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Monetary incentives to improve tax compliance: A Brazilian case study Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jorge Luis Tonetto, Adelar Fochezatto, Josep Miquel Pique
MotivationTo enhance tax education and increase citizen participation in combatting tax evasion, monetary incentives may be used. In December (2021), the state government of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil launched the Receita Certa project. It aims to encourage new taxpayer habits, by refunding part of the tax collected by retailers on consumption back to citizens, contingent on its performance exceeding
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How does diversity affect the effectiveness of capacity building training? Evidence from the Republic of Korea Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ga‐Young So
MotivationPrevious studies on the effectiveness of capacity building training, drawn from the experience of traditional donors, have been limited in their understanding the impact of the diversity of trainees and the diversity of training on the effectiveness of training. This is particularly problematic given the increasing prevalence of such training and the emergence of new donors with different
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Correction to The Water–Employment–Migration nexus: Buzzword or useful framework? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2024-01-31
Hussein, H., & Ezbakhe, F. (2023). The Water–Employment–Migration nexus: Buzzword or useful framework? Development Policy Review, 41, e126376 The corresponding author for this paper is Hussam Hussein (email hussam.hussein@politics.ox.ac.uk), not Fatine Ezbakhe as previously shown. We apologize for this error.
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The resilience of systems-thinking approaches when faced with an evolving crisis: The case of Mumbai Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Lina Sonne Vyas, Maren Duvendack
India has seen severe economic and social impacts from COVID-19, with the most vulnerable people having suffered most. Mumbai's response has been multi-faceted, drawing on numerous actors such as local and state government, but also businesses and citizens. Disaster management is increasingly necessary and Mumbai's policy response during wave two of COVID-19 provides relevant lessons.
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How co-design can localize development programmes and reduce dependency: Examples from Pacific Island Countries Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Artila Devi
International donors commit around USD 2 billion every year to Pacific Island Countries (PICs). While the donors intend to help develop the Pacific, few of the projects they fund involve any more local involvement in their selection and planning beyond consultation with selected, often elite, or small groups of locals. It is even rarer to find projects that are localized or locally-led.
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Nonfarm activity reduces migration: evidence from Bangladesh Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Kazi Iqbal, Md Nahid Ferdous Pabon, Mohammad Rezoanul Hoque, Nahian Azad Shashi
While anecdote indicates local nonfarm opportunities slow down rural-urban migration, there is hardly any empirical evidence on the relation between household nonfarm income and migration. Understanding this relation is pivotal for rural development strategies, sustainable urban development, and policies influencing domestic migrations.
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Does development aid reach politically excluded groups? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa at local level Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Siri Aas Rustad, Kristian Hoelscher, Andreas Kotsadam, Gudrun Østby, Henrik Urdal
Despite an increased focus on inclusive development, we know little about the extent to which development aid reaches politically excluded groups or how this varies across different donors.
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Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Hans Lucht
In European policy debate, conflict, economic crisis, lack of development, population growth, and climate change are often seen as the root causes of migration from Africa. To deter irregular migration to Europe, aid has thus been directed towards these perceived causes. This seems, however, not to deter irregular migration.
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What do remote outer island populations in the Pacific think about foreign aid? Insights from Mauke, Cook Islands Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Kim Andreas Kessler
Pacific aid research has largely focused on national issues and social justice, rather than spatial justice and the development of remote outer islands. In particular, the perspectives of remote outer island populations on aid have not previously been assessed.
