BWPI Working Papers
BWPI publishes a variety of working papers. The topics reflect the Institute's multi-disciplinary, cross-organisational research activity, particularly focusing on the following areas:
- Poverty and financial services
- Climate change and poverty
- Health and poverty
- Poverty and access to justice
- Poverty in the North West of England
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| Number | Title | 110/2010 | The Political Economy of the MDGs: Retrospect and Prospect for the World's Biggest Promise (David Hulme, James Scott) PDF / Abstract |
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| 109/2010 | The trend of the Gini coefficient of China (Jiandong Chen et al) PDF / Abstract | 108/2009 | Welfare Effects of Regressive Taxation and Subsidies in China (Xiaobing Wang, Jenifer Piesse) PDF / Abstract |
| 107/2009 | Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Experiences from International Development’(Michael Bamberger, Vijayendra Rao, Michael Woolcock) PDF/Abstract | 106/2009 | Do transfers generate local economy effects? (Armando Barrientos, Rachel Sabatés-Wheeler) PDF/Abstract |
| 105/2009 | Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals: Politics, Ethics, Evidence and an ‘Unholy Alliance’ (David Hulme) PDF / Abstract | 104/2009 | Exploring a Political Approach to Rights-Based Development in North West Cameroon: From Rights and Marginality to Citizenship and Justice (Jeidoh Duni, Robert Fon, Sam Hickey, Nuhu Salihu) PDF / Abstract |
| 103/2009 | Microcredit, labour, and poverty impacts in urban Mexico (Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Paul Mosley) PDF / Abstract | 102/2009 | New Actors, New Political Spaces, Same Divided City? Reflections on Poverty and the Politics of Urban Development in Salvador, Bahia (John Gledhill, Maria Gabriela Hita) PDF / Abstract |
| 101/2009 | Operational Framework for Integrating Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Development (Christine Wamsler) PDF / Abstract | 100/2009 | The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A Short History of the World’s Biggest Promise (David Hulme) PDF / Abstract |
| 99/2009 | ‘We Have Always Lived Here’: Indigenous Movements, Citizenship and Poverty in Argentina (Matthias vom Hau and Guillermo Wilde) PDF / Abstract | 98/2009 | Inequality and the Impact of Growth on Poverty: Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa (Augustin Kwasi Fosu) PDF / Abstract |
| 97/2009 | Anthropologies of the Urban Periphery: Salvador, Bahia (Maria Gabriela Hita and John Gledhill) PDF / Abstract | 96/2009 | International Norm Dynamics and ‘the End of Poverty’: Understanding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and David Hulme) PDF / Abstract |
| 95/2009 | Developing Countries in the ITO and GATT Negotiations (James Scott) PDF / Abstract | 94/2009 | Changing Articulations of Class and Ethnicity: A Villa Miseria in Buenos Aires (Alejandro Grimson) PDF / Abstract |
| 93/2009 | The Redistributive Threat: State Power and the Effect of Inequality on Democracy (Hillel David Soifer) PDF / Abstract | 92/2009 | The Tools of Transition: Education and Development in Modern Southeast Asian History (Tim Harper) PDF / Abstract |
| 91/2009 | Hiding Conflict over Industry Returns: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Sarah Bracking) PDF / Abstract | 90/2009 | Strategising Consultation: Government Approaches to Legitimising Land Tenure Reform Policies in Post-apartheid South Africa (Elizabeth Fortin) PDF / Abstract |
| 89/2009 | Economic Development and Surplus Labour: A Critical Review of the Lewis Model (Xiaobing Wang and Jenifer Piesse) PDF / Abstract | 88/2009 | Targeting the Poor versus Financial Sustainability and External Funding: Evidence of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana (Samuel Kobina Annim) PDF / Abstract |
| 87/2009 | The Role of Microfinance in Asset-Building and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Sinapi Aba Trust of Ghana (Joseph Kimos Adjei, Thankom Arun and Farhad Hossain) PDF / Abstract | 86/2009 | Interim Institutions and the Development Process: Opening Spaces for Reform in Cambodia and Indonesia (Daniel Adler, Caroline Sage and Michael Woolcock) PDF / Abstract |
