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A Learning Agenda for Community-Driven Development: Responding to Complex Contextual, Evaluation, and Inference Challenges 2 3 6 16 10 20 171 190
A Relational Approach to the Theory and Practices of Economic Development 0 0 0 46 0 2 4 179
Arrested Development: The Political Origins and Socio-Economic Foundations of Common Violence in Jamaica 0 0 0 67 2 4 9 374
Assessing Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 9
Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries 0 0 0 33 0 2 14 136
Capability Traps? The Mechanisms of Persistent Implementation Failure - Working Paper 234 4 4 7 125 11 20 41 337
Culture, Politics, and Development 0 0 0 41 0 0 7 58
Culture, politics, and development 0 1 1 56 1 5 12 128
Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems 0 0 1 1 0 6 20 20
Documenting Myanmar's social transformation: insights from six rounds of research on livelihoods and social change in rural communities 0 0 0 7 0 3 8 26
Doing Iterative and Adaptive Work 0 0 2 68 1 4 19 193
Doing Problem Driven Work 1 1 1 18 1 4 19 143
Doing Problem Driven Work 1 1 1 11 1 2 6 81
Empowerment and local level conflict mediation in Indonesia: a comparative analysis of concepts, measures, and project efficacy 0 0 1 158 7 9 27 519
Empowerment, Deliberative Development and Local Level Politics in Indonesia: Participatory Projects as a Source of Countervailing Power 0 0 3 76 1 6 15 262
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States 0 0 0 10 0 2 7 40
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States 0 0 0 22 0 0 3 57
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: An Alternative Approach to Theory, Measurement and Practice 0 0 1 18 0 1 12 60
Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies and Best Practices to Better Implementation 0 0 0 8 0 0 12 45
Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies annd Best Practices to Better Implementation 0 0 0 8 1 3 14 36
Enhancing the quality of public service delivery: insights from recent research 0 0 1 37 0 4 22 260
Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 0 80 2 3 9 259
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 1 3 6 96 4 22 49 493
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 1 2 16 2 9 33 154
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 0 8 0 5 15 122
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 1 51 3 4 18 238
Examining Business Reform Committees: Findings from a New Global Dataset 0 0 0 5 1 4 11 23
Global Poverty and Inequality: A Brief Retrospective and Prospective Analysis 0 0 0 107 0 4 13 208
Governance in the gullies: democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi's slums 0 0 0 169 0 5 12 481
How (not) to fix problems that matter: assessing and responding to Malawi's history of institutional reform 0 0 0 4 0 6 15 49
How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? 0 0 0 179 0 3 9 281
How and why does history matter for development policy ? 0 1 2 363 0 3 13 504
Implementing Adaptive Approaches in Real World Scenarios: A Nigeria Case Study, with Lessons for Theory and Practice 0 0 0 14 3 9 14 58
Integrating qualitative methods into investment climate impact evaluations 0 0 1 32 0 3 12 86
Interim Institutions and the Development Process: Opening Spaces for Reform in Cambodia and Indonesia 0 0 0 79 0 1 15 192
Intersubjective meaning and collective action in'fragile'societies: theory, evidence and policy implications 0 0 0 68 1 5 9 138
Legal Pluralism and Equity 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 11
Local conflict and development projects in Indonesia: part of the problem or part of a solution ? 0 0 1 238 0 2 9 579
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 0 1 1 201 6 9 18 457
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 0 0 3 30 0 8 29 175
Managing Your Authorizing Environment in a PDIA Process 0 0 2 51 1 9 26 280
Measuring What Matters: Principles for a Balanced Data Suite That Prioritizes Problem-Solving and Learning 0 0 3 15 0 3 26 49
Nearshoring in Hermosillo: Analysis of Economic Growth Opportunities 0 0 4 12 5 15 66 77
On"good"politicians and"bad"policies - social cohesion, institutions, and growth 0 0 1 632 0 4 18 1,958
Operationalizing the Science of Delivery Agenda to Enhance Development Results 0 0 2 2 0 5 21 21
Process Legitimacy and Development: Analytical Framings, Implications, and Applications 1 1 9 9 3 8 27 27
Process and Implementation Evaluations: A Primer 0 0 2 9 0 3 16 50
Reasons for Using Mixed Methods in the Evaluation of Complex Projects 0 1 2 34 0 6 12 62
Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Challenges 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 15
Responding Adaptively to the COVID-19 Crisis in Indonesia: Insights and Implications from an Indonesian Governance Program 0 0 0 5 0 4 12 32
Role of Law and Justice in Achieving Gender Equality 1 1 2 2 1 3 6 10
Scaling PDIA through Broad Agency, and Your Role 0 0 0 29 1 5 15 193
Small States in a Global Economy: the Role of Institutions in Managing Vulnerability and Opportunity in Small Developing Countries 1 1 2 106 2 8 15 289
Social Capital, Trust and Well-being in the Evaluation of Wealth 0 0 0 78 1 4 16 78
Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth 0 0 4 921 0 2 40 2,015
Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced ? 0 0 5 20 0 6 43 78
Social capital, trust, and well-being in the evaluation of wealth 0 0 0 36 0 1 10 111
Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development 0 0 1 30 0 3 15 112
Ten Consequential and Actionable ‘Social’ Contributions to the Theory, Practice, and Evaluation of Development 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 23
The Big Stuck in State Capability for Policy Implementation 0 0 0 75 1 5 21 213
The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability 0 1 1 21 0 9 19 69
The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability 0 2 3 29 1 12 43 159
The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge 0 0 0 60 1 1 11 195
The Middle-Income Trap: Myth or Reality? 0 1 4 129 2 8 26 494
The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth 1 2 2 1,203 2 10 23 2,803
The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth 0 1 1 464 1 7 21 1,161
The fiction of development: knowledge, authority and representation 0 0 0 12 0 4 8 56
The politics of rule of law systems in developmental states: 'political settlements' as a basis for promoting effective justice institutions for marginalized groups 0 0 1 22 0 3 13 93
The projection of development: cinematic representation as an(other) source of authoritative knowledge ? 0 0 0 13 0 0 3 90
The projection of development: cinematic representation as an(other) source of authoritative knowledge? 0 0 0 12 0 4 7 79
Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics 1 2 3 65 4 11 18 154
Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory 0 0 0 32 0 1 4 103
Towards a Plurality of Methods in Project Evaluation: A Contextualised Approach to Understanding Impact Trajectories and Efficacy 0 0 2 295 0 2 19 897
Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Delivery in MENA 0 1 2 40 0 5 14 119
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of 'Complex' Development Interventions 0 0 0 19 1 2 14 61
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of 'Complex' Development Interventions 0 0 0 38 0 5 15 162
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of ‘Complex’ Development Interventions 0 0 1 11 0 4 16 119
Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Experiences from International Development’ 1 1 2 255 3 5 21 707
Using Mixed Methods to Assess Social Capital in Low Income Countries: A Practical Guide 0 0 2 165 0 2 9 391
Using mixed methods in monitoring and evaluation: experiences from international development 1 1 2 451 2 4 31 1,436
What Data-Rich Assessments of Socioeconomic Inequality and Mobility in Rich Countries Overlook in Poor Countries 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 11
When Do Development Projects Enhance Community Well-Being? 0 0 1 18 1 6 24 53
Why Does Hirschmanian Development Remain Mired on the Margins? Because Implementation (and Reform) Really is 'a Long Voyage of Discovery' 0 0 1 34 1 3 9 59
Total Working Papers 16 32 109 8,030 93 416 1,551 22,825