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Supporting women's empowerment by changing intra-household decision-making: A mixed-methods analysis of a field experiment in rural south-west Tanzania Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Els Lecoutere, Lan Chu
In rural sub-Saharan Africa, patriarchal social norms and customs often lead to unequal resource access, decision-making power, and intra-household power relations between women and men co-heads of smallholder farm households. Household methodologies are gender-transformative approaches that aim to achieve gender equality and empower women by improving intra-household gender relations. Evidence of
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Sudan's health sector partnership: From confined progression to openness and hope to uncertain demise Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Huzeifa Aweesha, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström, Miguel San Sebastian
Despite the signature of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and subsequent adoption of the principles of effective development co-operation (EDC) for better health co-operation, there is a gap in documenting the challenges to implement these commitments at country level. Sudan represents an interesting case study. The country adopted a local health compact in 2014, but for much of the
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How to improve tax compliance by wealthy individuals? Evidence from Uganda Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Fabrizio Santoro, Ronald Waiswa
Appropriately taxing the richest is a priority for African governments, which need tax revenues to invest and pay for public services. In Uganda, the revenue authority launched a unit in 2015 to monitor the tax affairs of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and very important persons (VIPs), 393 individuals in all. The unit combined persuasion, assistance, and enforcement.
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The EU Trust Fund for Colombia: Valuable lessons for hybrid peacebuilding Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Carlos Madridejos Ornilla
The European Union (EU) Trust Fund has supported the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia. It represents innovative funding that goes beyond the classic parameters of the so-called “liberal peace”—that is, imposing a standard formula of guaranteeing security and public order, promoting electoral processes through a party system, and fostering economic openness and free markets.
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Nigeria's Sugar Master Plan: Ignoring losers from industrial policy can be costly Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Michael Odijie
Industrial policies, as tools for economic advancement, disrupt established systems and practices, leading to disputes. The Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (2013–2024) is just such a case. The Plan proposed to stimulate domestic sugar growing and refining, by restricting imports and providing incentives for investors in sugar estates and refining mills.
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“Want to help someone? Shut up and listen”: Foreign aid, maladaptation, and community development practices in the Pacific Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Suliasi Vunibola
Through a Fiji case analysis, this article elaborates on how well-intentioned foreign aid initiatives can result in maladaptation for local communities. When most well-intentioned foreign aid institutions become aware of development problems in the Pacific Island Countries, they start planning development interventions. However, maladaptation can occur where there is insufficient community input, creating
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Good enough for outstanding growth: The experience of Bangladesh in comparative perspective Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Robert C. M. Beyer, Konstantin M. Wacker
Bangladesh's economic growth rate over the past three decades has been one of the highest in the world. This success is difficult to reconcile with a single macroeconomic explanation of development.
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Increased domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: India's response Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Venera Bekteshi, Christina Miller, Jennifer Bellamy, Nairruti Jani
Domestic abuse of women, despite being illegal, is common in India: on average, every 4.4 minutes a woman suffers abuse. During the pandemic, owing to curfew and lockdowns, women had additional caring responsibilities, but they lacked social support. A legal system made lethargic by lockdowns, lack of safety protocols for dealing with cases of domestic violence during the pandemic, extended delays
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The impact of patriarchal culture on Somali women's participation in politics Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi, Kim Williamson, Mohamed Yusuf Ahmed
The political progress has been slow. The patriarchal clan traditions perpetuate gender discrimination, bestowing absolute priority upon all men for public affairs, while clan women remain voiceless, voteless, and restricted to private (household) affairs.
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Aid is not development: The true character of Pacific aid Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Dame Meg Taylor, Solstice Middleby
You need not look far to read stories extolling the virtues, promises, and achievements of aid to the Pacific, but such stories are far from lived experience or empirical reality. There are other often silenced stories, stories that need to be heard. They speak of broken promises and obfuscation, oppressive bureaucratic conditions, and private contractors competing for profit off the back of the Pacific's
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Religion and development in Samoa: Time to draw on the strength of local culture? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Brian Alofaituli
As in much of the Pacific, Samoans understand their culture through Western religious lenses. Christianity and fa'a-Samoa (culture and practices) are entangled; they determine Samoa's daily reality of governance, society, and economic development. To discuss Samoa's development over the past two centuries without addressing Samoan agency in maintaining the Christian mantle to navigate their worldviews
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Will policy help close the digital gender divide? An intersectional feminist policy analysis of Ethiopia's national digital policy Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Robert Ferritto
Digital technologies can enable development, but they risk further entrenching inequalities in society, such as through the digital gender divide. The divide can not only slow development, but also slow progress towards gender equality. As digital technologies become increasingly used by governments for economic development, the gendered aspects of digital technologies need to be considered.
