A key question in the design of anti-poverty programs is to what extent they should be targeted. Empirical evaluations of targeted transfer schemes and simulation exercises often point to further gains that can be had from targeted transfers vis-à-vis universal transfers or from more narrow...

World markets in China's wake -- Natural resources and development under shifting global regimes -- The rise of China as a necessary condition for post-neoliberal breaks -- Typology of political-economic trajectories under commodity boom conditions -- Neodevelopmentalist type: Argentina and...

We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...