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Global Reparations within Capitalism: Aspirations and Tensions in Contemporary Movements for Reparatory Justice Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Ndongo Samba Sylla, Andrew M. Fischer, Annina Kaltenbrunner, Sreerekha Sathi
The idea of global reparations has received increasing attention in recent years, not only with respect to legacies of slavery and colonialism, but also to interrelated issues such as climate change, debt crisis, or ongoing financial transfers from the Global South to the Global North. This article, which introduces and sets the Debate for the 2024 Forum issue on the political economy of 21st century
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Ranajit Guha: A Thinker of Revolutionary Being Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Milinda Banerjee
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The Relationship between Education and the Timing of Family Formation: Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis of 50 Countries Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Ewa Batyra
The relationship between educational level and the age at which women start families has been extensively researched. However, studies have primarily explored how additional schooling shifts the mean or, more broadly, only one point of the age at first union and first birth distributions. This ignores variation in the association between education and the timing of family formation, and the fact that
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Global Reparations Agenda for Afrodescendants: An Overview of Recent Developments and the Way Forward Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Amara Enyia
The push for reparations for Africans and people of African descent extends back generations, yet has gained substantial momentum since 2020 — a global inflection point that exemplified the polycrises facing the planet, including the global COVID‐19 pandemic, worldwide uprisings against state and police violence in response to the murder of George Floyd in the United States, stark income inequality
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The Knife is Still in Our Backs: Reparations Washing and the Limits of Reparatory Justice Campaigns Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Kehinde Andrews
The Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 has placed reparations firmly on the international agenda. This article discusses the concept of ‘reparations washing’ with reference to the measures of two British businesses, Greene King and Lloyd's of London, in acknowledgement of their historical roots in the slave trade, and the Government of the Netherlands’ public apology for the country's history of slavery
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Militarized Development in Post‐war Sri Lanka: Consolidating Control Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Thiruni Kelegama
Development is an important, yet contentious word, in the history of post‐colonial Sri Lanka. Typically, it is linked with economic progress and societal change, intricately woven into political processes and frequently utilized as a platform to promote Sinhala‐Buddhist ethnonationalist agendas. This article looks at post‐colonial Sri Lanka's ‘core development project’ — the Mahaweli Development Programme
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The Devaluation of Essential Work: An Assessment of the 2023 ILO Report Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Sara Stevano
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The Legacy of Maria Mies to the Feminist Movement and the Struggle for Human Liberation Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Silvia Federici
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On the Economics of Cross‐border Reparations Payments: The Case for a Bank of International Reparations Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Carolyn Sissoko
This article considers the challenge of ensuring that international reparations payments are effective in benefiting the recipient countries of such reparations. To guarantee that these financial flows provide long‐term benefits to the recipient economies, the article recommends the adoption of a developmental state approach to the use of the funds. It also considers in detail the advantages of establishing
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Global North–South Reparations: Demand‐side and Supply‐side Policies with a Dynamic View of International Trade and Finance Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Bidisha Lahiri, William A. Darity
This study begins with an overview of illustrative scenarios that historically have resulted in imbalances of economic well‐being, growth and stability which demarcate the Global South and the Global North. The authors examine alternative approaches to reparations for those structural imbalances, from monetary transfers that are more likely to have demand‐side implications to capacity‐building approaches
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Colonialism, Genocide and Reparations: The German‐Namibian Case Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Henning Melber
In 2015 the German government acknowledged that the Empire committed genocide in its colony South West Africa, known since its independence as Namibia. This acknowledgement marked a new reference point in how to engage with colonial crimes. Since then, Germany has fallen short of bearing full and unconditional responsibility for and recognition of the crime in terms of restorative justice. While Germany
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Dependency in the Digital Age? The Experience of Mercado Libre in Latin America Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Sebastián Fernández Franco, Juan M. Graña, Cecilia Rikap
