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What Would Happen to Poverty in Africa if Most Aid Were Delivered as Social Cash Transfers? A Case Study of Uganda Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jacob Ulrich, Susan Kavuma, Wilson Asiimwe, Bruno Yave
This article explores the potentially game-changing idea of repurposing a major part of overseas development assistance (ODA) to fund the up-scaling of social cash transfers (SCTs) in Africa. The a...
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Stigma Paradox and Welfare Rights Claiming Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Tauchid Komara Yuda, Habibullah Habibullah, Nurhadi Nurhadi
The issue of stigma has long been a central topic of discussion regarding the low uptake rate of targeted welfare programs. However, empirical evidence examining this claim within Global South coun...
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Does Norwegian Aid Reward Equitable Access to Health in Recipient States? Assessing a ‘Moral Superpower’s’ Aid to Pro-Poor Development, 1990–2019 Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Indra de Soysa, Krishna C. Vadlamannati, Rebecca Ruth
We assess if Norwegian aid policies, widely heralded for being morally driven, rewards pro-poor governance. If higher levels of equitable access to health attracts higher levels of Norwegian aid, o...
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Development as Utopia? Road to a Better Future Between Fiction and Lived Utopian Practice Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Antje Daniel, Dieter Neubert
Development as presented in the MDGs/SDGs is a well-planned step-by-step enterprise. If we dig deeper into the development debate, it is clear that the dilemma of eradicating poverty and achieving ...
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What is the Problem of Gender Inequality Represented to be in Inter-National Development Policy in Burkina Faso? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Mawa Karambiri, Alizée H. G. Ville, Grace Y. Wong, Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno, Andrea Downing, Maria Brockhaus
This article contributes to critical policy analysis scholarship from a post-structuralism perspective. Employing the ‘What’s the problem represented to be’ (WPR) framework, a Foucault-influenced p...
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Social Differentiation and Household Dynamics Associated with Early Season Shea Nut Collection and Trading in Burkina Faso Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 François Questiaux
Originally a domestic product used by West African rural population, shea nut has become an international commodity exported all over the world. However, local periodic markets remain a central sit...
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‘Self-reliant’ Refugees as ‘Development Actors’: Dignity or Disavowal of Responsibility? The Case of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Thera Mjaaland
In this article which is based on anthropological fieldworks among Eritrean refugees in Hitsats and Adi Harush camps in North-Ethiopia and out of camp in the capital city Addis Ababa between 2019 a...
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Relational, Ableist and Gendered Sites of Violence: Perspectives of Tanzanian Girls With Disabilities on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Virpi Mesiäislehto
Adolescent girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health services is a critical development issue in Tanzania where the intersection of disability and adolescence is compounded by barriers to sex...
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Can ‘Tanzania Ladies First’ be a Trigger for Female Athletes to Continue in Sport? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Mitsuaki Furukawa
In Tanzania, the gender gap in sports participation remains largely due to socio-cultural and economic influences, partly due to the transition to a market economy and the Ujamaa policy. One of the...
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Contested Spaces of Exchange: Informal Cross-Border Trade on the India–Bangladesh Border Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Alison Brown, Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Peter Mackie, Crispian Fuller, Rajesh Bhattacharya, Soumyabrato Bagchi, Debapriya Chakrabarti
The India–Bangladesh border is the world’s fifth longest land border, a focus of political tension in an area with vibrant informal economies. Cross-border communities share culture and language an...
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Locating Migrants Within Informal Workers’ Organizing in India: Has COVID-19 Changed Anything? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Neetu Choudhary, Mihir Thakur
There is a rich narrative on the new dynamics of organizing among informal workers wherein citizenship claims rather labour rights become the basis for negotiation. However, putting citizenship cla...
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Empowerment or Disempowerment through Formalization? The Case of Women Entrepreneurs in Food Processing in Northern Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Girmanesh Abreha Desta, Ruth Haug
The purpose of this study is to assess the possible contribution of formalizing small-scale women entrepreneurs’ food processing enterprises in northern Ethiopia to their empowerment or disempowerm...
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What do Private Companies Prioritise When Implementing International Development Projects? Evidence from Four Central and Eastern European Donors Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Gabriela Dufková, Balázs Szent-Iványi
As donors channel more of their development assistance through private companies, a discussion is growing on what this shift means for international development. This paper focuses on four Central ...