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Multidimensional design-reality gaps in ICT in education projects in the Samoan aidscape Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Masami Tsujita
During the last decades, Samoa has received much aid to improve the use of information, communication, and technology (ICT) in education. However, the inequality gap in digital education between the global North and South remains wide, including in Samoa. This warrants further study of ICT in education projects in recipient countries.
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Should foreign aid consider inter-Pacific Islands migration in the context of climate change? Evidence from Fiji Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Sargam Goundar
This research brings a Pacific Islands-centred perspective into the discussion of foreign aid and climate mobility. Climate-related migration is a crucial issue in Oceania as climate change is increasingly affecting Pacific Islanders. In this context, the Pacific Islands are typically seen as migrant-sending countries to places outside the region. Inter-Pacific Islands migration (IPIM) is barely recognized
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An analysis of gender inclusion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects: Intention vs. reality Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Hannah Jayne Robinson, Dani Barrington, Barbara Evans, Paul Hutchings, Lata Narayanaswamy
Gender equality is inherently bound with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) provision, access, and use. Gender shapes experiences of projects and services, from participation in design to ensuring access to appropriate facilities. Many observers call for active attention to gender throughout the project cycle, but there is little evidence of the extent to which this happens in practice.
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Do job aspirations cause job choice? Insights from women entering male-dominated occupational training in India Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Garima Sahai
The participation rate of women in India's labour force is not only one of the lowest in the world, it has also been declining. To increase women's employment, some observers argue for reducing occupational gender segregation so that more women enter non-traditional jobs.
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A multisource analysis of child streetism in Nigerian urban centres Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 David V. Ogunkan
Child streetism, a concept that describes the desperate situations of children working, living, or surviving on the street, is a complex phenomenon and one of the challenges posed by urban poverty worldwide.
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Girls' schooling is important but insufficient to promote equality for boys and girls in childhood and across the life course Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Chris Desmond, Kathryn Watt, Sara Naicker, Jere Behrman, Linda Richter
Investing in girls' schooling in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is seen as central to improving gender equity. It is argued that interventions to promote girls' enrolment are appropriate as girls face gendered barriers to school enrolment and completion and investing in girls' schooling has high economic and human development returns. But is this fair to boys and enough for girls?
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Reported effects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in health and education service provision: The role of NGO –government relations and other factors Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Rachel S. Robinson, Jennifer N. Brass, Andrew Shermeyer, Nichole Grossman
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs) often deliver services that high-income states might themselves provide, such as education and health care. But such service provision usually requires NGOs to engage with the state. Whether NGO–government relations affect NGO service provision to beneficiaries is not well studied.
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Determinants of poverty among Indigenous people in Mexico's Guerrero Mountain Region Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Jorge Mora-Rivera, Isael Fierros-González, Fernando García-Mora
The eradication of poverty is one of Mexico's greatest challenges. This challenge is even greater for Indigenous communities, where seven out of 10 people were living in poverty in 2018. Despite the economic, social, and cultural impacts on Indigenous people, there has been scant literature addressing the determinants of Indigenous poverty in Mexico, while studies on the Guerrero Mountain Region (GMR)
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Whose policy coherence counts? Assessing sustainable fisheries in Ghana and the European Union's engagement Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Niels Keijzer, Lina Galvis, Sarah Delputte
Promoting coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) is a key means of implementation for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, yet it has been overlooked as policy discussions have focused predominantly on the financing of the agenda. The literature and policy debates about PCSD largely focus on processes and on OECD countries, and they neglect their political and normative dimensions. This
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What explains the gender gap in unpaid housework and care work in India? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Athary Janiso, Prakash Kumar Shukla, Bheemeshwar Reddy A
Although women continue to bear an unequal burden when it comes to unpaid housework and care work regardless of the level of economic progress, a systematic analysis of the gender gap in terms of the time allocated to these responsibilities has not been carried out in the context of India so far, primarily due to the lack of national-level data.
