Journal Articles

“Cash Transfers, Food Prices, and Nutrition Impacts on Ineligible Children” (with Deon Filmer, Eeshani Kandpal, and Junko Onishi). Forthcoming. Review of Economics and Statistics. paper supplemental material

“Disruptions in Essential Health Services during the First Five Months of COVID-19: Analysis of Facility Reported Service Volumes in Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries” (with Gil Shapira, Tashrik Ahmed, and others). Forthcoming. Health Policy and Planning. paper

“Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Measures using Physical Activity” (with Oladele Akogun, Andrew Dillon, Ashesh Prasann, and Pieter Serneels). Forthcoming. World Bank Economic Review. paper

“Assessing the Performance of Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) Relative to the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) in Rural India” (with Harold Alderman, Paula Ganga, Mohini Kak, and Marta Rubio-Codina). Forthcoming. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. paper

“Cost-Effectiveness of Results-Based Financing in Zimbabwe: A Controlled Pre-Post Study” (with Donald Shepard, Wu Zeng, Ha Thi Hong Nguyen, and Ronald Mutasa). Forthcoming. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy.

“Exploratory study estimating the impact of performance-based financing (PBF) on quality of care and on the contextual factors mediating the effectiveness of PBF in improving quality of care in Zimbabwe” (with Ronald Mutasa, Sarah Baird, Felicia Takvarasha, Anne Markus, and Wu Zeng). Forthcoming. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy.

“Health Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity” (with Andrew Dillon and Pieter Serneels). 2021. Journal of the European Economic Association, 19(2): 1077-1115. paper supplemental material

“Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in a Rural Adult Population in Malawi Compared with an Age-Matched US Urban Population” (with Michael Pratt, James Sallis, Alberto Zezza, Isis Gaddis, Talip Kilic, and others). 2020. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine 6: e000812. paper

“Improving Supply Chains for Essential Drugs in Low Income Countries: Results from a Large-Scale Randomized Experiment in Zambia” (with Monique Vledder, Mirja Sjoblom, Thomas Brown, and Prashant Yadav). 2019. Health Systems & Reform 5(2): 158-177. paper

“Child Schooling and Child Work in the Presence of an Education Subsidy” (with Jacobus de Hoop, Eeshani Kandpal, and Furio Rosati). 2019. Journal of Human Resources 54(2): 503-531. paper supplemental material

“Using Supervised Learning to Select Audit Targets in Performance-Based Financing in Health: An Example from Zambia” (with Dhruv Grover and Sebastian Bauhoff). 2019. PloS one, 14(1): e0211262. paper

“Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Results Based Financing Program in Zambia: Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial” (with Wu Zeng, Donald Shepard, Ha Thi Hong Nguyen, and Collins Chansa, Ashis Das, and Jumana Qamruddin). 2018. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96(11): 760-771. paper

“Maternal Depressive Symptoms are Negatively Associated with Child Growth and Development: Evidence from Rural India” (with Harold Alderman, Mohini Kak, Purnima Menon, and Phuong Nguyen). 2018. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(4): e12621. paper

“Does the Involvement of Local NGOs Enhance Public Service Delivery? Cautionary Evidence from a Malaria-Prevention RCT in India” (with Ashis Das and Eeshani Kandpal). 2018. Health Economics, 27(1): 172-188. paper

“Decomposing Response Errors in Food Consumption Measurement: Implications for Survey Design from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania” (with Kathleen Beegle, Joachim de Weerdt, and John Gibson). 2017. Food Policy, 72(4): 94-111. paper

“Incentives to Change: Effects of Performance Based Financing on Health Workers in Zambia” (with Gordon C. Shen, Ha Thi Hong Nguyen, Ashis Das, Nkenda Sachingongu, Collins Chansa, and Jumana Qamruddin). 2017. Human Resources for Health, 15(1): 20-35. paper

“A Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Philippines Reduces Severe Stunting” (with Eeshani Kandpal, Harold Alderman, Deon Filmer, Junko Onishi, and Jorge Avalos). 2016. Journal of Nutrition, 146(9): 1793-1800. paper

“Measuring Hunger through Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys” (with Joachim DeWeert, Kathleen Beegle, and John Gibson). 2016. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 64(4): 727-758. paper supplemental material

“What Does Variation in Survey Design Reveal About the Nature of Measurement Error in Household Consumption?” (with John Gibson, Kathleen Beegle, and Joachim DeWeerdt). 2015. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 77(3): 466-474. paper