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Does Colonial Institutional Legacy Fully Explain Why Nations Fail? Theoretical and Empirical Confrontations Using the Case of Haiti Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Bénédique Paul, Daniil Storchevoi
Abstract Economic history is mobilized by neo-institutionalists to explain the different paths to development observed in post-colonial countries. Acemoglu and Robinson have considered Haiti as an archetype of colonial institutional legacy to describe why Nations fail. Is this deterministic lecture sufficient to understand the troubled development journey of the first free Black Country? In this research
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The Analysis of Fraudulent Financial Statements Prevention Using Hexagon’s Fraud and Government Internal Auditor as Moderating Variable in Local Government in Indonesia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Fitria Magdalena Suprapto, Dian Agustia
This study aims to examine the six components of hexagon fraud which include: financial pressure, change of leadership, whistleblowing system, auditor opinion, education of head government and proc...
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Towards Decent Employment or a Destitute Livelihood? The Dynamics of the Agrarian Question of Labor in Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Yonas Tesema
This paper examines the demand for industrial labor among dispossessed peasants and how the non-absorption of peasants’ labor into industrial production intertwined in and around the Bole Lemi indu...
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Exploiting International Development Ideals. The Rwandan Government’s Approach to Local Participation in Light of its Exercise of National Ownership Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Malin Hasselskog
While the Rwandan government is acknowledged for assuming national ownership and eloquently commits to local participation, its participation practices are severely criticised and its governance de...
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Implementing a Public Policy to Extend Social Security to Informal Economy Workers in Zambia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Jairous Joseph Miti, Mikko Perkiö, Anna Metteri, Salla Atkins
This article analyses the strengths and bottlenecks of institutional capacity between social security institutions implementing the reform in Zambia, which focuses to provide social security to sma...
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Assessing Institutional Capacity of Business Associations in Tanzania Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Goodluck Charles
ABSTRACT This article explores the institutional characteristics and capacity of the BAs to effectively perform the representative and service delivery functions for their members. Based on a qualitative study of BAs in Tanzania, it is evident that they were inclined to deliver the influence function and compromised the service function. The main institutional capacity gaps found in BAs were inadequate
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Introduction to Special Issue: Development, Learning and Education. Post-pandemic Considerations? (NorDev21) Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Tiina Kontinen, Ilona Steiler
Abstract This Introduction to special issue provides a context for the Nordic Development Research Conference 2021 (NorDev21). It introduces the contents of the conference and contributions within the issue revolved around two main themes of (1) Learning, education, Covid-19 pandemic and decolonizing and (2) State, Democracy, and Citizenship.
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Is no One Left Behind? Inclusive Citizenship in Practices of Self-help Groups in Rural Tanzania Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Benta N. Matunga, Tiina Kontinen
Abstract The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are based on the Agenda 2030 according to which ‘no one is left behind’, highlighting the need for inclusive citizenship at all levels. This article examines self-help groups in rural Tanzania as potential arenas for inclusive citizenship, which is defined as bottom-up practices of membership, participation, and livelihood enhancement
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A comparative analysis of two cash transfer programmes on how they influence the citizenship rights of beneficiaries. Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Robertson Neequaye Kotey
In Ghana, barriers faced by people living in poverty exceed their ability to meet their daily needs. An effective way of addressing these barriers can be achieved by improving the uptake of citizen...
