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The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Julie Gamble
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Natalia Dalmer
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Nutrition Matters: Numeracy, Child Nutrition and Schooling Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Long Run Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sarah Ferber, Jörg Baten
School enrolment has increased at an unprecedented scale in Sub-Saharan Africa but learning and the associated education efficiency have not. Given that resources are limited, the efficient use of ...
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Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Théo Blanc
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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To Reform and to Procure: An Analysis of the Role of the State and the Market in Indian Agriculture Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Kartik Misra, Deepankar Basu
Since the early 2000s, some Indian states started allowing private traders to buy directly from farmers outside the state-regulated market system. The experience of these states can shed light on t...
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Assessing Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policy in the Era of COVID-19: Introduction to the Special Issue Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Marco d’Errico, Paul Winters, Donato Romano
Uganda is home to 1.5 million refugees from DRC, Burundi, South Sudan and other countries. The Uganda political framework is one of the most progressive and inclusive toward refugees. Only a fracti...
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Economic Integration between Refugee Settlements and Host Communities Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Lauren Oliver, Marco D’Errico, Paul Winters
With 1.5 million refugees and a refugee policy that promotes long-term settlement and self-sufficiency, understanding the impact of refugees on host communities in Uganda is a critical issue. Of pa...
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Child Slavery and Guardianship in Colonial Senegal Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Kelly M. Duke Bryant
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Everybody’s War: The Politics of Aid in the Syria Crisis Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Sima Aldardari
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Developmental Environmentalism: State Ambition and Creative Destruction in East Asia’s Green Energy Transition Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Jihyung Joo
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Japan’s Ocean Borderlands: Nature and Sovereignty Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Alexander R. Bay
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Entertainment-Education for Better Health: Insights from a Field Experiment in India Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Fenella Carpena
Entertainment-education has been touted as a potent delivery channel for health education campaigns. Yet, there is little evidence of its causal effects. This paper aims to fill the gap in the lite...
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Visible Consumption, Income Inequality and Social Comparisons. Evidence from Four Latin American Countries Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Rodrigo Gorga, Martín Leites, Andrea Vigorito
Increased conspicuous consumption motivated by status-seeking behavior can undermine the gains in well-being derived from economic growth. Using expenditure surveys from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico a...
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Mobile Secrets: Youth, Intimacy, and the Politics of Pretense in Mozambique Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Johanna M. Wetzel
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Training Refugees: Lights and Shadows in the Context of the Self-Reliance Strategy Implemented in Uganda Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Marina Mastrorillo, Antonio Scognamillo, Adriana Ignaciuk
Uganda currently hosts about 1.5 million refugees. Only a fraction is likely to revert to their home countries. Therefore, a key policy question is how to help the displaced communities to integrat...
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Being Well-in with the Joneses? A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment on Conspicuous Consumption among Rural Communities Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Lena Kuhn, Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Laura Moritz
Conspicuous consumption, specialised consumption of high visibility but without apparent economic benefit, is reducing investment in productive assets and thus hindering economic development in low...
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Can We Unlearn Racism? What South Africa Teaches Us About Whiteness Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Jody Metcalfe
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Capital Claims: Power and Global Finance Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Louis O’Sullivan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Networking Increases the Probability of Women’s Start-Ups in EMDEs Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Jiří Balcar, Lenka Johnson Filipová, Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski, Prity Sinha
In emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), entrepreneurship and self-employment, particularly among women, play a pivotal role as a means of livelihood. Unfortunately, the share of women...
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Correction Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-01-24
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 2, 2024)
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The Tax Elasticity of Formal Work in Sub-Saharan African Countries Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Andy McKay, Jukka Pirttilä, Caroline Schimanski
When seeking to increase their tax revenues, policy makers face a likely tradeoff between decreasing personal income tax rates (making formalizing more attractive and potentially contributing to re...
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Household Gender Roles and Slow-Onset Environmental Change in Morocco: A Barrier or Driver to Develop Migration Aspirations? Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Loubna Ou-Salah, Lore Van Praag, Gert Verschraegen
We study how slow-onset environmental changes impact the adaptive capacity of rural women living in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. Given the immobility of many women in rural regions, we especi...
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Security and Conservation: The Politics of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Simon Dalby
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Reproduction of Inequalities through Educational Aspirations: Evidence from Teenagers in India Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Svenja Flechtner
This paper studies educational aspirations and grade achievements of teenagers in India, using Structural Equation Modelling with data from the Young Lives Study. The analysis differentiates direct...
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Decentralisation in School Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from India Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara, Robin Shields, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez
This paper examines the link between decentralisation in school management and student achievement levels in secondary schools in India. It employs observational data from two school surveys conduc...
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From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Nahee Kang
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families and the Failure of the Dependent Visa Program Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Smitha Radhakrishnan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Phung N. Su
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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The King’s Road: Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk Road Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Federico Jensen
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 1, 2024)
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Persistent Agricultural Shocks and Child Poverty Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Ray Miller, Lackson D. Mudenda, Ashish K. Sedai
This study shows how persistent agricultural shocks in Ethiopia affect education, health and labor outcomes through a time-use study of young people aged 5-22. Leveraging five rounds of the Young L...
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The Impact of Early Marriage on the Life Satisfaction, Education and Subjective Health of Young Women in India: A Longitudinal Analysis Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Shireen Kanji, Fiona Carmichael, Christian Darko, Richmond Egyei, Nicholas Vasilakos
Despite progress in reducing rates of early marriage, it is still a widespread practice in India accounting for 30 per cent of the world’s early marriages. Understanding its impacts is thus of high...
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African Activists in a Decolonising World: The Making of an Anticolonial Culture 1952–1966 Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Josephine Nevill
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Policy Evaluation in Polarized Polities: The Case of Randomized Controlled Trials Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, Michael T. Dorsch, Paul Maarek
This paper provides a political-economic analysis of policy evaluation. We focus on Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) as a subset of policy evaluations and argue that they are used instrumentally...
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Location-Based Tax Incentives for Non-Farm Rural Enterprises in Armenia Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Vardan Baghdasaryan, Arsine Sarikyan
The paper analyses the effect of location-based tax incentives on rural non-farm small business performance in Armenia. It uses administrative panel data for the population of the registered taxpay...
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Foreign Aid and Female Empowerment Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Maria Perrotta Berlin, Evelina Bonnier, Anders Olofsgård
We estimate the community-level impact of foreign aid projects on women’s empowerment in the country with the most complete recent record of geo-coded aid project placement, Malawi. Our estimates c...
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Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Erum A. Haider
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of This World Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Luis Felipe Mantilla
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Women’s Resistance: An Alternative Perspective to Women’s Participation in Community-Driven Development Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Peter Shapland, Annemarie van Paassen, Conny J. M. Almekinders, Cees Leeuwis
Community-Driven Development (CDD) programs compel communities to adopt egalitarian decision-making processes for the duration of the project. However, dominant groups use their power to orchestrat...
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The Reproduction of Inequalities through Educational Aspirations: Evidence from Teenagers in India Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Svenja Flechtner
This paper studies educational aspirations and grade achievements of teenagers in India, using Structural Equation Modelling with data from the Young Lives Study. The analysis differentiates direct...
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Undue Process: Persecution and Punishment in Autocratic Courts Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Jane Esberg
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Viral Frictions: Global Health and the Persistence of HIV Stigma in Kenya Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Laura Ballerini
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Rebel Populism: Revolution and Loss among Syrian Labourers in Beirut Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Fuad Musallam
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 59, No. 12, 2023)
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Is There a Gender Gap in Health among Migrants in Russia? Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Sandra Pellet, Marine de Talancé
This study investigates whether there is a gender gap in health among migrants. Focusing on migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in Russia, where there are high levels of both immigration and ge...
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They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Ding Fei
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Inside Mining Capitalism: The Micropolitics of Work on the Congolese and Zambian Copperbelts Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Iva Peša
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Fikir G. Haile
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sebastian Heinen
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Lindsay Mayka
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Conflict Minerals Inc. War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Fergus O’Leary Simpson
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sebastian Heinen
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 4, 2024)
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Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Pratim Ghosal
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Pratim Ghosal
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 2, 2024)
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The King’s Road: Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk Road Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Federico Jensen
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Nahee Kang
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Politics of Taxation and Tax Reform in Times of Crisis: Covid-19 and Attitudes towards Taxation in Sierra Leone Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Nicolas Orgeira Pillai, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Wilson Prichard
Abstract The pandemic has had significant fiscal implications around the world. A key question facing governments is how the pandemic has shaped taxpayer attitudes and what that means for the prospects for tax reform and new revenue raising. We aim to understand the impacts of the pandemic on attitudes toward taxation in Sierra Leone with novel survey data, collected before the pandemic, shortly after
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The Politics of Taxation and Tax Reform in Times of Crisis: Covid-19 and Attitudes towards Taxation in Sierra Leone Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Nicolas Orgeira Pillai, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Wilson Prichard
The pandemic has had significant fiscal implications around the world. A key question facing governments is how the pandemic has shaped taxpayer attitudes and what that means for the prospects for ...
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Bleeding at the Margins: Understanding Period Poverty among SC and ST Women Using Decomposition Analysis Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Karan Babbar, Vandana, Ashu Arora
Abstract Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) women in India have relatively lower usage of period products than women of the General category. This paper attempts to understand and uncover the social factors explaining inequalities in the period product usage among these groups. This paper uses data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted in 2019–21, for this study, with
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Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 David Arnold
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Bleeding at the Margins: Understanding Period Poverty among SC and ST Women Using Decomposition Analysis Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Karan Babbar, Vandana, Ashu Arora
Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) women in India have relatively lower usage of period products than women of the General category. This paper attempts to understand and uncover the soc...
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Early-Life Shocks and Childhood Social Programs: Evidence of Catch-Up in Brazil Journal of Development Studies (IF 2.519) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Riley League, Dylan Fitz
Early-life shocks often produce negative long-run consequences lasting into adulthood, but little is known about how childhood social programs interact with early-life environments. In this paper, ...