This article uses Mercado Libre, the leading digital platform company in Latin America, as an illustrative case to analyse the effect of regional platforms on development, by considering their interplay with both global leaders and local actors. Building on dependency theory, the article identifies the company's structural dependence on algorithms and computing power provided by the largest information
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The Sectoral Politics of Industrial Policy Making in Brazil: A Polanyian Interpretation Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Renato H. de Gaspi, Pedro Perfeito da Silva
This article considers why Brazilian industrial policies have varied across sectors since the mid‐1990s. It relies on a Polanyian‐inspired framework to propose that the strength of counter‐movements against corporate welfare shapes the sector‐specific capacity of policy makers to exert state discipline over business interests and diverges from neoliberal scripts of industrial policy making. The authors
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De‐risking at the Limit? State‐owned Enterprises and the Politics of Financialized Infrastructure Development in Indonesia Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Dimitar Anguelov
The need for emerging economies to develop infrastructure in order to drive catch‐up growth has become a common refrain in policy circuits. The dominant norm promulgated and disseminated by global development institutions to countries facing infrastructure deficits is the public–private partnership (PPP) model of project finance, a market‐based model that seeks to transform infrastructure into a financial
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Livelihood Trajectories of Rural Young People in Southern Africa: Stuck in Loops? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Flora Hajdu, Lorraine van Blerk, Nicola Ansell, Roeland Hemsteede, Evance Mwathunga, Thandie Hlabana, Elsbeth Robson
Attempts to boost rural development in the Global South tend to focus on ways in which people can transform their lives. Interventions are often designed to help overcome specific envisioned constraints and push individuals onto a pathway out of poverty. Research has contributed to nuancing this vision by documenting the non‐linearity of pathways, which often results in people being left in limbo or
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Rethinking International Relations and Development in Times of Uncertainty Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Gabriel Porcile
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The Jordan Compact, Refugee Labour and the Limits of Indicator‐oriented Formalization Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Katharina Lenner, Lewis Turner
This article explores the significance of initiatives to formalize the labour market participation of refugees. Many practitioners believe that formalization is a panacea for improving the lives of marginalized workers, including refugees. This article argues, however, that in practice it easily becomes an indicator‐oriented exercise, where readily quantifiable targets are prioritized over substantive
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When Victors Claim Victimhood: Majoritarian Resentment and the Inversion of Reparations Claims Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Nandini Sundar
From the mid‐20th century onwards, diverse groups — whether formerly enslaved populations or victims of mass atrocities — have demanded reparations as part of a wider struggle for justice. However, in the current global climate of right‐wing resurgence, both the recognition of victimhood and demands for justice are in danger of being subverted and hijacked. These developments create additional obstacles
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Barriers to Inclusive Recycling in Asunción, Paraguay: A Just Transition? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jennifer L. Tucker
How can cities upgrade urban waste infrastructures while also supporting the livelihoods of the poor? While development experts now agree that informal recyclers should be included in urban waste systems, many cities struggle to implement inclusive reforms. With a case study of informal recycling in Asunción, Paraguay, which compares dumpsite and street recyclers, this article addresses a gap in the
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Subcontracting Linkages in India's Informal Economy Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Surbhi Kesar
Subcontracting relations have often been considered a key channel to facilitate growth in traditional informal enterprises and enable them to transition into larger, modern enterprises. Such relations are expected to strengthen with economic growth. Using nationally representative survey data for the Indian informal manufacturing sector, this article examines the nature and patterns of subcontracting
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Heterogeneity and Labour Agency in Artisanal and Small‐scale Gold Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Sara Geenen, Divin‐Luc Bikubanya
This article considers the broad question of how to improve the conditions of workers in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM), which relies on predominantly informal activities. While acknowledging that formalization can provide ASGM miners with tenure security and protection of labour rights, it is important to highlight that not all workers are likely to benefit from formalization in the
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NGOs and Civil Society at the End of a World Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Jim Igoe
Nidhi Srinivas, Against NGOs: A Critical Perspective on Civil Society, Management and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 343 pp. £ 42.00 hardback. Jenna H. Hanchey, The Center Cannot Hold: Decolonial Possibility and the Collapse of a Tanzanian NGO. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2023. 232 pp. £ 76.00 hardback.
