2026 Dominique van de Walle: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	44	1860	1674	1093	959	121	8497

Dominique van de Walle publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dominique van de Walle sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 121 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Dominique van de Walle D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dominique van de Walle sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dominique van de Walle is affiliated with the Center for Global Development in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on themes within social sciences, with particular attention to gender studies, safety research, sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics that intersect gender, labor, family dynamics, poverty, education, child welfare, and health outcomes. Specific areas of interest include:

Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Global Maternal and Child Health
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Health disparities and outcomes
Energy and Environment Impacts

Dominique van de Walle has authored several recent papers published in notable academic venues. Key publications include:

"Headship and Poverty in Africa," 2020, The World Bank Economic Review
"Marital status and women's nutrition in Africa," 2022, World Development
"Child health and the housing environment," 2023, World Development
"Introduction to the special issue in honor of Martin Ravallion: Inequality, vulnerability and the middle-income trap," 2025, China Economic Review

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with van de Walle include:

Caitlin Brown
Marie Albertine Djuikom
Martin Ravallion
Shaohua Chen

The primary venues for their research outputs are:

World Development
The World Bank Economic Review
China Economic Review

Best Publications

QUANTIFYING ABSOLUTE POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Martin Ravallion;Gaurav Datt;Dominique van de Walle

647
Citations
World development report 1990 : poverty

Helena Ribe;Ehtisham Ahmad;Jacques van der Gaag;Robert L. Ayres

642
Citations
Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment?

Puja Dutta;Rinku Murgai;Martin Ravallion.;Dominique van de Walle

541
Citations
Sources of Ethnic Inequality in Vietnam

Dominique van de Walle;Dileni Gunewardena

450
Citations
Public spending and the poor : theory and evidence

Kimberly Nead;Dominique Van De Walle

446
Citations
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty

Dominique van de Walle

350
Citations
Does India's employment guarantee scheme guarantee employment ?

Puja Dutta;Rinku Murgai;Martin Ravallion;Dominique van de Walle

350
Citations
Access to water, women's work and child outcomes

Gayatri Koolwal;Dominique van de Walle

286
Citations
Rural Roads and Local Market Development in Vietnam

Ren Mu;Dominique van de Walle

275
Citations
Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending

Dominique van de Walle

273
Citations
Is the emerging nonfarm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam

Dominique Van der Walle;Dorothyjean Cratty

270
Citations
A poor means test? Econometric targeting in Africa

Caitlin Susan Brown;Caitlin Susan Brown;Martin Ravallion;Dominique Van De Walle

225
Citations
Land in Transition: Reform and Poverty in Rural Vietnam

Martin Ravallion;Dominique van de Walle

207
Citations
Left behind to farm ? women's labor re-allocation in rural China

Ren Mu;Dominique van de Walle

202
Citations
Economic Growth, Poverty, and Household Welfare in Vietnam

Paul Glewwe;Nisha Agrawal;David Dollar;John Luke Gallup

185
Citations
Does Rising Landlessness Signal Success or Failure for Vietnam’s Agrarian Transition?

Martin Ravallion;Dominique van de Walle

179
Citations
Long-term Impacts of Household Electrification in Rural India

Dominique van de Walle;Martin Ravallion;Vibhuti Mendiratta;Gayatri Koolwal

158
Citations
Testing a social safety net

Martin Ravallion;Dominique van de Walle;Madhur Gautam

151
Citations
Rural Roads and Poor Area Development in Vietnam

Ren Mu;Dominique van de Walle

145
Citations
The impact on poverty of food pricing reforms: A welfare analysis for Indonesia

Martin Ravallion;Dominique van de Walle

145
Citations
Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: micro-evidence for Vietnam

Dominique van de Walle;Ren Mu

143
Citations
Public Spending and the Poor

Paul W. Grimes;Dominique van de Walle;Kimberly Nead

125
Citations
The World Bank Economic Review 31 (2)

Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Heather M. Leslie;Austen Mack-Crane;Sriniketh Suryasesha Nagavarapu

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Ravallion Georgetown University

Paul Glewwe University of Minnesota

Deon Filmer World Bank

Gary S. Fields Cornell University

Harold Alderman International Food Policy Research Institute

Anke Hoeffler University of Konstanz

Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute

Phong Q. Nguyen French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Bob Baulch RMIT University

Asli Demirguc-Kunt World Bank

External Links

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