Books

• Jose Cuesta, Nora Dudwick, Dorsati Madani and Radhika Srinivasan. Creating Jobs in Africa’s Fragile States. Washington DC : World Bank, 2013.
• Maria Aviles and Jose. Cuesta. The Socioeconomics of HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Berlin: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
• Jose Cuesta. Social Policies, Inequality and Machismo in Chile: A Chronicle of Redistribution to the Poor and the Middle Classes in the Early Concertacion Administrations. Berlin: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009.

Articles in journals

• Jose Cuesta. "A Nutritious New World: Will the World Nutritiously Feed Its Growing Population?." European Journal of Development Research 25.1 (2013): 1-4.
• Jose Cuesta and Mauricio Oliveira. "Social Security Distortions onto the Labor Market: Estimates for Colombia." Journal of Policy Modeling (2013).
• Jose Cuesta. "Theory and Empirics of Democracy and Crime Revisited: How Much Further Can We Go With Existing Data and Methodologies?." American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2013).
• Jose Cuesta and Lucia Madrigal. "Equity in Education Spending in Thailand." Development Policy Review (2013).
• Jose Cuesta. "Resource Scarcity from an Economic Perspective." Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law (2013).
• Jose Cuesta, Svetlana Edmeades and Lucia Madrigal. "Food Security and Public Spending in Agriculture in Bolivia: Putting Money Where Your Mouth Is?." Food Policy 40 (2013): 1-13.
• Jose Cuesta and Erik Alda. "The Effects of Victimization in Colombia." Journal of Peace Research 49.6 (2012): 833-846.
• Erik Alda and Jose Cuesta. "A Comprehensive Estimation of the Costs of Crime in South Africa and Its Implications for Effective Policy Making ." Journal of International Development 23 (2011): 926-935.
• Jose Cuesta & Camilo Bohorquez. "Soccer and National Culture: Estimating the Impact of Violence on Twenty Two Lads after a Ball." Applied Economics 44.2 (2011): 147-161.
• Jose Cuesta and Camilo Bohorquez. "Estimating Recall Bias without Gold Standards: Job Tenure in Colombia." Applied Economic Letters 18.8 (2011): 703-9.
• Jose Cuesta, Hugo Nopo and Georgina Pizzolitto. "Using Pseudo-panels to Estimate Income Mobility in Latin America." Review of Income and Wealth 57.2 (2011): 224-46.
• Jose Cuesta. "A Qualitative Analysis of Policymaking on the Food Crisis in the Andean Region. Preparing for the Next Food Crisis. ." European Journal of Development Research 23.1 (2011): 72-93.
• Jose Cuesta. "Music to My Ears: The (Many) Socioeconomic Benefits of Music Training Programs. ." Applied Economics Letter (2011).
• Erik Alda and Jose Cuesta. "Hearts, Minds and Words in Afghanistan ." Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica 11.2 (2011): 50-56.
• Jose Cuesta. "Honduras, Niger, Quien Sigue en el Teatro Internacional?." Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica 10.3 (2010): 115-23.