| 85/2009 | Flying Blind? Constructing Evidence-based Poverty Reduction Policies in PRSP Adopting Countries (Richard Marshall, Bernard Walters and Frederick Nixson) PDF / Abstract | 84/2009 | Development Finance, Private and Public Sectors in Zimbabwe: Sustainability or Odious Debt? (Sarah Bracking and Lloyd Sachikonye) PDF / Abstract |
| 83/2009 | Social Identities (Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Matthias vom Hau) PDF / Abstract | 82/2009 | Bismarckian Transformations in Contemporary Nicaragua? From Gang Member to Drug Dealer to Legal Entrepreneur (Dennis Rodgers) PDF / Abstract |
| 81/2009 | EU-MERCOSUR Trade Agreement: Potential Impacts on Rural Livelihoods and Gender (with Focus on Bio-fuels Feedstock Expansion) (Leonith Hinojosa) PDF / Abstract | 80/2009 | Non-governmental Organisations and African Wildlife Conservation: A Preliminary Analysis (Katherine Scholfield and Dan Brockington) PDF / Abstract |
| 79/2009 | Health in India Since Independence (Sunil S. Amrith) PDF / Abstract | 78/2009 | Global Poverty and Inequality: A Brief Retrospective and Prospective Analysis (Michael Woolcock) PDF / Abstract |
| 77/2009 | Energy and Natural Resource Dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 (Paul Warde) PDF / Abstract | 76/2009 | Savings, Credit, and Insurance: Household Demand for Formal Financial Services in Rural Ghana (Mirko Bendig, Lena Giesbert and Susan Steiner) PDF / Abstract |
| 75/2009 | Trading on a Grant: Integrating Formal and Informal Social Protection in Post-Apartheid Migrant Networks (Andries du Toit and David Neves) PDF / Abstract | 74/2009 | Informal Social Protection in Post-Apartheid Migrant Networks: Vulnerability, Social Networks and Reciprocal Exchange in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa (Andries du Toit and David Neves) PDF / Abstract |
| 73/2009 | Towards a Plurality of Methods in Project Evaluation: A Contextualised Approach to Understanding Impact Trajectories and Efficacy (Michael Woolcock) PDF / Abstract | 72/2009 | Microfinance Programmes and the Poor: Whom are They Reaching? Evidence from Ghana (Joseph Kimos Adjei and Thankom Arun) PDF / Abstract |
| 71/2009 | The Satisfied Poor: Evidence from South India (Daniel Neff) PDF / Abstract | 70/2009 | Determinants of Integration and Its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants: A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin (Alexander M. Danzer and Hulya Ulku) PDF / Abstract |
| 69/2009 | Soaring Food Prices: A Threat or Opportunity in Asia? (Ganesh Thapa, Raghav Gaiha, Katsushi S. Imai and Varsha S. Kulkarni) PDF / Abstract | 68/2009 | How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? (Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra Rao) PDF / Abstract |
| 67/2009 | The End of Literacy: The Growth and Measurement of British Public Education Since the Early 19th Century (David Vincent) PDF / Abstract | 66/2008 | Healthcare Policy for American Indians Since the Early 20th Century (Stephen J. Kunitz) PDF / Abstract |
| 65/2008 | Multidimensional Poverty in the Republic of Congo: Being Poor Simultaneously in Many Ways (Geranda Notten) PDF / Abstract | 64/2008 | Foodgrain Stocks, Prices and Speculation (Katsushi Imai, Raghav Gaiha and Ganesh Thapa) PDF / Abstract |
| 63/2008 | Fertility, Parental Education and Development in India: Evidence from NSS and NFHS in 1992-2006 (Katsushi S. Imai and Takahiro Sato) PDF / Abstract | 62/2008 | Special Rights in Property: Why Modern African Economies Are Dependent on Mineral Resources (Keith Breckenridge) PDF / Abstract |
| 61/2008 | Over the Border and Under the Radar: Should Illegal Migrants Be Active Citizens? (Matthew Clarke) PDF / Abstract | 60/2008 | The Story of the Grameen Bank: From Subsidised Microcredit to Market-based Microfinance(David Hulme) PDF / Abstract |
| 59/2008 | Indigenous and Colonial Origins of Comparative Economic Development: The Case of Colonial India and Africa (C.A. Bayly) PDF / Abstract |
| 58/2008 | Historical Lessons about Contemporary Social Welfare: Chinese Puzzles and Global Challenges (R. Bin Wong) PDF / Abstract |
| 57/2008 | Contention and Ambiguity: Mining and the Possibilities of Development (Anthony Bebbington, Leonith Hinojosa, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, Maria Luisa Burneo and Ximena Warnaars) PDF / Abstract |
| 56/2008 | Social Security as a Developmental Institution? Extending the Solar Case for the Relative Efficacy of Poor Relief Provisions under the English Old Poor Law (Richard M. Smith) PDF / Abstract |
