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Working Papers

2020

1. Can the World’s Poor Protect Themselves from the New Coronavirus?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
2. Headship and Poverty in Africa
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Headship and Poverty in Africa, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2021) (2021)

2018

3. Marital shocks and women's welfare in Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
4. Nutrition, religion, and widowhood in Nigeria
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood in Nigeria, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2017

5. Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence using Nutrition Data for Africa
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (15)
6. Marital trajectories and women's well-being in Senegal
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2017) View citations (1)
7. Marital trajectories, women’s autonomy and women’s wellbeing in Senegal
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2017) View citations (3)

2016

8. A Poor Means Test? Econometric Targeting in Africa
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2016) View citations (30)
   See also Journal Article A poor means test? Econometric targeting in Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (67) (2018)

2015

9. Long-Term Gains from Electrification in Rural India
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (6)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2015) View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Long-term Gains from Electrification in Rural India, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (54) (2017)
10. Women left behind ? poverty and headship in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa, Demography, Springer (2017) View citations (15) (2017)

2014

11. Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African Economy
    PSE Working Papers, HAL View citations (34)
    Also in CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb), CEPREMAP (2014) View citations (43)
    Working Papers, HAL (2014) View citations (34)
    Post-Print, HAL (2014) View citations (36)
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2014) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (49) (2014)

2013

12. Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Is Workfare Cost-effective against Poverty in a Poor Labor-Surplus Economy?, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2016) View citations (14) (2016)
13. Long-term impacts of household electrification in rural India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (49)
14. Testing information constraints on India's largest antipoverty program
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2012

15. Does India's employment guarantee scheme guarantee employment ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (47)

2011

16. Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    See also Journal Article Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2011) (2011)
17. Is It What You Inherited Or What You Learnt?: Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (2)
18. Lasting welfare effects of widowhood in a poor country
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

2010

19. A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
    PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
    Also in Research Unit Working Papers, Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquee, INRA (2007)
    Post-Print, HAL (2010)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (2)
20. Access to water, women's work and child outcomes
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Access to Water, Women's Work, and Child Outcomes, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2013) View citations (34) (2013)

2009

21. Left behind to farm ? women's labor re-allocation in rural China
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Left behind to farm? Women's labor re-allocation in rural China, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (31) (2011)

2007

22. Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: micro-evidence for Vietnam
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (54)
    See also Journal Article Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: Micro-evidence for Vietnam, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (66) (2007)
23. Rural roads and poor area development in Vietnam
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (32)

2006

24. Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (26) (2008)

2005

25. Do donors get what they paid for? micro evidence on the fungibility of development project aid
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
26. Do services and transfers reach Morocco's poor? Evidence from poverty and spending maps
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2003

27. Is the emerging nonfarm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Is the emerging non‐farm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam?, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2004) View citations (62) (2004)
28. Land allocation in Vietnam's agrarian transition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
29. Testing Vietnam's public safety net
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Testing Vietnam's public safety net, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (12) (2004)
30. Testing for Pay and Promotion Bias in an International Organization
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society
    See also Journal Article Testing for pay and promotion bias in an international organization, International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2002

31. The static and dynamic incidence of Vietnam's public safety net
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)

2001

32. Breaking up the collective farm: welfare outcomes of Vietnam's massive land privatization
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

2000

33. Are returns to investment lower for the poor? Human and physical capital interactions in rural Viet Nam
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Are Returns to Investment Lower for the Poor? Human and Physical Capital Interactions in Rural Vietnam, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2003) View citations (24) (2003)
34. Choosing rural road investments to help reduce poverty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty, World Development, Elsevier (2002) View citations (62) (2002)
35. Sources of ethnic inequality in Vietnam
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Sources of ethnic inequality in Viet Nam, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (108) (2001)

1998

36. How dirty are"quick and dirty"methods of project appraisal?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
37. Pay and grade differentials at the World Bank
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
38. Protecting the poor in Vietnam's emerging market economy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

1996

39. Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending, World Development, Elsevier (1998) View citations (50) (1998)
40. Infrastructure and Poverty in Vietnam
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (23)
41. Public spending and the poor: what we know, what we need to know
    Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones), Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1995) View citations (17)

1992

42. The distribution of the benefits from social services in Indonesia, 1978-87
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

1991

43. Quantifying the magnitude and severity of absolute poverty in the developing world in the mid-1980s
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

1989

44. Cost of living differences between urban and rural areas in Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Child health and the housing environment
   World Development, 2023, 168, (C) View citations (1)

2022

2. Marital status and women’s nutrition in Africa
   World Development, 2022, 158, (C)

2021

3. Headship and Poverty in Africa
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (4), 1038-1056
   See also Working Paper Headship and Poverty in Africa, Working Papers (2020) View citations (7) (2020)
4. Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood in Nigeria
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 69, (3), 951 - 1001 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Nutrition, religion, and widowhood in Nigeria, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) (2018)