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Utilization of Social Capital in Managing Family Planning Village Programs in Rural Communities in Indonesia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Klaudia Evinta Siregar, Badaruddin, Lusiana Andriani Lubis, Humaizi
Abstract This article aims to analyze the existing social capital in the community and elaborate on it through community empowerment to manage the family planning village. Communities in rural areas have a variety of potential social capital that can be utilized in implementing the KB village program. Utilization of social capital such as bonding, bridging and linking becomes effective through values
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Decoloniality and Critical Interculturality in Higher Education: Experiences and Challenges in Ecuadorian Amazonia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Ruth Irene Arias-Gutierrez, Paola Minoia
Abstract The struggles for decolonisation involve problems of coloniality of knowledge that persist in postcolonial states and shape their national educational programmes. In Ecuador, the request to decolonise education has been part of the agenda of Indigenous organisations for decades, and has successfully led to the formulation of programmes of intercultural bilingual education. In its radical acception
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In the Making and Unmaking of Statehood. An Exploration of how the State and Petroleum Corporations Negotiate over the Generation of Socio-economic Development in Tanzania Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Eva Nilsson
Abstract This article explores how the state and transnational oil and gas corporations negotiate over socio-economic development in Tanzania. It focuses on how public–private and local–global boundaries are in constant reconfiguration between the actors. The article responds to two shortcomings in previous literature on corporate social responsibility, governments and development. First, state agency
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Beyond Mainstream Development: The Moral Economy Alternative Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-04 Luke Amadi
Abstract Calls for moral economy abound as evidence accumulates of growing social, ecological and racialized failings of mainstream development conceived as a Westerncentric/Eurocentric construct largely driven by the notion of ‘economic growth’ as basis of development. There is now a considerable and diverse literature on contradictions of the mainstream development, including questions of inequality
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Citizenship Matters: Explorations into the Citizen-State Relationship in Africa Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Henning Melber, Jesper Bjarnesen, Cristiano Lanzano, Patience Mususa
Abstract Citizenship is a universal legal concept and norm. But its meaning and impact differ. Its codification and implementation are shaped by historical trajectories, political systems and state/government relations with members of society. State policy affects perceptions of citizenship and civic behaviour by those governed. This paper engages with current challenges relating to citizenship in
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The effect of National Sports Events on Women and Gender in Sports in Juba, South Sudan Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Mitsuaki Furukawa
The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to understand the reality of gender disparities in sport in South Sudan, which has not been fully understood; and second, to examine the effects of sp...
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Diverging Like-Mindedness? Development Policy Among the Nordics Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Anne Mette Kjær, Jan Pettersson, Elling Tjønneland, Marikki Karhu, Jari Lanki
Abstract The ‘Nordic exceptionalism’ in development aid is well known and characterized by its generosity and focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development. However, the individual Nordic countries’ development policies differ significantly, as the contributions to this special issue have uncovered. For example, Sweden and Norway have continuously upheld the volume of aid at above 1 per cent
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In the Quest for True Commitment: The Finnish Aid Paradigm and the 0.7 Target in Domestic Politics Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Marikki Karhu, Jari Lanki
Abstract In contrast to its Nordic neighbours, Finland has failed to fulfil the 0.7 per cent of GNI target for development assistance over the past three decades. This has been the case despite restated commitments ‘to reach 0.7’ by every government since 1993 and Finland’s otherwise progressive role as a Nordic donor. This inconsistency, but also the Finnish aid approach in general, has been charted
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Formalisation of Street Vending in Dar es Salaam: Implementation and Enforcement of the Wamachinga Identity Card Initiative Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Constantine George, Colman Titus Msoka, Hezron Makundi
Abstract Street vending in urban Tanzania is a big sector that touches different activities. This research paper applies the ‘forbearance’ conceptual understanding to investigate the introduction and implementation of small traders’ Identity Cards or simply Wamachinga IDs as an official formalisation strategy. It reports the findings of a qualitative research design undertaken to explain the process
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Advancing a Capability Approach to Work as a Central Dimension of Human Development Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Dai Duc Duong, Anh Van Pham
Abstract Based on Capability Approach, this article proposes a framework centred around work capability which refers to a set of working activities that are feasible for an individual to achieve. In this framework, work capability is a fundamental freedom because work is both a means for survival and an end in itself. However, employees’ work capability reduces when they sell labour power for wages
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Political Science Knowledge and Electoral Violence: Experiences From Kenya and Zimbabwe Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Liisa Laakso, Esther Kariuki