• Jose Cuesta. "‘Volteretas’ Presidenciales y la Avaricia de la Elite: Crónicas Anunciadas y No Contadas de Honduras, Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, ." Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica 10.1 (2010): 110-118.
• Jose Cuesta, Mansoob Murshed. "On the Micro-foundations of Contract versus Conflict with Implications for International Peace-Making." . International Journal of Development and Conflict 1.1 (2010): 11-24.
• Erik Alda and Jose Cuesta. "A Comprehensive Estimation of the Costs of Crime in South Africa and its Implications for Effective Policy Making. ." Journal of International Development (2010).
• Jose Cuesta. "How Much of a Threat to Economic Growth is a Mature AIDS Epidemic? ." Applied Economics 42.24 (2010): 3070-89.
• Jose Cuesta. "‘Knowledge’ or Knowledgeable Banks? International Financial Institutions Generation of Knowledge in Times of Crisis’." Development Policy Review 28.1 (2010): 43-62.
• Jose Cuesta, Fidel Jaramillo, Suzanne Duryea, Marcos Robles. "Distributive Impacts of the Food Price Crisis in the Andean Region." Journal of International Development 22.7 (2010): 846-65.
• Jose Cuesta and Juan Ponce. "Ex Ante Simulations of Direct and Indirect Effects of Welfare Reforms." Review of Income and Wealth 53.4 (2007): 645-672.
• Jose Cuesta. "On More Ambitious Conditional Cash Transfers, Social Protection and Permanent Reduction of Poverty." Journal of International Development 19 (2007): 1016-1019.
• Jose Cuesta. "Child Malnutrition and the Provision of Welfare and Sanitation in the Phillippines." Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 12 .2 (2007): 125-157.
• Jose Cuesta. "Political Space, Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy in Honduras." Journal of Latin American Studies 39.2 (2007): 329-354.
• Jose Cuesta, Mariano Gonzalez and Jose Maria Larru. "Contribuye la Ayuda al Desarrollo a Reducir la Desigualdad?." Revista de Economia Mundial 15 (2006): 303-333.
• Jose Cuesta. "The Distributive Consequences of Machismo: A Simulation Analysis of Intrahousehold Discrimination." Journal of International Development 18 (2006): 1065-1080.
• Maria Victoria Aviles and Jose Cuesta. "Determinantes Socioeconomicos de la Lucha contra la Malaria en Honduras." Poblacion y Salud en Mesoamerica 4.1 (2006): 1-26.
• Rob Vos, Jose Cuesta, Mauricio Leon, Ruth Lucio and Jose Rosero. "Mortalidad Infantil, Equidad y Eficiencia: Un Analisis Costo-Efectivo de Alcanzar las Metas del Milenio." European Journal of Development Research 18.2 (2006): 179-202.
• Jose Cuesta. "From Economicist to Culturalist Development Theories: How Strong is the Relation between Cultural Aspects and Economic Develoopment?." European Journal of Development Research 16.4 (2004): 868-891.
• Jose Cuesta. "Social Transfers as a Determinant of Intrahousehold Distribution of Resources in Chile." Journal of Income Distribution 13.1/2 (2004): 76-104.
• Jose Cuesta. "Sida, Crecimiento y la Iniciativa HIPC en Honduras." Revista Centroamericana de Economia 59.60 (2001).

