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A Learning Agenda for Community-Driven Development: Responding to Complex Contextual, Evaluation, and Inference Challenges 1 2 4 14 4 29 161 180
A Relational Approach to the Theory and Practices of Economic Development 0 0 0 46 1 3 4 179
Arrested Development: The Political Origins and Socio-Economic Foundations of Common Violence in Jamaica 0 0 0 67 1 2 7 372
Assessing Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 9
Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries 0 0 0 33 2 3 14 136
Capability Traps? The Mechanisms of Persistent Implementation Failure - Working Paper 234 0 0 3 121 4 12 31 326
Culture, Politics, and Development 0 0 0 41 0 0 7 58
Culture, politics, and development 0 1 1 56 2 4 11 127
Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems 0 0 1 1 4 8 20 20
Documenting Myanmar's social transformation: insights from six rounds of research on livelihoods and social change in rural communities 0 0 1 7 3 3 9 26
Doing Iterative and Adaptive Work 0 0 2 68 3 3 19 192
Doing Problem Driven Work 0 0 1 17 2 6 19 142
Doing Problem Driven Work 0 0 0 10 1 1 5 80
Empowerment and local level conflict mediation in Indonesia: a comparative analysis of concepts, measures, and project efficacy 0 0 1 158 1 3 23 512
Empowerment, Deliberative Development and Local Level Politics in Indonesia: Participatory Projects as a Source of Countervailing Power 0 1 3 76 5 6 14 261
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States 0 0 0 22 0 0 3 57
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States 0 0 0 10 2 2 7 40
Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: An Alternative Approach to Theory, Measurement and Practice 0 0 1 18 1 1 12 60
Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies and Best Practices to Better Implementation 0 0 0 8 0 2 12 45
Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies annd Best Practices to Better Implementation 0 0 0 8 2 2 13 35
Enhancing the quality of public service delivery: insights from recent research 0 1 1 37 3 7 23 260
Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 0 80 1 2 7 257
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 1 4 6 95 9 25 47 489
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 1 51 1 1 16 235
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 0 0 0 8 5 7 15 122
Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 1 1 2 16 5 9 31 152
Examining Business Reform Committees: Findings from a New Global Dataset 0 0 0 5 3 4 10 22
Global Poverty and Inequality: A Brief Retrospective and Prospective Analysis 0 0 0 107 3 7 13 208
Governance in the gullies: democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi's slums 0 0 0 169 4 6 12 481
How (not) to fix problems that matter: assessing and responding to Malawi's history of institutional reform 0 0 0 4 6 7 16 49
How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? 0 0 0 179 1 3 9 281
How and why does history matter for development policy ? 1 2 2 363 2 5 13 504
Implementing Adaptive Approaches in Real World Scenarios: A Nigeria Case Study, with Lessons for Theory and Practice 0 0 0 14 6 7 11 55
Integrating qualitative methods into investment climate impact evaluations 0 0 1 32 2 3 12 86
Interim Institutions and the Development Process: Opening Spaces for Reform in Cambodia and Indonesia 0 0 0 79 1 2 15 192
Intersubjective meaning and collective action in'fragile'societies: theory, evidence and policy implications 0 0 0 68 3 4 8 137
Legal Pluralism and Equity 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 11
Local conflict and development projects in Indonesia: part of the problem or part of a solution ? 0 0 1 238 1 2 9 579
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 1 1 1 201 3 4 12 451
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 0 1 3 30 4 12 30 175
Managing Your Authorizing Environment in a PDIA Process 0 1 2 51 7 10 25 279
Measuring What Matters: Principles for a Balanced Data Suite That Prioritizes Problem-Solving and Learning 0 0 3 15 1 3 27 49
Nearshoring in Hermosillo: Analysis of Economic Growth Opportunities 0 1 4 12 8 15 64 72
On"good"politicians and"bad"policies - social cohesion, institutions, and growth 0 0 1 632 3 4 18 1,958
Operationalizing the Science of Delivery Agenda to Enhance Development Results 0 0 2 2 5 7 21 21
Process Legitimacy and Development: Analytical Framings, Implications, and Applications 0 2 8 8 3 8 24 24
Process and Implementation Evaluations: A Primer 0 0 2 9 3 5 16 50
Reasons for Using Mixed Methods in the Evaluation of Complex Projects 0 1 2 34 2 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 2 2 5 15
Responding Adaptively to the COVID-19 Crisis in Indonesia: Insights and Implications from an Indonesian Governance Program 0 0 0 5 4 4 12 32
Role of Law and Justice in Achieving Gender Equality 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 9
Scaling PDIA through Broad Agency, and Your Role 0 0 0 29 2 8 14 192
Small States in a Global Economy: the Role of Institutions in Managing Vulnerability and Opportunity in Small Developing Countries 0 0 1 105 6 6 13 287
Social Capital, Trust and Well-being in the Evaluation of Wealth 0 0 0 78 2 5 15 77
Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth 0 0 4 921 2 5 40 2,015
Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced ? 0 1 9 20 6 9 49 78
Social capital, trust, and well-being in the evaluation of wealth 0 0 0 36 0 3 11 111
Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development 0 0 1 30 2 4 15 112
Ten Consequential and Actionable ‘Social’ Contributions to the Theory, Practice, and Evaluation of Development 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 23
The Big Stuck in State Capability for Policy Implementation 0 0 2 75 2 7 23 212
The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability 1 2 3 29 5 17 42 158
The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability 1 1 1 21 9 9 19 69
The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge 0 0 0 60 0 1 10 194
The Middle-Income Trap: Myth or Reality? 1 2 4 129 4 8 24 492
The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth 1 1 1 464 5 7 20 1,160
The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth 1 1 1 1,202 7 13 22 2,801
The fiction of development: knowledge, authority and representation 0 0 0 12 3 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 2 22 2 3 14 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 2 4 7 79
Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics 1 1 2 64 6 9 15 150
Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory 0 0 0 32 1 1 4 103
Towards a Plurality of Methods in Project Evaluation: A Contextualised Approach to Understanding Impact Trajectories and Efficacy 0 0 2 295 2 6 19 897
Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Delivery in MENA 0 1 2 40 2 6 15 119
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of 'Complex' Development Interventions 0 0 0 38 3 6 15 162
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of 'Complex' Development Interventions 0 0 0 19 1 4 13 60
Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of ‘Complex’ Development Interventions 0 0 1 11 3 8 18 119
Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Experiences from International Development’ 0 0 1 254 1 3 20 704
Using Mixed Methods to Assess Social Capital in Low Income Countries: A Practical Guide 0 0 2 165 2 2 9 391
Using mixed methods in monitoring and evaluation: experiences from international development 0 0 1 450 2 2 29 1,434
What Data-Rich Assessments of Socioeconomic Inequality and Mobility in Rich Countries Overlook in Poor Countries 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 10
When Do Development Projects Enhance Community Well-Being? 0 0 1 18 2 6 23 52
Why Does Hirschmanian Development Remain Mired on the Margins? Because Implementation (and Reform) Really is 'a Long Voyage of Discovery' 0 0 1 34 2 2 8 58
Total Working Papers 11 29 104 8,014 235 450 1,493 22,732


