DECRG-HDPS List of Published Outputs Research Highlights - 2006 Journal Articles Ainsworth, Martha, and Deon P. Filmer. 2006. Inequalities in Children s Schooling: AIDS, Orphanhood, Poverty, and Gender. World Development 34(6): 1099-1128. Alderman, Harold H., John Hoddinotty, and Bill Kinsey. 2006. Long Term Consequences of Early Childhood Malnutrition. Oxford Economic Papers 58(3): 450-474. Alderman, Harold H., and David Stifel. 2006. The Glass of Milk Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru. World Bank Economic Review 20(3): 421-28. Alderman, Harold H., and Jere Behrman. 2006. Reducing the Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Low-Income Countries Has Substantial Economic Benefits. World Bank Research Observer 12(1): 25-48. Alderman, Harold H., Hans Hoogeveen, and Mariacristina Rossi. 2006. Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania: Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions. Economics and Human Biology 4(1): 1-23. Alderman, Harold H., Joseph Konde-Lule, Isaac Sebuliba, Donald A. P. Bundy, and Andrew Hall. 2006. 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. 2006. Countercyclical Safety Nets for the Poor and Vulnerable. Food Policy 31(4): 372-383. Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, and Tristan Zajonc. 2006. Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data. Comparative Education Review 50(3): 446-473. Chaudhury, Nazmul, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan, and F. Halsey Rogers. 2006. Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries. Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(1): 91-116. Das Gupta, Monica, Michele Gragnolati, Caryn Bredenkamp, Yi-Kyoung Lee, and Meera Shekar. 2006. ICDS and Persistent Undernutrition: Strategies to Enhance the Impact. Economic and Political Weekly 41(12): 1193-1201. 1
Das Gupta, Monica. 2006. Cultural versus Biological Factors in Explaining Asia s Missing Women : Response to Oster. Population And Development Review 32(2): 328-332. de Walque, Damien. 2006. The Socio-Demographic Legacy of the Khmer Rouge Period in Cambodia. Population Studies 60(2): 223-231. Filmer, Deon P. 2006. Gender and Wealth Disparities in Schooling: Evidence from 44 Countries. International Journal of Educational Research 43(6): 351-369. Gauri, Varun, and Evan Lieberman. 2006. Boundary Institutions and HIV/AIDS Policy in Brazil and South Africa. Studies in Comparative International Development 41(3): 47-73. Ghuman, Sharon, Jere R. Behrman, Socorro Gultiano, Graeme Armecin, Isabelita Bas, Paulita Duazo, Elizabeth M. King, and Nanette Lee. 2006. Early Childhood Development: A Review of Findings from a Longitudinal Study in the Philippines. East Asian Economic Perspectives 17(2):1-24. Khemani, Stuti. 2006. Does Delegation of Fiscal Policy to an Independent Agency Make a Difference? Evidence from Intergovernmental transfers in India. Journal of Development Economics 82(2): 464-484. Khemani, Stuti. 2006. Local Government Accountability for Health Service Delivery in Nigeria. Journal of African Economies 15(2): 285-312. Loevinsohn, Benjamin, Rathavuth Hong, and Varun Gauri. 2006. 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): 1-10. Ravallion, Martin, and Dominique van De Walle. 2006. Land Reallocation in an Agrarian Transition. The Economic Journal 116(116): 924-942. Reinikka, Ritva S., and Jakob Svensson. 2006. Using Micro Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption. World Development 34(2): 359-70. Suryadarma, Daniel, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto, and F. Halsey Rogers. 2006. Improving Student Performance in Public Primary Schools in Developing Countries: Evidence from Indonesia. Education Economics 14(4): 401-29. Zou, Heng-Fu, L. Colin Xu, and George R. Clarke. 2006. Finance and Income Equality: What Do the Data Tell Us? Southern Economic Journal 72(3): 578-596. Forthcoming 2
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. 2006. 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. 2006. 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. 2006. 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. 2006. Regional Disparities in China. Beijing: The People's Press. Zou, Heng-Fu. 2006. Studies on Macroeconomics. Beijing: The Peking University Press. 3
Chapters in Books Ahmad, Juniad, Shantayanan Devarajan, and Stuti Khemani. 2006. Decentralization and Service Delivery. In Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, eds., Handbook of Fiscal Federalism. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing. Das Gupta, Monica. 2006. Public health in India: an overview. In Kaushik Basu, eds., Oxford Companion to Economics in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Gauri, Varun. 2006. 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. 2006. 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. 2006. 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 2006. 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 2006. Das, Jishnu, and Jeffrey S. Hammer. 2006. Money for Nothing, the Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi. World Bank Research Digest 1(1): 1. 4
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 2006. Filmer, Deon P, and Norbert Schady. 2006. 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 2006. 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 2006. 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 2006. 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 2006. Knack, Steve. Measuring Corruption: A Critique of Cross-Country Indicators. World Bank Research Digest 1(2, Winter): 6, 2006. 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 2006. 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 2006. Working Papers Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. 2006. A Dime a Day: The Possibilities and Limits of Private Schooling in Pakistan. Policy Research Working Paper 4066. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006111013 0153&siteName=IMAGEBANK Banerjee, Abhijit, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, and Stuti Khemani. 2006. Can Information Campaigns Spark Local Participation and Improve 5
Outcomes? A Study of Primary Education in Uttar Pradesh, India. Policy Research Working Paper 3967. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006071216 0926&siteName=IMAGEBANK Das, Jishnu, Priyanka Pandey, and Tristan Zajonc. 2006. Learning Levels and Gaps in Pakistan. Policy Research Working Paper 4067. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006111013 0529&siteName=IMAGEBANK Das, Jishnu, and Thomas Pave Sohnesen. 2006. Patient Satisfaction, Doctor Effort, and Interview Location: Evidence from Paraguay. Policy Research Working Paper 4086. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006120615 4156&siteName=IMAGEBANK de Walque, Damien. 2006. Discordant Couples: HIV Infection among Couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. Policy Research Working Paper 3956. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006062314 3206&siteName=IMAGEBANK de Walque, Damien. 2006. 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 3844. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006020310 4911&siteName=IMAGEBANK Eggleston, Karen, Li Ling, Meng Qingyue, Magnus Lindelow, and Adam Wagstaff. 2006. Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review. Policy Research Working Paper 3978. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006080111 4229&siteName=IMAGEBANK Filmer, Deon P., and Norbert Schady. 2006. Getting Girls into School: Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia. Policy Research Working Paper 3910. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006050909 3836&siteName=IMAGEBANK 6
Graeme, Armecin, Jere Behrman, Paulita Duazo, Sharon Ghuman, Socorro Gultiano, Elizabeth M. King, and Nanette Lee. 2006. Early Childhood Development through an Integrated Program: Evidence from the Philippines. Policy Research Working Paper 3922. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006051112 2104&siteName=IMAGEBANK Knack, Steve. 2006. Measuring Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Critique of Cross-Country Indicators. Policy Research Working Paper 3968. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006071314 0304&siteName=IMAGEBANK Schady, Norbert. 2006. Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Policy Research Working Paper 3869. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006031716 3141&siteName=IMAGEBANK Schady, Norbert, and M. Caridad Araujo. 2006. Cash Transfers, Conditions, School Enrollment, and Child Work: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ecuador. Policy Research Working Paper 3930. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 4154159&searchMenuPK=64154240&theSitePK=501889&eid=000016406_2006053015 5839&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