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How humanitarian–development responses may discriminate by nationality: Refugee and migrant inclusion following the 2016 Jordan Compact Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Shaddin Almasri
The Jordan Compact was signed in 2016 by the Government of Jordan and the European Union (EU) to allow 200,000 Syrian refugees to work in Jordan in exchange for better access to the EU market for Jordan's exports. This marked a transition for Jordan's humanitarian sector. However, while services did indeed expand and elements of labour transitions and livelihood support were included, these benefits
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Uber's digital labour platform and labour relations in South Africa Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Welmah N. Mutengwe, Adrino Mazenda, Moreblessing Simawu
With rising unemployment in South Africa, new forms of digital work transcend legal conceptions and discourses on work. Uber's digital labour platform (DLP) has the potential to reduce unemployment and improve the livelihoods of South African households.
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Do the principles of effective development co-operation improve development outcomes? The case for clearer definitions and measurement Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro
Elaborated in their current form in Busan in 2011, and reiterated in Geneva in 2022, the four Principles of Effective Development Co-operation comprise country ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, and transparency and mutual accountability. Framed to guide more effective development assistance, their measurement and impact has not been systematically studied.
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How can aid be decolonized and localized in the Pacific? Yielding and wielding power Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Theresa Meki, Jope Tarai
The colonial legacies of aid and development in the Pacific continue to be at the centre of policy debate. The ideal is to decolonize and localize the practice of aid and development. However, decolonization and localization have become highly contested in their definition and proposed practical approaches. We call decolonization and localization “decolocalization.”
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Challenging the formality bias: The organization of informal work, working relations, and collective agency in Kenya and Tanzania Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Lone Riisgaard, Nina Torm, Godbertha Kinyondo, Winnie Mitullah, Anne Kamau, Aloyce Gervas, Raphael Indimuli
Formal social protection systems, such as health insurance and representation, are often biased in favour of formal workers, thereby excluding most of the world's working population who make a living in the informal economy.
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Can civil society organizations and faith-based organizations in Fiji, Samoa, and Solomon Islands access climate finance? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-08 Kristina Fidali, Ofusina Toamua, Hemah Aquillah, Sereima Lomaloma, Placida Riah Mauriasi, Steve Nasiu, Aliti Vunisea, Sangeeta Mangubhai
Despite global rhetoric to increase climate finance to civil society organizations and faith-based organizations (CSOs-FBOs), little is known about how accessible climate funds are for these organizations in the Pacific Islands.
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Foreign aid, human agency, and self-reliance in the Pacific: Lessons from the pandemic Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Rerekura Teaurere, Siulua Tokilupe Latu, Roxane de Waegh, Mark Orams, Michael Lück
Amid the highly polarized discourse on development aid in Pacific Islands, few studies explore the perspectives of local people. Missing from the literature is how the subjective experiences of Pacific Islands people responding and adapting to a sudden global disruption influence their perceptions of foreign aid. Faced by the sudden shutdown of export markets, tourism, and labour migration, the COVID-19
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Illiberal democracy and nutrition advocacy Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Danielle Resnick, Shilpa Deshpande
Across the world, illiberal democracy is on the rise. These majoritarian polities limit individual rights and undermine protections for minorities. Civil society organizations (CSOs) that support human rights and freedom of speech and association in these settings can be repressed.