Abstract The relevance of political science education and research in the conduct of elections is evident, but their actual roles are not. We zero in, specifically, on the contribution of political science education and research to peaceful polling in Kenya and Zimbabwe. In both countries, electoral violence has accompanied multi-party competition. To get a profile of political science scholarly production
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Sweden’s Development Policy Since 1990: A Policy Paradigm Shift Waiting to Happen? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Jan Pettersson
Abstract Since the birth of the formal Swedish development policy in 1962, the overarching goal of Swedish aid has been poverty reduction. While the goal has been up for revision four times (under two social democratic and two conservative governments) it has only been rephrased rather than reformed. In addition, Sweden’s ambition to devote one per cent of its gross national income to development aid
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Animal Spirits of Privatization: Rice Value Chain Upgrading for Malaysia? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Yeong Sheng Tey, Mark Brindal
Abstract The privatization of state-trading enterprises (STEs) is posited as enabling dynamic upgrading. Malaysia has trialled this approach through Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS) as the lead firm in charge of development in the rice industry. Using published information, this study makes a longitudinal analysis at the structure, conduct, and performance post privatization through the global value
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Critiquing the SDG Framework Through the Lens of Goal Two: Empirical Reflections from Two Case Studies in India Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Neetu Choudhary
Abstract Theoretically, much skepticism has emerged insofar as the translation of SDG framework at local level is concerned. Comparatively, much less has been done to investigate the empirical reality of this discourse. Using case study exploration technique situated in two urban areas of India – Mumbai and Sitamarhi, this paper explicates how key contentions of the debate manifest at the ground level
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Norwegian Development Aid: A Paradigm Shift in the Making? Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-16 Elling Tjønneland
Abstract Norway has remained committed to allocating one percent of its Gross National Income in developing aid. Poverty reduction has also stayed as an overarching objective for the aid budget. The commitment to these traditional pillars in Norwegian aid is also accompanied by major changes: reduced focus on partner countries and bilateral aid and an expanding emphasis on supporting global action
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Restoring the Food Systems Resilience Through the Dialogue of Knowledge: A Case Study from Mexico Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin
Abstract Global economic dynamics have marginalized many territories, and these have attributes that can generate development possibilities in the context of their territorial capacities. Asymmetries within and outside the territories can be overcome if there is an exchange of ideas between social actors, i.e. a dialogue of knowledge. Based on this logic, this study aims to value the dialogue of knowledge
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The Migration-Development Nexus Revisited: Immigrant Organizations and the Swedish Policy Framework for Development and Humanitarian Assistance Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Axel Fredholm, Johan Sandberg, Olle Frödin
ABSTRACT Within the migration-development nexus, cooperation with immigrant organizations is often considered useful by governments and aid agencies. Due to acquaintance with home-country conditions and capacity to transfer remittances, migrants are increasingly viewed as contributors to aid and development. The Swedish government has a similar approach and views migrants and their associations as
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Norms, Equity and Social Protection: A Gender Analysis of the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Melisew Dejene Lemma, Tesfaye Semela Kukem, Siera Vercillo, Logan Cochrane
Abstract Social protection programmes do not generally account for gendered power dynamics. Oftentimes, they target women only as beneficiaries, which can intensify gendered disparities. This case study uses a mixed methods research approach to conduct a gender analysis of the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia. We find the programme has progressive gender equity goals, but these are not well
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Between Foreign Policy and Development Assistance: The UAE International Cooperation in Africa Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-26 William Guéraiche
Abstract After 2013, the UAE multiplied the international aid tenfold to the African continent. From this year onwards, the aid has never dropped below $1 billion, three times the amount allocated prior to 2013. What are the main drivers of this change? This article postulates that three main factors triggered a heightened international aid in the African continent: economic considerations (trade and
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The Paradigm Shift of Danish Development Policy (1990–2020) Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Anne Mette Kjær
Abstract For decades, Danish Development Policy was characterized by continuity, backed, as it was, by a relatively stable consensus across the political spectrum. However, this changed in the new Millennium where a paradigm shift in Danish development policy took place. This article characterizes and explains the paradigm shift and identifies its main driving forces. Drawing on Peter Hall’s policy
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‘The community comes to life’: How Social Grants Enable Participation in the Local Economy and Possible Effect on Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Soweto South Africa Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-26 Chibuikem Charles Nnaeme
Abstract South Africa has an extensive social grant program reaching over 45 percent of the population and which has mitigated high poverty in the post-apartheid epoch. Yet the impacts on urban poor community economic activities are yet to be duly appreciated. As the major capital injection into the local economy amidst a high rate of poverty and unemployment, the fund serves as the catalyst that enables
