World Development
Overview
World Development is a renowned interdisciplinary journal that publishes cutting-edge research on economic, social, and political aspects of development. With a global perspective, it explores issues such as poverty, inequality, sustainability, and governance, providing valuable insights for policymakers, academics, and practitioners working towards inclusive and sustainable development worldwide.
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h-index / Ranks: 548
219
SJR / Ranks: 974
2253
CiteScore / Ranks: 1186
10.90
Recent Articles
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Gautam S, Gechter M, Guiteras R, Mobarak A
World Dev
. 2025 Mar;
187:106791.
PMID: 40026693
We conduct a systematic re-analysis of intervention-based studies that promote hygienic latrines and evaluate via experimental methods. We impose systematic inclusion criteria to identify such studies and compile their microdata...
2.
Gram L, Paradkar S, Singh C, Suryavanshi A, Cislaghi B, Osrin D, et al.
World Dev
. 2025 Jan;
179:106602.
PMID: 39846005
Despite ambitions in development and global health policy to transform communities into supportive environments for women facing risks of violence, our understanding of how to best engage communities remains incomplete....
3.
Brunckhorst B, Cojocaru A, Kim Y, Kugler M
World Dev
. 2024 Dec;
175:106485.
PMID: 39677538
This study examines household welfare dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic, using harmonized data from over 300 phone surveys in 80 countries during 2020 and 2021, representing more than 2.5 billion...
4.
Williams A, Stuart C, Perrin N, Heise L, Anglewicz P, Decker M
World Dev
. 2024 Nov;
186.
PMID: 39583886
Women's empowerment and poverty alleviation are two key factors for successful and equitable international development. Norms surrounding women's economic participation and economic agency change over time, with some individuals achieving...
5.
Lungu E, Rozelle J, Smith-Greenaway E
World Dev
. 2024 Oct;
185.
PMID: 39399156
In developing contexts, where formal health services are still expanding, understanding what factors discourage individuals from using health services is critical to advance population health. A long theorized, but rarely...
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Alam S, Liu S, Portner C
World Dev
. 2024 Sep;
182.
PMID: 39328830
Global food prices rose substantially after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines the impact of rising food prices during the pandemic on food security in Burkina Faso....
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Galarraga O, Quijano-Ruiz A, Faytong-Haro M
World Dev
. 2024 Jun;
181.
PMID: 38911668
Starting in 2017, Ecuador gradually expanded its primary healthcare access program nationwide using mobile traveling healthcare teams through the (EMB) [or Neighborhood Doctor Strategy]. EMB teams, composed of a primary...
8.
Bhojani A, Alsager A, McCann J, Joachim D, Kabati M, Jeong J
World Dev
. 2024 Jun;
179.
PMID: 38882390
Women's economic empowerment is recognized as a fundamental component of gender equality and global development. Despite a significant body of evidence highlighting the positive effects of women's labor force participation...
9.
Euler M, Jaleta M, Gartaula H
World Dev
. 2024 Jun;
178:106567.
PMID: 38826843
The dynamics in intra-household decision-making are often neglected in literature on the adoption of agricultural innovations. However, households' farm management decisions are often made following negotiations between female and male...
10.
Sundstrom A, Paxton P, Wang Y, Lindberg S
World Dev
. 2024 May;
94:321-335.
PMID: 38817881
The political empowerment of women is a societal process crucial to development and progress. The V-Dem women's political empowerment index (WPEI) provides information about women's civil liberties, civil society participation,...