Two articles by DIIS researchers in the 'Top 25 Hottest Articles' in World Development Ranking by ScienceDirectAccording to ScienceDirect, two articles by Stefano Ponte and Peter Gibbon currently rank in the ‘Top 25 Hottest Articles’ in the highly influential journal World Development. They are number 18 and 25 respectively. Top 25 Hottest Articles Social Sciences, World Development January - March 2009 1. Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality? • Article World Development, Volume 32, Issue 4, 1 April 2004, Pages 567-589 Wade, R.H. 2. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A New Convergence • Article World Development, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1 January 2003, Pages 53-69 Craig, D.; Porter, D. 3. Enchantment and Disenchantment: The Role of Community in Natural Resource Conservation • Article World Development, Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 April 1999, Pages 629-649 Agrawal, A.; Gibson, C.C. 4. Trade and Income Inequality in Developing Countries • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 2, 1 February 2009, Pages 287-302 Meschi, E.; Vivarelli, M. 5. Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Can Fair Trade, Organic, and Specialty Coffees Reduce Small-Scale Farmer Vulnerability in Northern Nicaragua? • Article World Development, Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 March 2005, Pages 497-511 Bacon, C. 6. How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 January 2009, Pages 26-35 Easterly, W. 7. Environmental Entitlements: Dynamics and Institutions in Community-Based Natural Resource Management • Article World Development, Volume 27, Issue 2, 1 February 1999, Pages 225-247 Leach, M.; Mearns, R.; Scoones, I. 8. The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus as a Paradigm for Developing Countries • Article World Development, Volume 28, Issue 5, 1 May 2000, Pages 789-804 Gore, C. 9. Are There Lessons for Africa from China's Success Against Poverty? • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 2, 1 February 2009, Pages 303-313 Ravallion, M. 10. The Microfinance Schism • Article World Development, Volume 28, Issue 4, 1 April 2000, Pages 617-629 Morduch, J. 11. Capitals and Capabilities: A Framework for Analyzing Peasant Viability, Rural Livelihoods and Poverty • Article World Development, Volume 27, Issue 12, 1 December 1999, Pages 2021-2044 Bebbington, A. 12. Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging • Article World Development, Volume 33, Issue 1, 1 January 2005, Pages 1-19 Kenny, C. 13. Is Transparency the Key to Reducing Corruption in Resource-Rich Countries? • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 521-532 Kolstad, I.; Wiig, A. 14. Can China's Growth be Sustained? A Productivity Perspective • Article World Development Zheng, J.; Bigsten, A.; Hu, A. 15. On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different? • Article World Development, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1 January 2002, Pages 107-119 Asiedu, E. 16. Globalization and Industry Agglomeration in China • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 3, 1 March 2009, Pages 550-559 Ge, Y. 17. Measuring Globalization of International Trade: Theory and Evidence • Article World Development, Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 January 2009, Pages 127-145 Arribas, I.; Perez, F.; Tortosa-Ausina, E. 18. The `Latte Revolution'? Regulation, Markets and Consumption in the Global Coffee Chain • Article World Development, Volume 30, Issue 7, 1 July 2002, Pages 1099-1122 Ponte, S. 19. The Globalization of Organic Agro-Food Networks • Article World Development, Volume 32, Issue 5, 1 May 2004, Pages 725-743 Raynolds, L.T. 20. The Two Faces of Globalization: Against Globalization as We Know It • Article World Development, Volume 31, Issue 4, 1 April 2003, Pages 667-683 Milanovic, B. 21. Conflicts Over Credit: Re-Evaluating the Empowerment Potential of Loans to Women in Rural Bangladesh • Article World Development, Volume 29, Issue 1, 1 January 2001, Pages 63-84 Kabeer, N. 22. Whose Voices? Whose Choices? Reflections on Gender and Participatory Development • Article World Development, Volume 31, Issue 8, 1 August 2003, Pages 1325-1342 Cornwall, A. 23. Social Capital and the Environment • Article World Development, Volume 29, Issue 2, 1 February 2001, Pages 209-227 Pretty, J.; Ward, H. 24. Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China: An Introduction • Article World Development Yao, Y.; Yueh, L. 25. Upgrading Primary Production: A Global Commodity Chain Approach • Article World Development, Volume 29, Issue 2, 1 February 2001, Pages 345-363 Gibbon, P. |

