Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S. N and Robinson, J. A. (2001). ‘The colonial origins of comparative development: An empirical investigation‘. The American Economic Review, 91: 1369-1401.
Addison, T., Niño-Zarazúa, M. and Tarp, F. (2015). ‘Aid, social policy and development’, Journal of International Development, 27(8).
Asadullah, M. Niaz, Savoia, A. and Mahmud, W. (2014). ‘Paths to development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise?’ World Development, 62 (October): 138-154.
Baland, J.-M., Moene, K. O. and Robinson, J. A. (2010). ‘Governance and development‘. In D. Rodrick and M. R. Rosenzweig (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5, chapter 69, pp. 4597–4656 (Oxford, Amsterdam: North-Holland, Elsevier).
Bardhan, P. (2005). ‘Institutions matter, but which ones?’ Economics of Transition, 13(3): 499-532.
Bardhan, P. (2016). ‘State and development: The need for a reappraisal of the current literature‘, Journal of Economic Literature, 54(3): 862-892.
Barro R. J. (2015). ‘Convergence and modernization’, Economic Journal, 125(85): 911-942.
Besley, T. and Persson, T. (2011), Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
Bockstette V., Chanda A. and Putterman L. (2002). ‘States and markets: The advantage of an early start’, Journal of Economic Growth, 7: 347-369.
- Booth, D. (ed.) (2003). ‘Are PRSPs making a difference? The African experience’, Development Policy Review, 21(2): 131-159.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Canning D. (2012). ‘Progress in health around the world’. Journal of Development Studies, 48(12): 1784-1798.# Centeno M. A., Kohli, A. and Yashar D. J. (2017). ‘Unpacking states in the developing world: Capacity, performance, and politics’, chapter 1 in M. A.Centeno, A. Kohli and D. J. Yashar (eds.), States in the Developing World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cook, S. (2006). ‘Structural change, growth and poverty reduction in Asia: Pathways to inclusive development’, Development Policy Review, 24.
Cuaresma, J. C., Klasen, S. and Wacker, K. M. (2016). ‘There is poverty convergence’, Department of Economics Working Papers wuwp213, Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Cuaresma, J. C., Klasen, S. and Wacker, K. M. (2017). ‘Is there poverty convergence?’ GSME Discussion Paper number 1711, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Dalgaard, C. J. and Erickson, L. (2009). ‘Reasonable expectations and the first Millennium Development Goal: How much can aid achieve?’ World Development 37(7): 1170-81 Deaton, A. (2004). ‘Health in an age of globalization’, Brookings Trade Forum 2004, .83-130.
Deaton, A. (2015). The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
- Dincecco, M. and Prado, M. (2013). ‘Warfare, fiscal capacity and performance’. Journal of Economic Growth, 17(3): 171-203.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Dollar, D., Kleineberg, T. and Kraay, A. (2016). ‘Growth still is good for the poor’, European Economic Review, 81(1): 68-85.
Easterly, W. (2009). ‘How the Millennium Development Goals are unfair to Africa’, World Development, 37(1), 26-35.
Elkins, M., Feeny, S. and Prentice, D. (2017). ‘Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers associated with reductions in poverty and improvements in wellbeing?’ The Journal of Development Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1299140.
- Evans, P. B. and Rauch, J. E. (1999). ‘Bureaucracy and growth: A cross-national analysis of the effects of “Weberian†state structures on economic growth’. American Sociological Review 64(5): 748-765.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Fiszbein, A., Kanbur, R. and Yemtsov, R. (2014). ‘Social protection and poverty reduction: Global patterns and some targets’, World Development, 61: 167-177.
- Fukuda-Parr, S. (2011). ‘Theory and policy in international development: Human development and capability approach and the Millennium Development Goals’, International Studies Review, (131)1: 122-132.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Fukuda-Parr, S. and Hulme, D. (2011). ‘International norm dynamics and “the End of Povertyâ€: Understanding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’ Global Governance 17(1): 17-36.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Fukuda-Parr, S., Greenstein, J. and Stewart, D. (2013). ‘How should MDG success and failure be judged: Faster progress or achieving the targets?’ World Development, 41: 19-30.
Fukuyama, F. (2013). ‘What is governance?’ Governance, 26(3): 347-368.
- Grindle, M. S. (2004). ‘Good enough governance: Poverty reduction and reform in developing countries’. Governance, 17: 525–548.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Hailu, D. and Tsukada, R. (2011). ‘Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A measure of progress’, Working Paper 78, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasilia.
Harttgen K. and Klasen S. (2013). ‘Do fragile countries experience worse MDG progress?’ Journal of Development Studies, 49(1): 134-159.
Hobijn, B. and Franses, P. H. (2001). ‘Are living standards converging?’ Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 12: 171-200.
Hulme D., Savoia, A. and Sen, K. (2015). ‘Governance as a global development goal? Setting, measuring and monitoring the Post-2015 Development Agenda’, Global Policy, 6: 85-96.
- Hulme, D. (2015). Global Poverty: Global Governance and Poor People in the Post2015 Era (London: Routledge).