| 55/2008 | Micro-insurance in the Context of Social Protection (Thankom Arun and Susan Steiner) PDF / Abstract |
| 54/2008 | Microfinance - A Way Forward (Thankom Arun and David Hulme) PDF / Abstract |
| 53/2008 | Realist Ontology and Epistemology for Rural Research (Wendy Olsen) PDF / Abstract |
| 52/2008 | Social Transfers and Growth: A Review (Armando Barrientos and James Scott) PDF / Abstract |
| 51/2008 | Social Business Enterprises - Maximising Social Benefits or Maximising Profits? The Case of Grameen-Danone Foods Limited (Asad Kamran Ghalib and Farhad Hossain) PDF / Abstract | 50/2008 | Diamond mining, governance initiatives and post-conflict development in Sierra Leone (Roy Maconachie) PDF/ Abstract |
| 49/2008 | International financial regulation, access to finance, systemic stability, and development (Emilios Avgouleas) PDF /Abstract | 48/2008 | The interpretation of globalization amongst Chinese business leaders: a managerial and organizational cognition approach (Aminu Mamman) PDF/Abstract |
| 47/2008 | Remitting and Saving Behaviour of International Migrants: Evidence from Turkish Households in Germany (Hulya Ulku) PDF/Abstract | 46/2008 | Arrested Development: The Political Origins and Socio-Economic Foundations of Common Violence in Jamaica (Imani Duncan-Waite, Michael Woolcock) PDF/Abstract |
| 45/2008 | Transmission of World Commodity Prices to Domestic Commodity Prices in India and China (Katsushi Imai, Raghav Gaiha and Ganesh Thapa) PDF/Abstract | 44/2008 | Survey Trust, Experimental Trust and ROSCA Membership in Rural Cameroon (Alvin Etang, David Fielding and Stephen Knowles) PDF/Abstract |
| 43/2008 | How important is the capacity of local governments for improvements in welfare? Evidence from decentralised Uganda (Susan Steiner) PDF / Abstract | 42/2008 | Aspiration paradox in Indian micro-finance: A difficulty and an opportunity for debate. (Wendy Olsen) PDF / Abstract |
| 41/2008 | Was the Mandal Commission right? Living standard differences between backward classes and other social groups in India. (Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun) PDF /Abstract | 40/2008 | Not always in the people's interest: power-sharing arrangements in African peace agreements (Andreas Mehler) PDF / Abstract |
| 39/2008 | Institutions, Trade, and Social Cohesion in Fragile States (Mina Baliamoune-Lutz) PDF /Abstract | 38/2008 | Financing the Poor: Can microcredit make a difference? Empirical observations from Bangladesh (Farhad Hossain and Tonya Knight) PDF / Abstract |
| 37/2008 | Locating and Extending Livelihoods Research (Martin Prowse) PDF / Abstract | 36/2008 | Water Rights in South Africa: Insights from Legislative Reform (Philip Woodhouse) PDF / Abstract |
| 35/2008 | Communal Tenure and Rural Poverty: reflections on land transactions in Svosve Communal Area, Zimbabwe. (Admos Chimhowu and Philip Woodhouse) PDF / Abstract | 34/2008 | Halving poverty in Post-HIPC-MDRI economies by 2015: How much will it cost and is it achievable? (Jacinta. C. Nwachukwu) PDF / Abstract |
| 33/2008 | Mining and social movements: struggles over livelihood and rural territorial development in the Andes (Anthony Bebbington et al) PDF / Abstract | 32/2008 | Managing Assets and Vulnerability Contexts: Vistas of Gendered Livelihoods of Adivasi Women in South India (Shoba Arun) PDF ( 520KB) / Abstract |
| 31/2008 | A macroeconomic policy approach to poverty reduction (Sushanta K. Mallick) PDF - (148KB) / Abstract | 30/2008 | Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest in Developing Countries: Reflections on a Quiet Revolution (Armando Barrientos and David Hulme) - PDF (100KB) / Abstract |
| 29/2008 | Helping the Needy: Factors Influencing the Development of Microfinance in Barbados (Tonya Knight and Farhad Hossain) - PDF (78KB) / Abstract | 28/2008 | Remittances, Poverty Reduction and Informalisation in Zimbabwe 2005-6: a political economy of dispossession? (Sarah Bracking and Lloyd Sachikonye) - PDF ( 255 KB) / Abstract |
| 27/2008 | Tracking economic policy and poverty outcomes in Mongolia (Richard Marshall, Frederick Nixson and Bernard Walters) - PDF (255KB) / Abstract | 26/2008 | The prospects for foreign debt sustainability in post-completion point countries: implications of the HIPC-MDRI framework (Jacinta Nwachukwu) - PDF (156KB) / Abstract |