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Participatory local governance in rural Nepal: The primacy of informality Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Thaneshwar Bhusal
Nepal adopted a federal constitution in 2015 that created autonomous local governments across the country. A prime aim was to encourage ordinary people's participation in local decision-making processes.
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Indoor air pollution and child development in Indonesia: Stunted by the smoke? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Younoh Kim, James Manley, Vlad Radoias
Air pollution in general, and indoor air pollution in particular, have been linked to severe, acute ill health. Less attention has been paid to long-term outcomes such as stunting (height for age).
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How did COVID-19 lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Rihab Baltaji, Ali Fakih, Nagham Sayour
The COVID-19 pandemic harmed business and employment in two ways: ill health reduced consumer demand for goods and services; and lockdowns to control disease prevented businesses from operating. This article is concerned with the latter effect.
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Are women more financially vulnerable than men? A tale of missed economic opportunities from Latin America Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Maria Jose Roa, Sonia Di Giannatale, Alejandra Villegas, Jonathan Barboza
Women are especially vulnerable to not being able to cover the costs of living or meet sudden demands for funds to pay for emergencies (financial vulnerability). The COVID-19 pandemic put additional stress on household incomes and the ability to meet emergency expenses, thus bringing into sharp relief the lack of inclusion of women in formal financial systems and the gender gaps between them and men
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Women, education, and violence: How women displaced into camps in north-east Nigeria take up education Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Cecilia Idika-Kalu
The Boko Haram insurgency has ravaged north-east Nigeria since 2002. The killing, kidnapping, and burning of homes have left millions homeless in its wake. The insurgency has especially affected women. Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a school in one instance; abducted partly for ransom and partly because Boko Haram resents Western education, especially for girls and women. Boko Haram has the dubious
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Green central banking under high inflation—more of a need than an option: An analytical exposition for Turkey Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Burcu Ünüvar, A. Erinç Yeldan
Calls for a green monetary policy are intensifying as the climate crisis deepens. Although the leading central banks of low-inflation countries are the spokesmodels of this discussion, considerations of green central banking under high inflation continue to lag. The motivation of this article is to contribute to this process with a working example from Turkey—an economy under severe inflationary pressure
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Does Thinking and Working Politically improve support for social business? Evidence from a water business in Cambodia Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Isaac Lyne
Social business is business that aims primarily to achieve social ends, while at least covering its costs. Social business has been put forward as a means to achieve development aims, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) is an approach to ensure development interventions are politically feasible and not stymied by political opposition. Are the two
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How gender mainstreaming plays out in Tanzania's climate-smart agricultural policy: Isomorphic mimicry of international discourse Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Ruth Smith, Anna Mdee, Susannah Sallu
Gender mainstreaming is often promoted internationally as the vehicle of choice to achieve gender equality. Concepts of mainstreaming are commonly seen in climate-smart agriculture (CSA), where it is proposed that they can bridge gender gaps in agricultural input use and productivity. The rhetoric of mainstreaming, however, often relies upon and perpetuates gender myths and assumptions.
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Introduction to special section: Workplace sexual harassment Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Marjoke Oosterom, Sohela Nazneen
Paid work is key for women's empowerment, but many women work in precarious employment where they experience workplace sexual harassment. Articles in this special section explore how social norms and job informality influence women's perceptions about—and their voice and agency to counter—workplace sexual harassment.
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Food sovereignty for health, agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity: Radical implications for Haiti Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Marylynn Steckley, Joshua Steckley, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil, Steve Sider
Governments usually see food security in terms of the availability of and access to sufficient, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food. Food justice scholars, however, see food production and provisioning, diet, nutrition, and health, and women's role in all of these aspects, as inherently political, resulting from, and intertwined with, history, politics, and economics. In state policy, these
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The spatial and economic relationship between labour informality and homicides in Cali, Colombia Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Magaly Faride Herrera Giraldo, Carlos Giovanni González Espitia, Héctor Ochoa Díaz
In the analysis of the relationship between the labour market and crime, the variable that comes from the labour market is generally the unemployment rate. However, there are labour market characteristics that are more significant than unemployment, such as labour informality, in the context of violent crime in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Social and gender norms informing, voicing, and reporting against sexual harassment among domestic workers in Kampala's informal economy Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Victoria Flavia Namuggala, Marjoke Oosterom
Urbanization and the increasing number of double-income households has led to a rise in demand for domestic workers in many African countries. With a population of over 75% people below 30 years of age, young people's unemployment is a major challenge for Uganda. Approximately 90% of young people work in the informal economy. Domestic workers' informal employment is unregulated and precarious.