Articles in books

• Jose Cuesta and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez. "Analyzing the Distributive Effects of Fiscal Policies: How to Prepare (Analytically) for the Next Crisis." When Fiscal Policy Is the Solution to a Global Crisis. Ed. Blanca Moreno-Dobson. Washington DC: World Bank, 2013: 171-212
• Jose Cuesta and Mansoob Murshed . "The Micro-foundations of Social Contracts, Civil Conflicts and International Peace-Making” (with M. Murshed) ." Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development. Ed. in Tilman Bruck, Patricia Justino and Phillip Verwimp . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2013.
• Jose Cuesta. "“Social Capital, Crime and Welfare: The Cases of Colombia and Honduras” ." The Paradox of Social Capital: Fueling Conflict and Building Peace through Trust and Networks. Ed. Michelenne Cox. London: Routledge, 2009: 37-56
• Jose Cuesta. " La Participacion de los Independientes en el Sistema de Seguridad Social en Peru." El Futuro de las Pensiones: Desarrollo de Programas de Capitalizacion Individual. Ed. FIAP. Lima, Peru: FIAP, 2008: 191-202
• Jose Cuesta, Hugo Nopo and Georgina Pizzolitto. "Income Mobility in Latin America." World Poverty Issues. Ed. Marilyn Watkins . New York : Novapublishers , 2008: 123-38
• Jose Cuesta. "El Costo de la Corrupcion para la Gobernalidad y el Desarrollo." Informe Nacional de Transparencia 2007. Ed. Comision Nacional de Transparencia de Honduras. Tegucilgalpa, Honduras: CNA, 2007.
• Jose Cuesta. "From Economicist to Culturalist Development Theories: How Strong is the Relation between Cultural Aspects and Economic Develoopment?." Culture and Development: Cases from Latin America. Ed. GTZ. Eschorn, Germany: GTZ, 2007: 81-107
• Jose Cuesta. "The More Difficult is Yet to Come: Pro-Poor Growth in Honduras." The More Difficult is Yet to Come: Pro-Poor Growth in Honduras. Ed. Jose Cuesta. Stockholm, Sweden: Sida, 2005.
• Rob Vos, Jose Cuesta, Mauricio Leon, Ruth Lucio and Jose Rosero. "Health." Ecuador: Creating fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction. Ed. IADB/World Bank. Washington, DC: IADB/World Bank, 2004: 67-124
• Jose Cuesta and Marcos Sanchez. "Honduras: Crecimiento Exportador, Distribucion y Pobreza." Quien se Beneficia del Libre Comercio? Promocion de Exportaciones y Pobreza en America Latina y el Caribe en los 90.. Ed. Enrique Ganuza, Sam Morley, Sherman Robinson and Rob Vos. New York: UNDP, 2004: 371-396
• Jose Cuesta. "Learning By Doing: The Experience of the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Honduras." Learning by Doing: The Experience of the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Honduras. Ed. Jose Cuesta. Stockholm, Sweden: Sida, 2004.
• Jose Cuesta, Juan Ponce and Mauricio Leon. "Efectos Indirectos del Gasto Social en la Generacion de Ingresos en el Ecuador." Quien se Beneficia del Gasto Social en el Ecuador?. Ed. Rob Vos. Quito, Ecuador: SIISE, 2003.
• Jose Cuesta, Juan Ponce, Mauricio Leon and Wladymir Brborich. "Quien se Beneficia del Gasto Social en Ecuador?." Quien se Beneficia del Gasto Social en el Ecuador?. Ed. Rob Vos. Quito, Ecuador: SIISE, 2003: 71-88
• Rpbert Holzmann, Truman Packard and Jose Cuesta. "Extending Coverage in Multi-Pillar Pension Systems." New Ideas About Old Age Security: Towards Sustainable Pension Systems in the 21st Century. Ed. Robert Holzmann and Joseph Stiglitz. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001.

Op eds

• Jose Cuesta. "High Food Prices and the Global Epidemic of Obesity." World Bank Blogs 28 Mar. 2013: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Does Social Media Create (or Destroy) Social Capital?." World Bank Blogs 10 Dec. 2012: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Where Is Food Security Really on the Global Policy Agenda?." World Bank Blogs 15 Oct. 2012: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Timing is Everything: Are We Heading to a New Global Food Crisis?." World Bank Blogs 8 Aug. 2012: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Presidential Sommersaults and Elite’s Greed: The Foretold and Untold Chronicles of Honduras." Foreign Policy Journal 18 Sep. 2009: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Are policymakers better equipped for the next food crisis?." Voxeu.org 7 Aug. 2009: .
• Jose Cuesta. "PRSP: Nuevas Siglas o Nuevas Ideas para la Reduccion de la Pobreza?." Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Estrategicos 2004: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Hacia donde Vamos en la Lucha contra la Pobreza en Honduras?." El Heraldo (Honduras) 7 Dec. 2003: .
• Jose Cuesta. "La Amenaza del VIH/SIDA en el Desarrollo de Honduras." El Heraldo (Honduras) 30 Nov. 2003: .
• Jose Cuesta. "La Economia de Honduras Requiere un Milagro." El Heraldo (Honduras) 19 Jan. 2003: .
• Jose Cuesta. "Acuerdos de Libre Comercio Estados Unidos-Centroamerica. Preludio de la Batalla por las Americas." Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Estrategicos 2003: .

Other

• Jose Cuesta. Honduras: Social Accounting Matrix, 1997. 2005. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)(datasets). http://www.ifpri.org/dataset/honduras.