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1 DECRG-HDPS List of Published Outputs Research Highlights Journal Articles Ainsworth, Martha, and Deon P. Filmer Inequalities in Children s Schooling: AIDS, Orphanhood, Poverty, and Gender. World Development 34(6): Alderman, Harold H., John Hoddinotty, and Bill Kinsey Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition. Oxford Economic Papers 58(3): Alderman, Harold H., and David Stifel The Glass of Milk Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru. World Bank Economic Review 20(3): Alderman, Harold H., and Jere Behrman Reducing the Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Low-Income Countries Has Substantial Economic Benefits. World Bank Research Observer 12(1): Alderman, Harold H., Hans Hoogeveen, and Mariacristina Rossi Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania: Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions. Economics and Human Biology 4(1): Alderman, Harold H., Joseph Konde-Lule, Isaac Sebuliba, Donald A. P. Bundy, and Andrew Hall Effect on Weight Gain of Routinely Giving Albendazole to Preschool Children during Child Health Days in Uganda: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. British Medical Journal 333(122): 1-5. Alderman, Harold H., and Trina S. Haque Countercyclical Safety Nets for the Poor and Vulnerable. Food Policy 31(4): Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, and Tristan Zajonc Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data. Comparative Education Review 50(3): Chaudhury, Nazmul, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan, and F. Halsey Rogers Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries. Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(1): Das Gupta, Monica, Michele Gragnolati, Caryn Bredenkamp, Yi-Kyoung Lee, and Meera Shekar ICDS and Persistent Undernutrition: Strategies to Enhance the Impact. Economic and Political Weekly 41(12):
2 Das Gupta, Monica Cultural versus Biological Factors in Explaining Asia s Missing Women : Response to Oster. Population And Development Review 32(2): de Walque, Damien The Socio-Demographic Legacy of the Khmer Rouge Period in Cambodia. Population Studies 60(2): Filmer, Deon P Gender and Wealth Disparities in Schooling: Evidence from 44 Countries. International Journal of Educational Research 43(6): Gauri, Varun, and Evan Lieberman Boundary Institutions and HIV/AIDS Policy in Brazil and South Africa. Studies in Comparative International Development 41(3): Ghuman, Sharon, Jere R. Behrman, Socorro Gultiano, Graeme Armecin, Isabelita Bas, Paulita Duazo, Elizabeth M. King, and Nanette Lee Early Childhood Development: A Review of Findings from a Longitudinal Study in the Philippines. East Asian Economic Perspectives 17(2):1-24. Khemani, Stuti Does Delegation of Fiscal Policy to an Independent Agency Make a Difference? Evidence from Intergovernmental transfers in India. Journal of Development Economics 82(2): Khemani, Stuti Local Government Accountability for Health Service Delivery in Nigeria. Journal of African Economies 15(2): Loevinsohn, Benjamin, Rathavuth Hong, and Varun Gauri Will more Inputs Improve the Delivery of Health Services? Analysis of District Vaccination Coverage in Pakistan. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 21(1): Ravallion, Martin, and Dominique van De Walle Land Reallocation in an Agrarian Transition. The Economic Journal 116(116): Reinikka, Ritva S., and Jakob Svensson Using Micro Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption. World Development 34(2): Suryadarma, Daniel, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto, and F. Halsey Rogers Improving Student Performance in Public Primary Schools in Developing Countries: Evidence from Indonesia. Education Economics 14(4): Zou, Heng-Fu, L. Colin Xu, and George R. Clarke Finance and Income Equality: What Do the Data Tell Us? Southern Economic Journal 72(3): Forthcoming 2
3 Das, Jishnu, Stefan Dercon, James Habyarimana, and Pramila Krishnan. Teacher Shocks and Student Learning: Evidence from Zambia. Journal of Human Resources. Das, Jishnu, and Jeffrey S. Hammer. Forthcoming. Money for Nothing: The Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi, India. Journal of Development Economics. Das Gupta, Monica, and Manju Rani. Forthcoming. How Well does India's Federal Government Perform its Essential Public Health Functions? Health Policy. Heckelman, Jac, and Steve Knack. Forthcoming. Foreign Aid and Market-Liberalizaing Reform. Economia. Khemani, Stuti. Forthcoming. Party Politics and Fiscal Discipline in a Federation: Evidence from the States of India. Comparative Political Studies. Knack, Steve, and Aminur Rahman. Forthcoming. Donor Fragmentation and Bureaucratic Quality in Aid Recipients. Journal of Development Economics. Rogers, F. Halsey, Lorena Alcazar, Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael Kremer, and Karthik Muralidharan. Forthcoming. Why Are Teachers Absent? Probing Service Delivery in Peruvian Primary Schools. International Journal of Educational Research. Wagstaff, Adam. Forthcoming. The Economic Consequences of Health Shocks: Evidence from Vietnam. Journal of Health Economics. Books Das Gupta, Monica, T.V. Sekher, Shashanka Bhide, and Nazrul Islam Public Health and Panchayati Raj Institutions in Karnataka. Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change. Das Gupta, Monica, Michele Gragnolati, Meera Shekar, and Yi-Kyoung Lee India s Undernourished Children: A Call for Reform and Action. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Pradhan, Mennon, Vicente B. Paqueo, Elizabeth M. King, Deon P. Filmer, Scott E. Guggenheim, and Anne-Lise Klausen Making Services Work for the Poor in Indonesia: Focusing on Achieving Results on the Ground. Jakarta: World Bank. Zou, Heng-Fu, Anwar M. Shah, and Chunli Shen Regional Disparities in China. Beijing: The People's Press. Zou, Heng-Fu Studies on Macroeconomics. Beijing: The Peking University Press. 3