“Strengthening Malaria Service Delivery through Supportive Supervision and Community Mobilization: an Experimental Impact Evaluation in an Endemic Indian Setting” (with Ashis Das and Eeshani Kandpal and others). 2014. Malaria Journal 13(1): 482-495. paper

"Health Sector Demand-side Financial Incentives in Low-and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review on Demand-and Supply-side Effects" (with Saji Gopalan, Ronald Mutasa, and Ashis Das). 2014. Social Science & Medicine 100: 72-83. paper

“How Many More Infants Likely Died in Africa as a Result of the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis?” (with Norbert Schady). 2013. Health Economics 22(5): 611-622. paper

“Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings: Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme” (with Ashis Das, RK Das Gupta, Madan Pradhan, Charu Mohapatra, and Debakanta Sandibigraha). 2013. Malaria Journal 12(1):1. paper

“Methods of Household Consumption Measurement through Survey: Experimental Results from Tanzania” (with Kathleen Beegle, Joachim DeWeert, and John Gibson). 2012. Journal of Development Economics 98(1): 3-18. paper

“Impact Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Lao PDR” (with Alison Buttenheim and Harold Alderman). 2011. Journal of Development Effectiveness 3(4): 520-542. paper

“Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World” (with Norbert Schady and Sarah Baird). 2011. Review of Economics and Statistics 93(2): 847-856. paper

“Mental Health and the Development Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Solutions” (with Rachel Jenkins, Paul Francis, and others). 2010. Psychiatric Services 61(3): 229-234. paper

“Development, Modernization, and Son Preference in Fertility Decisions” (with Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady). 2009. World Bank Economic Review 23(3): 371-398. paper

“Mental Health Patterns and Consequences: Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries” (with Jishnu Das, Quy-Toan Do, and David McKenzie). 2009. World Bank Economic Review 23(1): 31-55. paper

“Population Mental Health amidst Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia” (with Duncan Thomas). 2009. World Bank Economic Review 23(1): 57-76. paper

“Household Income and Expenditure Surveys: A Tool for Accelerating the Development of Evidence-Based Fortification Programs” (with John Fiedler, Marc Smitz, and Olivier Dupriez). 2008. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 29(4): 306-319. paper

“Mental Health in Sumatra after the Tsunami” (with Elizabeth Frankenberg, Robert Pynoos, Alan Steinberg, and Duncan Thomas). 2008. American Journal of Public Health, 98(9): 1671-1677. paper

“Battling HIV Infection in Afghanistan” (with Alex Wodak, Mariam Claeson, and Ghulam Dastagir Sayed). 2008. The Lancet, 370(9605): 2167-2169. paper

“Poverty and Mental Health in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Relationship” (with Jishnu Das, Quy-Toan Do, David McKenzie, and Kinnon Scott). 2007. Social Science and Medicine, 65(3): 467-480. paper

“Firm Ownership and Internal Labor Practices in a Transition Economy: Worker Skill Acquisition in Vietnam”. 2004. Economics of Transition, 12(2): 333-366. paper

“Gender Dimensions of Support for the Elderly in Vietnam” (with John Knodel, Truong Si Anh, and Bui The Cuong). 2003. Research on Aging 25(6): 587-630. paper

“The Distributional Impact of Indonesia’s Financial Crisis on Household Welfare: A ‘Rapid Response’ Methodology” (with James Levinsohn). 2002. World Bank Economic Review 16(3): 397-424. paper

“Work and Retirement Among the Elderly in Vietnam” (with Daniel Goodkind, Bui The Cuong, and Truong Si Anh). 2001. Research on Aging 23(2): 209-232. paper

“Intergenerational Exchanges in Vietnam: Family Size, Sex Composition, and the Location of Children” (with John Knodel, Truong Si Anh, and Bui The Cuong). 2000. Population Studies 54(1): 89-104. paper

“Family Size and Children’s Education in Vietnam” (with Truong Si Anh, John Knodel, and David Lam). 1998. Demography 35(1): 57-70. paper

Chapters in Books

“Pay for Performance in Health Systems: Theory, Evidence, and Case Studies” (with Richard Scheffler). 2016. The World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy, edited by Richard Scheffler, World Scientific Press, London. Volume 3, pp. 295-332. chapter

“Economic Crisis and Adolescent Mental Health” (with Sarah Baird and Kathleen Beegle). 2012. In Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Shocks, edited by Mattias Lundberg and Alice Wuermli, World Bank Press. Pp. 206-210.