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Changing Trees, Enduring Forests: Institutional Bricolage, Gradual Change and Community Forestry among Yucatec Mayans in Mexico Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Noé Manuel Mendoza Fuente, Andrei Marin
This article seeks to understand why community forestry enterprises in the Mayan rainforest of Mexico are losing ground, while middlemen and manufacturers are regaining control over forestry resources. It focuses on the case of the Ejido San Felipe Oriente where an NGO codesigned a commercialization platform with the objective of bringing together local cooperatives to negotiate in the market from
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Indigenes, Settlers and Citizens: Multiple and Conflicting Subjectivities in Nation State Making Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ibrahim Abdullah
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Intimate Extractions: Demand Dowry and Neoliberal Development in Dhaka, Bangladesh Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Katy Gardner
Based on qualitative research on marital problems in Dhaka, this article uses the term ‘intimate extractions’ as a lens to explain the relationship between escalating levels of demand dowry and neoliberal development in Bangladesh. Evidence from across Bangladesh shows that demands for cash made by husbands, accompanied by threats of violence or divorce, are on the rise. Building on gendered theories
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Post-pandemic Transformations and the Recasting of Development: A Comment and Further Reflections Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Melissa Leach, Hayley MacGregor, Ian Scoones, Peter Taylor
This Comment is both a response to critique and a wider contribution to renewed debate on the politics of development and development studies amidst multiple, intersecting challenges. In an article published in World Development in 2021, Leach et al. proposed that COVID-19 and earlier epidemics provided fundamental lessons for post-pandemic transformations and for rethinking development more broadly
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Implementing Health Policy in Nigeria: The Basic Health Care Provision Fund as a Catalyst for Achieving Universal Health Coverage? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Julia Ngozi Chukwuma
In 2014, Nigeria adopted a new law for its healthcare system, which mandated the establishment of a novel health-financing mechanism, the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The BHCPF was created to provide sustainable funding with a view to fast-tracking Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and improving health outcomes in Nigeria. This article places Nigeria's UHC reform process in the broader context
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The Distinct Dispossessions of Indian Settler Colonialism in Kashmir: Land, Narrative and Indigeneity Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Haris Zargar, Goldie Osuri
India's annexation of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 has generated debates within Critical Kashmir Studies regarding the kind of settler colonialism that is operating in this disputed Himalayan region. To illuminate the current relationship between land dispossession and narratives that legitimize land grab (for the settlement of Hindu Indian settlers), this article traces the
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Undoing Aid: UK Aid Cuts, Development Relationships and Resourcing Futures in Malawi Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Alyssa Morley, Rachel Silver
The decision of the United Kingdom government to reduce its Official Development Assistance by £ 4.6 billion in 2020 was framed by its proponents as a nationalist response to a domestic financial crisis. This Conservative-led austerity measure triggered the early closure of hundreds of aid projects globally. Concerned British politicians equated the cuts to moral failures as humanitarian and civil
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Vaccine Hesitancy among Informal Workers: Gendered Geographies of Informality in Lahore Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Shandana Mohmand, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Umair Javed
What is the relationship between trust in the state and vaccine hesitancy among a marginalized sub-population? This article explores attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination programmes of informal workers in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and draws on in-depth conversations with informal workers across four sectors in 2021. It finds a surprising disconnect between vaccine scepticism and actual decisions
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Decomposing India's Trade Ratio: 1980–2021 Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Advait Moharir, Arjun Jayadev, J.W. Mason
External trade balance is a critical constraint in the macroeconomic dynamics of a developing economy. Typically, external adjustment is said to occur through changes in the real exchange rate, and implicitly in the terms of trade. This article decomposes India's merchandise trade ratio into three parts, namely, change in terms of trade, relative expenditure growth and relative import intensity over
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Pushcarts and Fountains: Masculinity, Agency and Labour Culture among Water Workers of N'Djamena, Chad Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Ismaël Maazaz
Waters fountain managers and private porters are essential workers operating in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Striving to supply water to areas and households that do not have connections to Chad's official provider, the Société Tchadienne des Eaux, water workers are subjected to a regulatory framework which complicates already precarious situations. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork around water
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Memory, Identity and Deindustrialization: Reflections from Bygone Mill-scapes of Bangalore, India Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 P. Neethi, Deeksha Rao
This study takes a closer look at the deindustrialization of the South Indian city of Bangalore with respect to its former cotton mill sector, nearly two decades after the closure of the first three composite cotton mills in the city. The study views deindustrialization from sectoral, city- and community-centric perspectives. As well as identifying Bangalore as a significant site within the ‘bygone
