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Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach to Lead Mining in Rural Central China
Lu, Jixia; Lora-Wainwright, Anna - In: World Development 62 (2014) C, pp. 189-200
This article adopts a “pathways to sustainability” approach to study lead mining in rural China. Through an in …-depth case study, it reveals how shifting mining practices are tied to institutional and political economic contexts, cost … longitudinal analysis may resolve the contradictory accounts of whether mining aids or hinders development, and whether local …
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Decentralization, Institutional Ambiguity, and Mineral Resource Conflict in Mindanao, Philippines
Verbrugge, Boris - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 449-460
Based on an analytical framework that builds on theories of incremental institutional change, this article interrogates the relationship between decentralization and mineral resource conflict in the Philippines. Here, efforts to decentralize control over mineral resource wealth have resulted in...
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Growth, Growth Accelerations, and the Poor: Lessons from Indonesia
Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Resosudarmo, Budy P. - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 154-165
covering 26 provinces over the period 1977–2010. This dataset allows us to distinguish between mining and non-mining in … Indonesia. Growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall growth and growth in mining … appears to have no effect on the same. Growth acceleration in non-mining reduces poverty and inequality whereas the same in …
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The Fungibility of Aid Earmarked for HIV/AIDS Control Programs
Harper, Sarah E. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 11, pp. 2263-2274
This paper investigates fungibility of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for HIV/AIDS control, adding to the debate regarding consequences of scaling up this type of ODA. A theoretical model yields two estimable equations; in public health spending and non-health spending, with ODA for...
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Impacts of Community-driven Development Programs on Income and Asset Acquisition in Africa: The Case of Nigeria
Nkonya, Ephraim; Phillip, Dayo; Mogues, Tewodaj; … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1824-1838
This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of productive assets in Nigeria. Using recall data, difference-in-differences, and propensity score matching approaches, the study finds that the project succeeded in targeting...
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Poverty and Prime-Age Mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa: Evidence from Zambia and Kenya
Chapoto, Antony; Kirimi, Lilian; Kadiyala, Suneetha - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1839-1853
Using nationwide longitudinal household survey data from rural Kenya (1997–2004) and Zambia (2001–2004), we estimate probit models to identify the socio-economic correlates of disease-related mortality of individuals between the ages of 15 and 59. We compare these results with the rural...
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Urban Services and Child Migration to the Slums of Nairobi
Archambault, Caroline S.; de Laat, Joost; Zulu, Eliya … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1854-1869
An estimated 30–70% of Nairobi’s population lives in informal settlements with very poor access to basic services, yet children are notably absent from the informal settlements. This paper combines qualitative research with three micro data sets and finds that the presence of urban basic...
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Alert at Maradi: Preventing Food Crises by Using Price Signals
Araujo, Claudio; Araujo-Bonjean, Catherine; Brunelin, … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1882-1894
This paper aims at exploiting grain price data to detect the warning signs of looming food crises in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Firstly we identify markets which play a leading role at the national and regional level. The second step consists of identifying price crisis periods and...
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Assets, Shocks, and Poverty Traps in Rural Mozambique
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - In: World Development 40 (2012) 8, pp. 1594-1609
This paper explores welfare dynamics among households in rural Mozambique. Using household panel data, we test whether an asset-based poverty trap exists. Findings indicate that all rural households converge to one stable equilibrium in the medium term, which is close to the poverty line. This...
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Asking Questions to Understand Rural Livelihoods: Comparing Disaggregated vs. Aggregated Approaches to Household Livelihood Questionnaires
Jagger, Pamela; Luckert, Marty K.; Banana, Abwoli; … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 9, pp. 1810-1823
This study tests the hypothesis that both disaggregated and aggregated data collection methods produce similar estimates of the relative importance of livelihood portfolio activities and expenditures. The results show that different methods of data collection yield substantively different...
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