| 25/2008 | Foreign capital inflows, economic policies and the real exchange rate in Sub Saharan Africa: is there an interaction effect? (Jacinta Nwachukwu) - PDF (127KB) / Abstract | 24/2008 | New agricultural frontiers in post-conflict Sierra Leone? Exploring institutional challenges for wetland management in the Eastern Province (Roy Maconachie) PDF (222KB) / Abstract |
| 23/2008 | Determinants of Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine (Tilman Brück, Alexander M. Danzer, Alexander Muravyev, Natalia Weißhaar) - PDF (488KB) / Abstract | 22/2008 | How well is the demand-driven, community management model for rural water supply systems doing? Evidence from Bolivia, Peru and Ghana. (Dale Whittington, Jennifer Davis, Linda Prokopy, Kristin Komives, Richard Thorsten, Heather Lukacs, Alexander Bakalian, Wendy Wakeman) PDF (172KB) / Abstract |
| 21/2008 | Adoption of the Internet in rural NGOs in Indonesia - a study on Internet appropriation for rural sector reform (Yanuar Nugroho) - PDF (701KB) / Abstract | 20/2008 | The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge (David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers and Michael Woolcock) - PDF (113KB) / Abstract |
| 19/2008 | Poverty Dynamics: Measurement and Understanding from an Interdisciplinary Perspective (Tony Addison, David Hulme and Ravi Kanbur) - PDF (152KB) / Abstract | 18/2008 | An Optimisation Model for Use of the Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine to Prevent Typhoid in Developing Countries (Donald T. Lauria, Brian Maskery, Christine Poulos and Dale Whittington) - PDF (201KB) / Abstract |
| 17/2007 | Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries (Caroline Sage, Michael Woolcock) - PDF (96KB) / Abstract |
| 16/2007 | The making of the Millennium Development Goals: human development meets results-based management in an imperfect world (David Hulme) - PDF (123KB) / Abstract |
| 15/2007 | Caveat Emptor: The computable general equilibrium approach to assessing the poverty impact of trade liberalisation (Colin Kirkpatrick and S. Serban Scrieciu) - PDF (32KB) / Abstract |
| 14/2007 | Pro-Poor Growth: Explaining the Cross-Country Variation in the Growth Elasticity of Poverty (Ajay Chhibber, Gaurav Nayyar) - PDF (218KB) / Abstract |
| 13/2007 | Disparity, Deprivation and Discrimination in Rural India ( Raghav Gaiha, Ganesh Thapa, Katsushi Imai and Vani S. Kulkarni) - PDF (115KB) / Abstract |
| 12/2007 | Using Mixed Methods to Assess Social Capital in Low Income Countries: A Practical Guide (Veronica Nyhan Jones, Michael Woolcock) - PDF (113KB) / Abstract |
| 11/2007 | State infrastructural power and nationalism: Comparative lessons from Mexico and Argentina (Matthias vom Hau) - PDF (99KB) / Abstract |
| 10/2007 | Poverty, Inequality and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam (Katsushi Imai, Raghav Gaiha) - PDF (316KB) / Abstract |
| 09/2007 | A Relational Approach to the Theory and Practices of Economic Development (Michael Woolcock, Elizabeth Radin) - PDF (106KB) / Abstract |
| 08/2007 | Empowerment, Deliberative Development and Local Level Politics in Indonesia: Participatory Projects as a Source of Countervailing Power (Christopher Gibson, Michael Woolcock) - PDF (217KB) / Abstract |
| 07/2007 | Risks, rights, and needs: Compatible or contradictory bases for social protection? (Lauchlan T. Munro) - PDF (129KB)/ Abstract |
| 06/2007 | Introducing basic social protection in low-income countries: Lessons from existing programmes (Armando Barrientos) - PDF (136KB)/ Abstract |
| 05/2007 | Financing Social Protection (Armando Barrientos) - PDF (81KB)/ Abstract |
| 04/2007 | Conceptualising the Politics of Social Protection in Africa (Sam Hickey) - PDF (150KB)/ Abstract |
| 03/2007 | Political Incumbency and Drought Relief in Africa (Ngonidzashe Munemo) - PDF (98KB)/ Abstract |
| 02/2007 | Contesting unfair international capitalism: Assessment of the effectiveness and impact of campaigning and advocacy from the NGO sector (Leonith Hinojosa et al) PDF (142KB)/ Abstract |
| 01/2007 | Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh: learning from BRAC's 'Targeting the Ultra Poor' Programme (David Hulme and Karen Moore) PDF (194KB) / Abstract |
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