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The World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery in the Context of the International Debt Crisis Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Robert H. Wade
World Bank Group, World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery. Washington, DC: World Bank Group, 2022. xix + 248 pp. www.worldbank/org/en/publication/wdr2022
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Ghana's Debt Crisis and the Political Economy of Financial Dependence in Africa: History Repeating Itself? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo
Recent accounts of the re-emergence of debt distress in Africa, while offering significant insights, fail to provide the historical political-economic context within which African indebtedness is set. On the surface, spending induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic fallout from the Russia–Ukraine war, and repeated examples of fiscal indiscipline by African governments appear to be the causes of
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The Price (and Costs) of Macroeconomic Stability in Peru: Some Lessons on the Implications of FDI-driven Growth Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Samuele Bibi, Sebastian Valdecantos
In the period 2000–2019, Peru enjoyed sustained GDP growth and a long period of macroeconomic stability; as a result, poverty was reduced markedly in comparison to the 1980s and early 1990s, when the country faced severe recessions and hyperinflation. This positive economic performance coincided with the implementation of a mainstream macroeconomic framework which, alongside favourable external conditions
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The Myth of Counter-modern Ontologies: Indigenous People and the Modern Politics of Extractivism in Ecuador Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Christian Tym
Anti-extractivist critique still positions Indigenous people as protagonists of counter-modern political sentiment, whether as opponents of modernity's processes of productive rationalization and economic integration, or as embodying ontologies that reject modernity's conceptual separation of humanity from natural resources. Indigenous anti-extractivism is thus said to represent a rupture of modern
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From Multiple Deprivations to Exploitation: Politicizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Nick Bernards
OPHI and UNDP, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking Deprivation Bundles to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty. Oxford and New York: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and United Nations Development Programme, 2022. 39 pp. https://ophi.org.uk/global-mpi-report-2022/
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State Life: Land, Welfare and Management of the Landless in Kerala, India Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 R.C. Sudheesh
The pressing need to manage the spiralling number of landless people around the world has compelled several states to experiment with scattered land distribution programmes in combination with welfare transfers, instead of comprehensive land reform. This article examines the chasm between land demands and state responses in such contexts. Focusing on the Aralam resettlement site for the landless Adivasis
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Local Financial Institutions and Income Inequality: Evidence from Brazil's Credit Cooperative Movement Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Philip Arestis, Peter Phelps
Local financial institutions can play a crucial role in reducing income inequalities at the within-country level by promoting inclusive economic growth and development across time and space. This is against a backdrop of increasing financial and economic fragility, to which emerging economies have also been exposed over more recent decades and years. This article adds emerging economy evidence from
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Common Challenges for All? A Critical Engagement with the Emerging Vision for Post-pandemic Development Studies Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Jörg Wiegratz, Pritish Behuria, Christina Laskaridis, Lebohang Liepollo Pheko, Ben Radley, Sara Stevano
The COVID-19 pandemic motivated calls for the field of development studies to be recast. This article analyses two prominent, future-gazing ‘pandemic papers’ to illustrate salient features of the ascendant trend towards a new ‘global development’ paradigm. By unpacking and interpreting major lines of reasoning put forward by two agenda-setting articles, this contribution appraises how these texts make
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Misaligned Social Policy? Explaining the Origins and Limitations of Cash Transfers in Sudan Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Muez Ali, Laura Mann
This article examines whether the transitional government in the wake of the December 2018 Sudanese revolution succeeded in realigning social policy with public demands. The article focuses on the evolution of cash transfer programmes from the 2012 cash programme under the Ingaz regime to the transitional government's programme 2021. While the recent programme was popularly viewed as a ‘World Bank
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Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Brendan Whitty, Jessica Sklair, Paul Robert Gilbert, Emma Mawdsley, Jo-Anna Russon, Olivia Taylor
While much attention has been paid to the ways in which the private sector is now embedded within the field of development, one group of actors — for-profit development consultancies and contractors, or service providers — has received relatively little attention. This article analyses the growing role of for-profit consultancies and contractors in British aid delivery, which has been driven by two
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Sustainable Development Frontiers: Is ‘Sustainable’ Cocoa Delivering Development and Reducing Deforestation? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Will Lock, Anthony Alexander
Forest frontiers are important areas for sustainable development as they combine the need to halt deforestation with the challenges of rural poverty. In the region of San Martín, Peru, the ‘Production, Protection and Inclusion’ model combines narratives of conservation, economic development and social inclusion in what can be defined as a ‘sustainable development frontier’. This article asks how such
