Background Papers prepared for the World Development Report 2000/2001 on Poverty and Development

• Adato, Michelle, et al.  "Participation and Poverty Reduction: Issues, Theory and New Evidence from South Africa." (378Kb)
• Anderson, Mary B. "The Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Poor: A Background Note" (20Kb)
• Austin, Gareth.  "Background Note on Civil Strife and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa "(43Kb)
• Centre L.-J. Lebret.  "A Working Paper of The Centre Lebret for the World Development Report 2000/1 of the World Bank" (420kb PDF file). Also available in French (438Kb)
• Cohen, Monique, et al.  "Microfinance, Risk Management, and Poverty."  (485Kb)
• Connolly, Michelle.  "The Impact of Removing Licenses and Restrictions to Import Technology on Technological Change."(29Kb)
• Dahl, Robert A. "A Note on Politics, Institutions, Democracy and Equality."(32Kb)
• Dasgupta, Partha.  "Valuation and Evaluation: Measuring the Quality of Life and Evaluating Policy." (233Kb)
• de Janvry, Alain, Gregory Graff, Elisabeth Sadoulet, and David Zilberman. "Technological Change in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction." (95Kb)
• Dercon, Stefan.  "Income Risk, Coping Strategies, and Safety Nets."(166Kb)
• Elwan, Ann. "Poverty and Disability: A Survey of the Literature." (124Kb)
• Fields, Gary S.  "Distribution and Development: A Summary of the Evidence for the Developing World" (412Kb)
• Gereffi, Gary and Martha A. Martinez. "Blue Jeans and Local Linkages: The Blue Jeans Boom in Torreón, Mexico." (41Kb)
• Hossain, Naomi and Mick Moore.  "Elites, Poverty, and Development." (89Kb)
• Leamer, Edward E. and Peter K. Schott. "Natural Resources as a Source of Latin American Income Inequality." (125Kb)
• Lindauer, David L. "Labor Market Reforms and the Poor." (46Kb)
• Morley, Samuel A.  "The Impact of Reforms on Equity in Latin America."(175Kb)
• Pouliquen, Louis. "Infrastructure and Poverty."(182Kb)
• Rodriguez, Francisco. "Inequality, Economic Growth and Economic Performance." (58Kb)
• Sinha, Saurabh and Michael Lipton.  "Damaging Fluctuations, Risk and Poverty: A Review." (406Kb)
• Varshney, Ashutosh.  "Democracy and Poverty."  (151Kb)
• Wodon, Quentin.  "Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: Essays on Joseph Wresinski." (334Kb)
• Yaqub, Shahin.  "How Equitable is Public Spending on Health and Education?"(143Kb)

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