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 1 3 23 275 15 28 97 641
Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) 1 4 9 158 15 26 69 779
Examining business reform committees: findings from a new global dataset 0 0 1 1 3 5 9 9
Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank 0 0 0 440 3 6 19 870
Governance in the Gullies: Democratic Responsiveness and Leadership in Delhi's Slums 0 2 3 218 2 8 28 707
Higher education, policy schools, and development studies: what should masters degree students be taught? 0 0 1 132 4 5 12 325
How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy? 0 0 0 52 5 5 17 189
Intersubjective Meaning and Collective Action in Developing Societies: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications 0 0 0 7 4 6 11 44
Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation 4 7 17 192 21 48 110 643
Microenterprise and social capital:: A framework for theory, research, and policy 0 0 3 539 2 4 17 1,075
New Approaches to Identifying State Fragility 0 0 4 46 5 28 54 179
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 3 4 4 4
Relative Effectiveness of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review 0 4 10 44 5 17 41 167
SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTH 0 1 9 297 3 13 50 769
Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy 0 0 0 4 14 43 125 3,205
Social sustainability and the development process: what is it, why does it matter, and how can it be enhanced? 0 0 2 2 3 8 17 17
Solutions When the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development 2 4 16 598 8 23 112 2,006
The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge 0 0 0 157 1 2 10 643
The Projection of Development: Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge? 0 0 0 6 3 4 6 75
The Sounds of Development: Musical Representation as A(nother) Source of Development Knowledge 0 0 0 1 3 3 7 24
The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth 0 0 0 4 6 12 45 1,183
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 13 254
Total Journal Articles 8 25 99 3,414 129 300 881 14,112


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Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform 0 0 1 20 2 9 29 83
Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action 3 6 13 70 16 29 57 372
Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire 4 14 41 531 22 59 187 1,939
Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil 0 0 0 19 4 5 9 170
Social Sustainability in Development 1 2 3 3 7 11 34 36
Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa 0 1 1 24 1 4 12 78
Total Books 8 23 59 667 52 117 328 2,678


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