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Derisking Developmentalism: A Tale of Green Hydrogen Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Daniela Gabor, Ndongo Samba Sylla
In the global race to scale up green hydrogen, a renewed appetite for the visible hand of the state once again promises to expand developmental space for low- and middle-income countries. On the African continent, several countries have announced green industrialization ambitions that rely on mobilizing, through various ‘derisking’ schemes, private (institutional) capital looking for investible opportunities
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The Underside of Microfinance: Performance Indicators and Informal Debt in Cambodia Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 W. Nathan Green, Theavy Chhom, Reach Mony, Jennifer Estes
Microfinance is a dominant strategy used to promote rural development around the world. Rather than directly track its impact on borrowers, however, microfinance institutions rely on indicators of financial performance adopted from commercial banking as proxies for positive social impact. Yet, as critical research has shown, the industry depends on coercive peer pressure, social shaming and various
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Law and Famine: Learning from the Hunger Courts in South Sudan Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Naomi Pendle
Activists and scholars are seeking to end famine by promoting international legal accountability for starvation. This article deepens our understanding of the relationship between the politics of famine and law by observing the ongoing prevalence and power of legal norms and institutions during times of famine. It reveals the widespread use of hunger courts in famine-prone South Sudan and their role
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Lance Taylor (1940–2022): Reconstructing Macroeconomics Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Servaas Storm
INTRODUCTION On 15 August 2022, Lance Taylor, the towering structuralist macroeconomist and a thinker of uncommon breadth, sadly passed away. His work, spanning almost six decades, stands out for its originality, creativity, (policy) relevance and theoretical rigour as well as for its fearless commitment to speak truth to power in academic and policy-making circles. This essay reviews Taylor's progression
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Negotiated Agreements, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industry in the Salar de Atacama, Chile: When Is an Agreement More than a Contract? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Sally Babidge
While acknowledging advances in legal recognition of Indigenous rights, much of the research literature positions negotiated agreements between Indigenous peoples and corporations simply as ‘neoliberal technology’ that gives the appearance of Indigenous consent while allowing exploitation to continue. This analysis is flawed in considering agreements as discrete, stand-alone phenomena. It ignores the
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Agency and Structure in Militarized Conservation and Armed Mobilization: Evidence from Eastern DRC's Kahuzi-Biega National Park Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Fergus O'Leary Simpson, Lorenzo Pellegrini
Ongoing debates in conservation studies stress the dire consequences of ‘fortress’ and ‘militarized’ conservation at violent frontiers. Presenting evidence from Kahuzi-Biega National Park in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this article shows how the park has become a focal point for armed insurgent groups in the region. Although fortress conservation has contributed to one major
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Formalization and its Discontents: Conceptual Fallacies and Ways Forward Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard
The concept of formalization has long underpinned policy interventions and measures intended to connect informal entities with state institutions or formal economic structures. However, despite the policy enthusiasm, the outcomes of formalization policies have frequently been disappointing. This article argues that this disconnect lies in the concept of formalization itself and that common approaches
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Facing the Future: The Legacies of Post-Neoliberalism in Latin America Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Jean Grugel, Pia Riggirozzi
This virtual issue reviews the post-neoliberalism literature published in Development and Change between 2012 and 2018. It reflects on recent and ongoing, multiple experiences of resistance to speculative, extractive, inequitable and unsustainable development and the demands for alternatives that emerged in Latin America. The argument is developed through an analysis of the 18 most relevant articles
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How Far Does the Diverse Economies Approach Take Us? Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Georgina M. Gómez
Julie and Katherine Gibson-Graham and Kelly Dombroski (eds), The Handbook of Diverse Economies. Cheltenham and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2020. 546 pp. £ 199.80 hardback.
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Theorizing Power in Community Economies: A Women's Cooperative in Northern Kurdistan Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Kaner Atakan Turker
Under the Democratic Autonomy project, Turkey's Kurdish Movement has pursued self-governance since the mid-2000s and promoted cooperatives and communal modes of production across Northern Kurdistan. Drawing upon the engagement of diverse and community economies studies with assemblage thinking, this article utilizes assemblage thinking to expand our understanding of power dynamics in community economies
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Thai Labour NGOs during the ‘Modern Slavery’ Reforms: NGO Transitions in a Post-aid World Development and Change (IF 3.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Alin Kadfak, Miriam Wilhelm, Patrik Oskarsson
This article explores how domestic NGOs responded to new opportunities that emerged during the 2015–2020 ‘modern slavery’ labour reforms in Thailand's seafood sector. The analysis takes place against the background of civil society transitions in a ‘post-aid’ setting. Like NGOs in other middle-income countries, the Thai NGO sector has struggled to remain relevant and financially viable in recent decades