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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Book reviews 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes 0 2 21 275 8 26 99 649
Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 3 9 158 5 27 71 784
Examining business reform committees: findings from a new global dataset 0 0 1 1 1 4 10 10
Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank 1 1 1 441 1 4 19 871
Governance in the Gullies: Democratic Responsiveness and Leadership in Delhi's Slums 0 1 3 218 1 7 28 708
Higher education, policy schools, and development studies: what should masters degree students be taught? 1 1 2 133 1 5 12 326
How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? 0 0 0 52 1 6 18 190
Intersubjective Meaning and Collective Action in Developing Societies: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications 0 0 0 7 0 5 10 44
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 2 7 17 194 27 61 131 670
Microenterprise and social capital:: A framework for theory, research, and policy 2 2 5 541 2 5 17 1,077
New Approaches to Identifying State Fragility 0 0 2 46 0 19 49 179
Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Challenges 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4
Relative Effectiveness of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review 1 3 10 45 3 10 43 170
SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTH 0 0 7 297 3 9 49 772
Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy 0 0 0 4 4 32 125 3,209
Social sustainability and the development process: what is it, why does it matter, and how can it be enhanced? 0 0 2 2 0 5 17 17
Solutions When the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development 1 4 16 599 5 19 112 2,011
The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge 0 0 0 157 0 2 10 643
The Projection of Development: Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge? 0 0 0 6 1 4 7 76
The Sounds of Development: Musical Representation as A(nother) Source of Development Knowledge 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 24
The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth 0 0 0 4 1 11 39 1,184
The next 10 years in development studies: From modernization to multiple modernities, in theory and practice 0 0 1 149 0 0 3 298
Toward a plurality of methods in project evaluation: a contextualised approach to understanding impact trajectories and efficacy 0 0 0 92 1 2 14 255
Total Journal Articles 8 24 97 3,422 65 270 899 14,177


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Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform 0 0 1 20 3 12 32 86
Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action 6 11 18 76 18 44 72 390
Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire 3 15 39 534 8 49 180 1,947
Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil 0 0 0 19 1 6 10 171
Social Sustainability in Development 0 1 3 3 1 9 34 37
Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa 0 0 1 24 0 2 12 78
Total Books 9 27 62 676 31 122 340 2,709


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