Community-based and-driven development projects have become an important form of
development assistance, with the World Bank's portfolio alone approximating $7 billion. A …

After 20 years of neglect by international donors, agriculture is now again in the headlines
because high food prices are increasing food insecurity and poverty. In the coming years, it …

In this paper we note that the institutional context (and therefore the structure of incentives
and organization) in developing and transition economies is quite different from those in …

Poor rural and urban households in developing countries face substantial risks, which they
handle with risk‐management and risk‐coping strategies, including self‐insurance through …

The literature on public choice and political economy is characterized by numerous
theoretical analyses of capture of the democratic process by special-interest groups. It is …

Participatory governance mechanisms have been widely promoted in developing countries.
They are claimed to bring about several public policy benefits, including increased …

This article offers the first comprehensive review of the interdisciplinary state of knowledge
regarding anti-corruption policies, with a particular focus on reducing corruption among civil …

Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest
inequality. This book explores why the region suffers from such persistent inequality …

Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47
countries,'Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries' provides a general review of …

An analytic framework for tracing three waves of efforts to provide key public services in
developing countries is provided. Persistent (though not universal) failure has been the …