4 Chapters in Books Ahmad, Juniad, Shantayanan Devarajan, and Stuti Khemani Decentralization and Service Delivery. In Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, eds., Handbook of Fiscal Federalism. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing. Das Gupta, Monica Public health in India: an overview. In Kaushik Basu, eds., Oxford Companion to Economics in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Gauri, Varun Economics and the Right to Basic Services. In Ana Palacio, ed., The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2: Law, Equity, and Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Khemani, Stuti The Political Economy of Equalization Transfers. In Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez, Robert Searle, eds., Fiscal Equalization: Challenges in the Design of Intergovernmental Transfers. New York: Springer. Rogers, F. Halsey Charting and Sustaining Progress in Income Poverty Reduction. In Global Monitoring Report 2006: Millennium Development Goals -- Strengthening Mutual Accountability, Aid, Trade, and Governance. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Forthcoming Das, Jishnu, and Jeffrey S. Hammer. The Quality of Medical Care in India. In Kaushik Basu, eds., The Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. Das, Jishnu, and Jeffrey S. Hammer. Chronic Illnesses in India. In Kaushik Basu, eds., The Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. Outreach Ainsworth, Martha, and Deon P. Filmer. Orphanhood, Poverty, and School Enrollment. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, June Das, Jishnu. A New Look at Quality of Medical Care in Low-Income Countries. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, February Das, Jishnu, and Jeffrey S. Hammer Money for Nothing, the Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi. World Bank Research Digest 1(1): 1. 4
5 de Walque, Damien. Discordant Couples and HIV/AIDS Transmission in Five African Countries. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, October Filmer, Deon P, and Norbert Schady Getting Girls into School: Evidence from Cambodia. World Bank Research Digest 1(2, Winter): 3. Goldin, Ian A., F. Halsey Rogers, and Nicholas Stern. We Must Tackle Development Problems at the Level of the Economy as a Whole. Boston Review, July/August Khemani, Stuti. In Quest of Institutions that Promote Fiscal Discipline. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, March King, Elizabeth M., and Harold H. Alderman. Investing in Early Childhood Development. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, August Knack, Steve. The Effects of Donor Fragmentation on Bureaucratic Quality in Aid- Recipient Countries. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, November Knack, Steve. Measuring Corruption: A Critique of Cross-Country Indicators. World Bank Research Digest 1(2, Winter): 6, Wagstaff, Adam. Cushioning the Effects of Health Shocks on Households. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, December Zou, Heng-Fu, and Chunli Shen. Fiscal Decentralization in China Potential Next Steps. Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Web Site, Development Research Group, World Bank, December Working Papers Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja A Dime a Day: The Possibilities and Limits of Private Schooling in Pakistan. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Banerjee, Abhijit, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, and Stuti Khemani Can Information Campaigns Spark Local Participation and Improve 5
6 Outcomes? A Study of Primary Education in Uttar Pradesh, India. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Das, Jishnu, Priyanka Pandey, and Tristan Zajonc Learning Levels and Gaps in Pakistan. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Das, Jishnu, and Thomas Pave Sohnesen Patient Satisfaction, Doctor Effort, and Interview Location: Evidence from Paraguay. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK de Walque, Damien Discordant Couples: HIV Infection among Couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK de Walque, Damien Who gets AIDS and How? The Determinants of HIV Infection and Sexual Behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Eggleston, Karen, Li Ling, Meng Qingyue, Magnus Lindelow, and Adam Wagstaff Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Filmer, Deon P., and Norbert Schady Getting Girls into School: Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK 6
7 Graeme, Armecin, Jere Behrman, Paulita Duazo, Sharon Ghuman, Socorro Gultiano, Elizabeth M. King, and Nanette Lee Early Childhood Development through an Integrated Program: Evidence from the Philippines. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Knack, Steve Measuring Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Critique of Cross-Country Indicators. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Schady, Norbert Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Schady, Norbert, and M. Caridad Araujo Cash Transfers, Conditions, School Enrollment, and Child Work: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ecuador. Policy Research Working Paper World Bank, Washington, D.C &searchMenuPK= &theSitePK=501889&eid= _ &siteName=IMAGEBANK Forthcoming Wang, Shuilin, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Baoyun Qiao, Li Zhang, and Heng-Fu Zou. Forthcoming. Local Public Finance in China: Challenges and Policy Options. Policy Research Working Paper. World Bank, Washington, D.C. hsladovich O:\DECRG\Highlights Report 2006\Outputs\HDPS-2006.revisedhs.v2.doc 02/20/2007 7:57:00 PM 7
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