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A series of policy-relevant research briefs designed to summarize messages emerging from research conducted within these different groups.
IDPM Working Papers
The Institute regularly publishes a variety of working papers, most of which are available online free of charge.
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Latest Papers Published
Development Economics and Public Policy Series
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 34/2012 | Does Local Financial Development Matter for Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector? Evidence from India (Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh Raj S N and Kunal Sen). |
| 33/2012 | Do We See Convergence in Institutions? A Cross-Country Analysis (Antonio Savoia and Kunal Sen). |
| 32/2012 | The Labour Share of Income around the World. Evidence from a Panel Dataset (Marta Guerriero). |
| 31/2011 | Productivity Measurement in Indian Manufacturing: A Comparison of Alternative Methods (Vinish Kathuria, Rajesh Raj S.N. and Kunal Sen). |
More papers in the Development Economics and Public Policy Series.
Development Informatics Series
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 51/2013 | ICTs and Social Movements under Authoritarian Regimes: An Actor-Network Perspective (Richard Heeks & Ryoung Seo-Zindy) |
| 50/2012 | Mobile Phones for Agricultural and Rural Development: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions (Richard Duncombe). |
| 49/2012 | Women’s ICT Sector Employment in Developing Countries: Dualism of Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Case of Sri Lanka (Sharon Morgan). |
| 48/2012 | Understanding Mobile Phone Impact on Livelihoods in Developing Countries: A New Research Framework (Richard Duncombe). |
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iGovernment - Information Systems, Technology and Government Series
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 22/2012 | Steering e-Government Projects from Failure to Success: Using Design-Reality Gap Analysis as a Mid-Implementation Assessment Tool (Lemma Lessa, Solomon Negash & Mesfin Belachew). |
| 21/2011 | A Framework for Assessing Privacy Readiness of e-Government (Kristof Kessler, Nils Hettich, Chadley Parsons, Craig Richardson & Anny Triana). |
| 20/2010 | Analysing e-Government Project Failure: Comparing Factoral, Systems and Interpretive Approaches (Carolyne Stanforth). |
| 19/2009 | Understanding Adoption of e-Govrnment: Principals, Agents and Institutional Dualism (Richard Heeks & Rita Santos). |
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Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Papers
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 181/2013 | Have natural disasters become deadlier? (Raghav Gaiha, Kenneth Hill, Ganesh Thapa and Varsha S. Kulkarni) |
| 180/2013 | Poverty and development thinking: synthesis or uneasy compromise? (David Hulme) |
| 179/2012 | Fighting discrimination: W. Arthur Lewis and the dual economy of Manchester in the 1950s (Paul Mosley and Barbara Ingham) |
| 178/2012 | Urban poverty in Bangladesh: causes, consequences, and coping strategies (Nicola Banks) |
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Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Working Papers
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 169/2010 | Ethnic minority poverty in Vietnam (Bob Baulch, Hoa Thi Minh Nguyen, Phuong Thi Thu Phuong, Hung Thai Pham). |
| 160/2010 | Mothers' human capital and the intergenerational transmission of poverty (Jere R. Behrman, Alexis Murphy, Agnes Quisumbing, Kathryn Yount). |
| 159/2010 | Inheritance and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Considerations (Elizabeth Cooper). |
| 158/2010 | Testing a poverty trap mechanism with Tsimane' panel data (Emilie Purge). |
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Global Urban Research Centre (GURC) Working Papers
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 8/2012 | Land tenure and urban conflict: A review of the literature (Melanie Lombard) |
| 7/2011 | The importance of assets in current development debates: Millennium Development Goals, social protection and climate change (Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein) |
| 6/2010 | Climate change adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia: A case study of Kalingalinga and Linda Compounds (Danny Simatele) |
| 5/2010 | Implementing Urban Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Appraisals: A Methodological Guideline (Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein) |
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ESID Working Papers
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 19/2013 | Donors, Development Agencies and the use of Political Economic Analysis: Getting to grips with the politics of development? (Laura Routley and David Hulme) |
| 18/2013 | Institutions, Incentives and Service Provision: Bringing Politics Back In (Brian Levy and Michael Walton) |
| 17/2013 | Methods in Governance Research: A Review of Research Approaches (Lawrence Sáez) |
| 16/2012 | Developing the guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): elite commitment and inclusive growth (Lant Pritchett and Eric Werker) |
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Centre for Organisations in Development Working Papers
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 9/2013 | Implementation of the OECD DAC Principles in South Korea: Implications for Future DAC Member States (Sojin Lim) |
| 8/2012 | Performance Management in Provincial Administration in Thailand (Nicha Sathornkich and Derek Eldridge) |
| 7/2012 | Institutional Bottlenecks and Poor Service Delivery: A Case of Missing Linkages in the District Government System in Pakistan (Iram A Khan and Asad K Ghalib) |
| 6/2011 | Employee Participation in INGOs in Kenya: A Middle Way? (Carol Brunt and Willy McCourt) |
More papers from the Centre for Organisation in Development Series.