
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256
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