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- ICRG (2012). ‘International country risk guide researchers dataset, Table 3B’. Third Edition. East Syracuse, NY: The Political Risk Services Group, third edition.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Imai, K. S., Gaiha, R. and Thapa, G. (2010). ‘Is the Millennium Development Goal on poverty still achievable? The role of institutions, finance and openness’, Oxford Development Studies, 38(3): 309-337.
Kenny, C. (2005). ‘Why are we worried about income? Nearly everything that matters is converging’, World Development, 33(1), 1-19.
- Khan, A., Naveed, A., Samman, E., Sarwar, M. B. and Hoy, C. (2015). Progress under Scrutiny: Poverty Reduction in Pakistan, ODI Research Report, October. London: Overseas Development Institute.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Kwon, H.-Ju and Kim, E. (2014). ‘Poverty reduction and good governance: Examining the rationale of the Millennium Development Goals’, Development and Change, 45(2): 353-375.
- Lomazzi, M., Borisch, B. and Laaser, U. (2014). ‘The Millennium Development Goals: Experiences, achievements and what’s next’. Global Health Action, 7(1): 23695.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Mahmud, W., Asadullah, M. Niaz and Savoia, A. (2013). ‘Bangladesh’s achievements in social development indicators: Explaining the puzzle’, Economic and Political Weekly, 2 November, 48(44).
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Marshall, M. G., Jaggers, K. and Gurr, T. R. (2011). Polity IV Project: Dataset Users’ Manual. Polity IV Project. Vienna, VA: Center for Systemic Peace McGee, R. (2000). ‘Meeting the international poverty targets in Uganda: Halving poverty and achieving universal primary education’, Development Policy Review, 18(1): 85-106.
Neumayer, E. (2003). ‘Beyond income: Convergence in living standards, big time’. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 14: 275-296.
- Noorbakhsh, F. (2007). ‘International convergence or higher inequality in human development? Evidence for 1975-2002’. In: Mavrotas, G. and Shorrocks, A. F. (eds.), Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 149-167.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Ortega, B., Casquero, A. and Sanjuán, J. (2016). ‘Corruption and convergence in human development: Evidence from 69 countries during 1990-2012’. Social Indicators Research, 127(2): 691–719.
Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did MDGs adoption and state capacity matter? Cingolani, L., Thomsson K. and de Crombrugghe, D. (2015). ‘Minding Weber more than ever? The impacts of state capacity and bureaucratic autonomy on development goals’, World Development, 72: 191-207.
- Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did MDGs adoption and state capacity matter? Fosu, A. K. (2017). ‘Growth, inequality, and poverty reduction in developing countries: Recent global evidence’. Research in Economics (71)2: 306-336.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did MDGs adoption and state capacity matter? Kelley, J. G. and Simmons, B. A. (2015). ‘Politics by number: Indicators as social pressure in international relations’, American Journal of Political Science, 59(1): 5570.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did MDGs adoption and state capacity matter? Pritchett, L. (1997). ‘Divergence, big time’. Journal of Economic Perspective, 11(3): 3-17.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Prados de la Escosura, L. (2015). ‘World human development: 1870–2007’. Review of Income and Wealth, 61: 220-247.
Quah, D. (1993). ‘Galton’s Fallacy and tests of the convergence hypothesis’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 95: 427-443.
Ravallion M. (2012). ‘Why don’t we see poverty convergence?’ American Economic Review, 102(1): 504-523.
Rodrik D. (2013). ‘Unconditional convergence in manufacturing’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(1): 165-204.
Sala-i-Martin, X. X. (1996). ‘The classical approach to convergence analysis’. The Economic Journal, 106(437): 1019-36.
Savoia, A. and Sen, K. (2015). ‘Measurement, evolution, determinants and consequences of state capacity: A review of recent research’. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(3): 441-458.
- Sharma, P., Dwivedi, S. and Singh, D. (2016). ‘Global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition: A situational analysis’. In Singh, U., Praharaj, C., Singh, S. and Singh, N. (eds.), Biofortification of Food Crops. New Delhi: Springer.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Smith, L. C. and Haddad, L. (2015). ‘Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era’. World Development, 68: 180-204.
- Sumner, A. and Tiwari, M. (2009). After 2015: International Development Policy at a Crossroads. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Tebaldi, E. and Mohan, R. (2010). ‘Institutions and poverty’. Journal of Development Studies 46(6, July): 1047-1066.
- UNDESA (2015). The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015, Statistics Division, available at http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/reports.shtml.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- United Nations Millennium Project (2005). Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (Main Report). New York: United Nations.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Waage, J., Banerji, R., Campbell, O., Chirwa, E., Collender, G., Dieltiens, V., Dorward, A., Godfrey-Faussett, P., Hanvoravongchai, P., Kingdon, G., Little, A., Mills, A., Mulholland, K., Mwinga, A., North, A., Patcharanarumol, W., Poulton, C., Tangcharoensathien, V. and Unterhalte, E. (2010). ‘The Millennium Development Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did MDGs adoption and state capacity matter? Goals: A cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015’, The Lancet, 13 September.
Williams, A. (2009). ‘On the release of information by governments: Causes and consequences’. Journal of Development Economics, 89: 124-138.
World Bank (2014). Worldwide Development Indicators 2014. Data available at: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators/wdi-2014 (accessed December 2014).