“Shocks, Health, and Nutrition During Early Childhood” (with Sarah Baird and Kathleen Beegle). 2012. In Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Shocks, edited by Mattias Lundberg and Alice Wuermli, World Bank Press. Pp. 116-127.

“The Influence of Economic Crisis on Early Childhood Development: A Review of Pathways and Measured Impact” (with Jennifer Sturdy). 2011. In No Small Matter: The Impact of Poverty, Shocks, and Human Capital Investments in Early Childhood Development, edited by Harold Alderman, World Bank Press. Pp. 51-83.

“Responding to HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan” (with Edit V Velenyi). 2009. In HIV and AIDS in South Asia: An Economic Development Risk, edited by Mariam Claeson and Markus Haacker, Palgrave/World Bank Press. Pp. 41-72

“Assessing Health and Education Services in the Aftermath of a Disaster” (with Elizabeth Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki, and Duncan Thomas). 2008. In Are You Being Served? New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery, edited by Samia Amin, Jishnu Das, and Markus Goldstein, Palgrave/World Bank Press. Pp. 233-249.

“Measuring Poverty Change in Indonesia, 1984-1999: How Responsive is Poverty to Growth?” 2005. In Spatial Inequality and Development, edited by Ravi Kanbur and Anthony Venables, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 163-208.

“The Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis: Price Changes and the Poor” (with James Levinsohn and Steven Berry). 2003. In Managing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets, edited by Michael Dooley and Jeffrey A. Frankel, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Pp. 393-428.

“Vietnamese Elderly Amidst Transformations in Social Welfare Policy” (with Bui The Cuong, Truong Si Anh, Daniel Goodkind, and John Knodel). 2000. In Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Regions: Issues and Policies, edited by David Phillips, Routledge Press, New York. Pp. 334-359.

Other Published Work

“How Two Tests Can Help Contain COVID-19 and Revive the Economy” (with Damien DeWalque, Roberta Gatti, and Aaditya Matoo). 2020. Research and Policy Brief #29 from the World Bank Malaysia Hub.

“Beyond Monetary Poverty” (with Maria Ana Lugo, Daniel Mahler, and Dhiraj Sharma). Chapter 4 of Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle, World Bank Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report. 2018. World Bank Group.

“Impact Evaluation of Zambia’s Health Results-Based Financing Pilot Project” (with Jumana Qamruddin, Collins Chansa, and Ashis Das). 2017. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/798081509456632349/Impact-evaluation-of-Zambia-s-health-results-based-financing-pilot-project

“Rewarding Provider Performance to Improve Quality and Coverage of Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Zimbabwe Results-Based Financing Pilot Program” (with Ashis Das, Chenjerai Sisimayu, and Ronald Mutasa). 2016. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.

https://www.rbfhealth.org/sites/rbf/files/documents/Zimbabwe-Impact-Evaluation-Overview-Report.pdf

“Linking Results to Performance: Evidence from a Results Based Financing Pilot Project in Katete District, Zambia” (with Collins Chansa, Ashis Das, and Jumana Qamruddin). 2014. HNP Working Paper Series.

“Investment Project Financing Economic Analysis Guidance Note”. 2013. OPSPQ intended for internal use by World Bank Staff.

“Evaluating Pantawid Pamilya Using Regression Discontinuity Design: Key Results and Lessons” (with Deon Filmer, Eeshani Kandpal, and Junko Onishi). 2013. Report Number 78134-PH, Social Protection Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank.

“Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer Program Impact Evaluation” (with Nazmul Chaudhury and Junko Onishi). 2013. Report Number 75533-PH, Social Protection Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank.

“Impact Evaluation of Malaria Programs” (with Arianna Legovini and Edit Velenyi). 2009. Development Dialogue Notes, 1(2): article 3.

“Revisiting the Relationship Between Mental Health and Poverty in Developing Countries: A Response to Corrigall et al.” (with Jishnu Das, Quy-Toan Do, David McKenzie, and Kinnon Scott). 2008. Social Science and Medicine, 66(9): 2064-2066. response

“Aceh Poverty Assessment: The Impact of the Conflict, the Tsunami, and Reconstruction on Poverty In Aceh” (with Enrique Blanco-Armas and Ellen Tan). 2008. The World Bank, Washington DC.

“Health Sector Decentralization and Indonesia’s Nutrition Programs: Opportunities and Challenges” (with Peter Heywood, Geoff Marks, Fadia Saadah, and Yoonjoung Choi). 2006. The World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia.