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Lawful Sins: Abortion Rights and Reproductive Governance in Mexico Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Camilla Reuterswärd
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Second Bread: Potato Cultivation and Food Security in Kyrgyzstan Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Susanne A. Wengle, Saadat Musabaeva, David Greenwood-Sánchez
Kyrgyzstan experienced a remarkable boom in potato production over the past thirty years, driven almost entirely by small farms. Today, potatoes are at once the backbone of national food security, ...
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Controlling the Capital: Political Dominance in the Urbanizing World Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Smith Ouma
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Caste Inequality in Medical Crowdfunding in India Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Arpit Shah
Medical crowdfunding has gained significant popularity and importance, yet researchers argue that it might not offer equitable financial assistance to vulnerable groups. Studies in Western countrie...
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Hope and Its Distribution in Rural Tanzania Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Nargiza Chorieva, Sandeep Mohapatra, Brent Swallow
Recent research at the intersection of psychology and economics sheds light on the influence of hope on economic decisions. A body of that work concentrates on the economics of hope in developing c...
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Rural Roads, Child Labor, and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Musa Hasen Ahmed, Wondimagegn MESFIN Tesfaye, Stephan Dietrich, Franziska Gassmann
New roads bring new opportunities including access to employment. However, new employment opportunities might encourage early school dropout and school absenteeism. We investigate the link between ...
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Remaindered Life Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Laura Antona
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Joshua Barkan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Raising Two Fists: Struggles of Black Citizenship in Multicultural Colombia Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Jaime A. Alves
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Being Dead Otherwise Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Jason Danely
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Role of Capital Markets for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Finance Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Christoph Sommer
SMEs play a crucial role for inclusive development, but their growth is often hampered by lacking access to finance. This paper explores whether capital markets can be harnessed to foster SME finan...
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The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form and Scope Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Srinivas Goli, Shubhra Kriti
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Empowering Labor: Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Gabriel Ondetti
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan’s Frontline Women Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Sidra Kamran
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Patrick Gill-Tiney
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Vulnerability to Climate Change and Communal Conflicts: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and South/South-East Asia Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Sara Balestri, Raul Caruso
This paper examines the influence of climate change vulnerability on the likelihood and severity of communal violence, with a particular emphasis on delineating large-scale regional patterns. Speci...
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Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Kelly Morrison
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Mapping Flows in the Cassava, Rice, Milk, and Fish Supply Chains of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Is There Any Quiet Revolution Taking Place? Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Wim Marivoet, John M. Ulimwengu, Abdallah Cisse
By applying a stacked survey approach to farmers, processors, and intermediaries, this study estimates and maps aggregate flows of fresh and processed cassava, rice, milk, and fish within the Bukav...
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Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Robert J. Foster
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Western Privilege: Work, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Lauren Clingan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Motherhood Penalty Revisited: Impacts of Maternity Leave Mandates on Nature of Employment Contracts Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Saheli Bose, Somdeep Chatterjee
In this paper we study the extension of paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks in India to estimate its effect on the contractual arrangements of working women. To identify causal effects, ...
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Beliefs, Values, and Practices in Development Studies Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Ryan C. Briggs
This article uses a survey of Development Studies (DS) professors and students in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom to answer three questions about academic DS. DS is defined in par...
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Iran in Motion: Mobility, Space, and the Trans-Iranian Railway Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Matthew G. Stanard
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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What We Can Learn When Impacts Fail to Replicate: Lessons From an Empowerment Programme for Young Women in Tanzania Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Isabelle Salcher, Munshi Sulaiman, Venus Yam
We evaluate the Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents programme that combines life and livelihood skills trainings with a safe space where young women can network and learn. The same multiface...
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Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Gerald Emmanuel Arhin
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Threatening Dystopias: The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Hyeonggeun Ji
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Daniel Mulugeta
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Female Ownership of Firms and Regulation Experience Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 João Pedro Bastos, Jamie Bologna Pavlik
The presence of gender disparity in de jure rules across the world is relatively well-known. Many studies show that this disparity is detrimental to female labor participation. Our focus is differe...
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A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Lindsay R. Dolan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Savings Programmes and Food Security of Women and Their Children in Ethiopia Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Soyoon Weon, Marnie Davidson
Women in low and middle-income countries are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. The non-profit humanitarian organisation CARE has implemented village savings and loan associations (VSLAs),...
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On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Isaac Kamola
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Pious Peripheries: Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Marya Hannun
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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How Does Fertility Affect Female Employment? Evidence from Albania Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Andrea Cinque, Cecilia Poggi, Juna Miluka
This article inspects the relationship between fertility and employment, providing an explanatory mixed-method analysis to gauge their nexus for rural and urban Albania over the 2000s. We instrumen...
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The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Natalia Dalmer
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Théo Blanc
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Local Crime and Early Marriage: Evidence from India Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Sudipa Sarkar
This paper analyses whether living in a locality with high crime against women affects the probability of early marriage—that is, marriage before the legal age of marriage of girls. Using a nationa...
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Public–Private Development Cooperation: Interface and Conflicting Logics in the Formation of a Strategic Partnership Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jon Harald Sande Lie
Public–private development partnership constitutes the core of a deepening normative agenda that places private actors as active development agents and as means through which other development obje...
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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 1.8) 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 1.8) 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 1.8) 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 1.8) 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 1.8) 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 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Alexander R. Bay
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Visible Consumption, Income Inequality and Social Comparisons. Evidence from Four Latin American Countries Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) 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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Training Refugees: Lights and Shadows in the Context of the Self-Reliance Strategy Implemented in Uganda Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) 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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Mobile Secrets: Youth, Intimacy, and the Politics of Pretense in Mozambique Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Johanna M. Wetzel
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 9, 2024)
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The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Julia Hampton
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 9, 2024)
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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 1.8) 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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International Remittances, Domestic Sharing, and Income Inequality in Senegal Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Mahamat Moustapha
This study examines the impact of international remittances on internal cash transfers in Senegal using instrumental variable analysis with a large sample of individuals aged 13 and above. The find...
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Capital Claims: Power and Global Finance Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Louis O’Sullivan
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Can We Unlearn Racism? What South Africa Teaches Us About Whiteness Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Jody Metcalfe
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 8, 2024)
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Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Lambek Michael
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 8, 2024)
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Correction Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) 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 1.8) 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 1.8) 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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Governing for Revolution: Social Transformation in Civil War Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ulaş Erdoğdu
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 8, 2024)
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At Risk: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Reya Farber
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Vol. 60, No. 8, 2024)
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The Reproduction of Inequalities through Educational Aspirations: Evidence from Teenagers in India Journal of Development Studies (IF 1.8) 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 1.8) 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...