2019

5. Most of Africa's Nutritionally Deprived Women and Children are Not Found in Poor Households
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (4), 631-644 View citations (33)

2018

6. A poor means test? Econometric targeting in Africa
   Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 134, (C), 109-124 View citations (67)
   See also Working Paper A Poor Means Test? Econometric Targeting in Africa, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (22) (2016)

2017

7. Long-term Gains from Electrification in Rural India
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (2), 385-411 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Long-Term Gains from Electrification in Rural India, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2015) View citations (6) (2015)
8. Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa
   Demography, 2017, 54, (3), 1119-1145 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Women left behind ? poverty and headship in Africa, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (12) (2015)

2016

9. Is Workfare Cost-effective against Poverty in a Poor Labor-Surplus Economy?
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30, (3), 413-445 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Is workfare cost-effective against poverty in a poor labor-surplus economy?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

2015

10. Empowering poor people through public information? Lessons from a movie in rural India
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 132, (C), 13-22 View citations (36)

2014

11. Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 327-344 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African Economy, PSE Working Papers (2014) View citations (34) (2014)

2013

12. Access to Water, Women's Work, and Child Outcomes
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (2), 369 - 405 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Access to water, women's work and child outcomes, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
13. Lasting Welfare Effects of Widowhood in Mali
    World Development, 2013, 51, (C), 1-19 View citations (29)

2011

14. Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
    World Bank - Economic Premise, 2011, (67), 1-4
    See also Working Paper Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work, World Bank Publications - Reports (2011) (2011)
15. Left behind to farm? Women's labor re-allocation in rural China
    Labour Economics, 2011, 18, (S1), S83-S97 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Left behind to farm ? women's labor re-allocation in rural China, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (5) (2009)
16. Rural Roads and Local Market Development in Vietnam
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (5), 709-734 View citations (71)

2010

17. A Micro‐Decomposition Analysis of Aggregate Human Development Outcomes*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72, (2), 119-145 View citations (1)

2009

18. Impact evaluation of rural road projects
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2009, 1, (1), 15-36 View citations (30)

2008

19. Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2008, 87, (2), 191-209 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (13) (2006)

2007

20. Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: Micro-evidence for Vietnam
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (2), 667-685 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: micro-evidence for Vietnam, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (54) (2007)

2006

21. Land Reallocation in an Agrarian Transition
    Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (514), 924-942 View citations (28)

2005

22. Testing for pay and promotion bias in an international organization
    International Journal of Manpower, 2005, 26, (5), 404-420 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Testing for Pay and Promotion Bias in an International Organization, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 (2003) (2003)

2004

23. Breaking up the collective farms
    The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (2), 201-236 View citations (24)
24. Is the emerging non‐farm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam?
    The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (2), 237-274 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Is the emerging nonfarm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (8) (2003)
25. Testing Vietnam's public safety net
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2004, 32, (4), 661-679 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Testing Vietnam's public safety net, Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes (2003) View citations (1) (2003)

2003

26. Are Returns to Investment Lower for the Poor? Human and Physical Capital Interactions in Rural Vietnam
    Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7, (4), 636-653 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Are returns to investment lower for the poor? Human and physical capital interactions in rural Viet Nam, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (3) (2000)

2002

27. Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty
    World Development, 2002, 30, (4), 575-589 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Choosing rural road investments to help reduce poverty, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (11) (2000)

2001

28. Does Ignoring Heterogeneity in Impacts Distort Project Appraisals? An Experiment for Irrigation in Vietnam
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2001, 15, (1), 141--164
29. Sources of ethnic inequality in Viet Nam
    Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 65, (1), 177-207 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper Sources of ethnic inequality in Vietnam, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (20) (2000)

1998

30. Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending
    World Development, 1998, 26, (3), 365-379 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1996) View citations (19) (1996)
31. Targeting Revisited
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1998, 13, (2), 231-48 View citations (33)

1996

32. Public spending and the poor. theory and evidence: D. van de Walle & K. Nead (Eds.) Published for the World Bank, The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 619 pp., 1995 ISBN 0-8018-5255-2
    Health Policy, 1996, 38, (1), 67-68

1995

33. Testing a social safety net
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (2), 175-199 View citations (15)

1994

34. The Distribution of Subsidies through Public Health Services in Indonesia, 1978-87
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1994, 8, (2), 279-309 View citations (15)

1991

35. QUANTIFYING ABSOLUTE POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1991, 37, (4), 345-361 View citations (184)
36. The impact on poverty of food pricing reforms: A welfare analysis for Indonesia
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1991, 13, (2), 281-299 View citations (62)
37. Urban-rural cost-of-living differentials in a developing economy
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1991, 29, (1), 113-127 View citations (20)

Books

2014

1. Right to Work? Assessing India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (31)

2008

2. Land in Transition: Reform and Poverty in Rural Vietnam
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (59)