Ribot, Jesse. 2010. “Vulnerability does not fall from the sky: Toward multi-scale pro-poor climate policy,” in Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton (eds.), Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Ribot, Jesse, Ashwini Chhatre, and Tomila V. Lankina. 2010. ‘Decentralization, Authority and Local Democracy’, in Ed Connerley, Kent Eaton and Paul Smoke (eds.) Making Decentralization Work: Democracy, Development and Security. Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Published earlier as ‘The Politics of Choice and Recognition in Democratic Decentralization’ in Conservation and Society, 2008, see above.)

Ribot, Jesse, Thorsten Treue and Jens Friis Lund. 2010. ‘Democratic decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa: Its contribution to forest management, livelihoods, and enfranchisement’ (A Review of the Literature), Environmental Conservation 37(01):35 - 44. [First published as a Working Paper with the Development Research Group, The World Bank.]

Sikor, Thomas, Johannes Stahl, Thomas Enters, Jesse Ribot, Neera Singh, William D. 2010. "REDD-plus, forest people’s rights and nested climate governance," Global Environmental Change 20 (2010) 423–5.

Xu, Xiuli, Ting Zuo, Tianlai Gou, Gubo Qi, Ribot, J. 2010. "Access Matters: The Little Man with the Big Stone: A commodity chain analysis on the case of Chinese fir in P County, Hunan Province, China" China Policy Institute, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, The University of Nottingham, Discussion Paper 62.

Ribot, Jesse. 2009. ‘Analysis of Senegal’s Draft Forestry Code: With Special Attention to its Support for Decentralization Laws’. Report to International Resources Group (IRG), Washington, DC, For USAID, Senegal, October 2009.

Ribot, Jesse. 2009. ‘Analysis of Senegal’s Draft Forestry Code: With Special Attention to its Support for Decentralization Laws’. Report to International Resources Group (IRG), Washington, DC, For USAID, Senegal, October 2009.

Ribot, Jesse. 2009. ‘Authority Over Forests: Recentralizing Benefits in Senegal’s Forestry Decentralization’ Development and Change. Vol. 40, No. 1.

Ribot, Jesse. 2009. “Forestry and Democratic Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rough Review” Ch. 2 in Laura A. German, Alain Karsenty and Anne-Marie Tiani (eds.) Governing Africa’s Forests in a Globalized World. London: Earthscan. Pp. 29-55. Also available in French.

Ribot, Jesse, Adil Najam and Gabrielle Watson. 2009. “Climate Variation, Vulnerability and Sustainable Development in the Semi-Arid Tropics,” Ch. 8, pp. 117-160 in E. Lisa F. Schipper and Ian Burton, eds., The Earthscan Reader on Adaptation to Climate Change. London: Earthscan. [Reprint of Ribot, Najam and Waston 1996.].

Suarez, Pablo, Jesse Ribot and Anthony G. Patt. 2009. ‘Climate Information, Equity and Vulnerability Reduction’ in Matthias Ruth and Maria E. Ibarraran (Eds.) The Distributional Effects of Climate Change: Social and Economic Implications. Submitted to: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Ribot, Jesse. 2008. Analyse du filiere Charbon du Bois au Senegal: Recommandations. 
Environmental Accountability in Africa Working Paper No. 37. Ribot, Jesse, Peter G. Veit (eds.) Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique: Sénégal. Jesse Ribot and Peter Veit, eds. World Resource Institute: Washington.

Ribot, Jesse. 2008. ‘Authority over Forests: Negotiating Democratic Decentralization in Senegal’, Representation, Equity and Environment Working Paper Series (formerly
‘Environmental Governance in Africa’ Working Paper Series) Paper No. 36.

Ribot, Jesse. 2008. Authority over Forests: Negotiating Democratic Decentralization in Senegal. Working Paper No 36. Ribot, Jesse (eds) World Resource Institute: Washington.

Ribot, Jesse. 2008. Building Local Democracy through Natural Resources Interventions: An Environmentalist’s Responsibility. A Policy Brief. Washington: World Resources Institute.

Ribot, Jesse. 2008. Non-décentralisation démocratique au Sénégal : Le non-transfert de l’autorité sur les forêts. Working Paper No 36. Ribot, Jesse (ed.) World Resource Institute: Washington.

Ribot, Jesse and Robin Mearns. 2008. ‘Steering Community Driven Development? A Desk Study of NRM Choices’. WRI Environmental Governance in Africa Working Paper No. 38, edited by Jesse Ribot and Peter Veit.

Ribot, Jesse, Ashwini Chhatre, Tomila V. Lankina. 2008. Institutional Choice and Recognition in the Formation and Consolidation of Local Democracy. Environmental Accountability in Africa Working Paper No. 35. Ribot, Jesse, Peter G. Veit (eds.) World Resource Institute: Washington.

Ribot, Jesse, Ashwini Chhatre, and Tomila Lankina. 2008. ‘Institutional Choice and Recognition in the Formation and Consolidation of Local Democracy’. Representation, Equity and Environment Working Paper Series (formerly ‘Environmental Governance in Africa’ Working Paper Series) Paper No. 35, edited by Jesse Ribot and Peter Veit.

Ribot, Jesse, Ashwini Chhatre, and Tomila V. Lankina (eds). 2008. Special Issue on The Politics of Choice and Recognition in Democratic Decentralization. Conservation and Society. Vol. 6, No. 1. For the entire special issue, please see link. The PDF in this link is only the introduction.

Ribot, Jesse, Ashwini Chhatre, and Tomila V. Lankina (special issue eds.). 2008. Special Issue Introduction: ‘The Politics of Choice and Recognition in Democratic Decentralization’. Conservation and Society. Vol. 6, No. 1.

Larson, Anne, and Jesse Ribot. 2007. ‘The Poverty of Forestry Policy: Double Standards on and Uneven Playing Field’. Journal of Sustainability Science. Vol. 2, No. 2.

Ribot, Jesse. 2007. Dans L’Attente de la Démocratie: La politique des choix dans la décentralisation des ressources naturelles. World Resources Institute, Washington DC. [First published in English as: Ribot, J. 2004. Waiting for Democracy: The Politics of Choice in Natural Resource Decentralizations. Washington: World Resources Institute.

Ribot, Jesse. 2007. ‘Note on Research Questions and Methods’ Prepared for The World Bank Project on Local Council Oversight and Social Accountability in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). February 2007, pp.33.

Ribot, Jesse. 2007. Representation, Citizenship and the Public Domain in Democratic Decentralization. Development. Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 43-49.