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Rural market imperfections in India: Revisiting old debates with new evidence Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 C. S. C. Sekhar, Namrata Thapa
Ensuring viability of farming and increasing farmers' incomes are key policy concerns in India at present. To realize these aims, markets need to function well: market imperfections can increase production and transaction costs for farmers and thereby reduce incomes. A longstanding and repeated observation in India is that land productivity is inversely related to farm size, an inverse relation (IR)
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Does access to water, sanitation, and hygiene improve children's health? An empirical analysis in Indonesia Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Tri Mulyaningsih, Itismita Mohanty, Tesfaye Alemayehu Gebremedhin, Riyana Miranti, Vitri Widyaningsih
Much of the world's population still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation, particularly people living in poverty and in rural areas. The literature suggests that lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) contributes to poor development of young children. That further leads to inadequate cognitive stimulation, stunting, iodine and iron deficiency, and lower productivity.
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Rethinking human capital: Perspectives from women working in the informal economy Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Yogesh Ghore, Brad Long, Zeynep Ozkok, Derin Derici
The development of human capital is a priority for most nation states, accelerated by the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the context of reimagining a “new normal” post-COVID, we reconsider the concept of human capital, and focus on knowledge, skills, and training of individuals in order to capture aspects of inclusive development.
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Value chain research and development: The quest for impact Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Jason Donovan, Dietmar Stoian
For decades, governments, donors, and practitioners have promoted market-based development approaches (MBDA), most recently in the form of value chain development (VCD), to spur economic growth and reduce poverty. Changes in approaches have been shaped by funders, practitioners and researchers in ways that are incompletely appreciated.
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Mobile money taxation and informal workers: Evidence from Ghana's E-levy Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Mike Rogan, Vanessa van den Boogaard
In recent years, governments in low-income countries have increasingly introduced taxes on mobile money transfers. These are often explicitly promoted as a way of taxing informal economic activity, but critics have noted their potential negative impact on lower-income groups and specifically those in the informal sector. Yet there is virtually no evidence base on the effects of mobile money taxes on
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What role for aid in countries with and without a development bargain? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-03
Contents 1. Introduction – Annalisa Prizzon and Steve Wiggins 2. What role for aid in countries with and without a “development bargain”? – Stefan Dercon 3. Donors are already part of the development bargain—for better or, often, for worse – Naomi Hossain 4. Development co-operation can help with the first steps, but it is the national government that makes the development journey – Liang Ma 5. Which
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Domestic workers' agency against workplace sexual harassment: The role of social norms in Bangladesh Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Sohela Nazneen, Lopita Huq
There are 1.3 million domestic workers in Bangladesh; the precarious and private nature of domestic work makes them vulnerable to sexual harassment. Prevalent social norms that regulate sexuality and notions of family honour lead to victim blaming and normalization of male aggression. We contribute to the literature on social norms and women's agency by exploring how they tackle sexual harassment.
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Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference? Development Policy Review (IF 1.49) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Tushi Baul, Susan L. Ostermann
Child labour persists in the global South. After ratifying the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 138, on “the minimum age for admission to employment and work,” many southern countries have legislated minimum age criteria to fulfil their International Labour Organizations obligations. Often, however, making law has neither significantly reduced child labour nor boosted school attendance—largely