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Limitless Opportunities for Wealth? Witchcraft as a Strategy for (In)Equality and Economic (Dis) Empowerment Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Matthew Mabefam
Abstract The persistence of witchcraft beliefs and practices in Africa contradicts earlier scholarly work that suggested it would disappear. In addition, theorising witchcraft as a local discourse that only exists between people in an intimate relationship in anthropology has also long been challenged. This strand of scholarship has sought to understand witchcraft within the local-global nexus pointing
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Modernist Land Development-Induced Villagisation: Deconstructing Socio-Economic Rights of Pastoralists in South Omo, Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-12 Yidneckachew Ayele Zikargie, Logan Cochrane
ABSTRACT Based on an ethnographic case study of Bodi and Mursi pastoralist responses to sugar industries in South Omo, Ethiopia, this study aimed to comprehend the approach of a modernist land development-induced villagisation programme and its effect on the socio-economic rights of pastoralists. The article probes how and why land development activities and the related villagisation programme in the
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Probing the Predictors of Fraud Using the Fraud Diamond Theory: An Empirical Evidence from Local Governments in Ghana Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Vincent Ekow Arkorful, Benjamin Kweku Lugu, Vincent Ansah Arkorful, Susana Mamley Charway
ABSTRACT Fraud remains a challenge for corporate and local governments in Ghana. Therefore, this study probes behavior predictors using the fraud diamond theory. The study used questionnaires to draw data. Results of data (n = 624) analysis based on the structural equation modeling confirmed the positive relationship between pressure, opportunity, rationalization and capability, and behavior intention
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The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Africa: Empirical Evidence from Low Income Countries Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Mamo G. Tefera, Nicholas M. Odhiambo
Abstract This article aims to shed some insights into the ongoing debate on the aid-growth nexus by examining whether sources of aid matter in explaining aid effectiveness. In doing so, we consider three main proxies for bilateral aid based on three sources of aid such as Total Aid (TA); Traditional Donors aid (TDA) and Non-Traditional Donors aid (NTDA) as independent variables in a dynamic panel growth
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Not Raised ‘To Make Big Decisions’: Young People’s Agency and Livelihoods in Rural Pakistan Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Patti Petesch, Lone Badstue, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Akhter Ali
ABSTRACT We examine young people’s testimonies about their capacity to make important decisions and their livelihood experiences from agricultural communities that span Pakistan’s countryside. Our analysis is guided by theories of agency that focus on how a young person’s capacity to identify and act on goals is mediated by their local opportunity structure – shaping their household relations, livelihood
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State Capacity and the Triple COVID-19 Crises: An International Comparison Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Fernando de la Cruz, Sergio Tezanos, Rogelio Madrueño
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 multidimensional crisis poses a formidable challenge for human society as it is simultaneously and globally damaging the public health, the economic activity and the social wellbeing. The complexity and severity of this crisis has revealed the weaknesses and heterogeneities of States’ capacities to respond to the global pandemic. In this article, we raise the important question
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Participation in Climate Change Adaptation Programs in Nepal: An Intersectional Study Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Preema Ranjitkar, Haldis Haukanes
Abstract In the social discourses of climate change, women are perceived both as vulnerable victims and as active players in adaptation. These perceptions of women along with inclusion policies have led climate change adaptation programs to seek women’s participation. However, ‘women’ is not a homogenous category. Intra-gender power differences in terms of castes and ethnicities can play an important
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Actors of Community Development: Insider and Outsider Perspectives Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-29 Bibek Dahal, Pamela White
Abstract The diverse socio-economic and geographical situation of Nepal contributes to the complexity of community development. In such varied contexts, holistic community development faces many challenges, addressing cross-cutting issues like health and education, which may be viewed differently by men and women, as well as different castes, ethnicities, economic status, political associations and
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Seeking One’s Fortune Elsewhere: The Social Breakdown of a Smallholder Settlement in the Brazilian Eastern Amazon and the Consequences for Its Rainforest Reserve Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Örjan Bartholdson, Roberto Porro, Adam Pain
Abstract Using two cases, Anapu and São Manoel, located in the Brazilian Amazonian, this paper discusses the relationships between smallholders’ capacity for collective action, smallholders’ potential to unite and defend their territories, and the role of the state. In November 2017 a forest reserve of the settlement in Anapu was invaded by near 200 armed illegal squatters. We show how this event resulted
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Rights-Based Approach To Poverty Reduction: The Ghanaian Experience Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Bright James Nyarkoh, Vicki Banham, Ann-Claire Larsen
ABSTRACT The 1992 Constitution of the republic of Ghana obligates the state to guarantee that all citizens have access to social and economic livelihood. As a consequence, the government implemented the ongoing Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in 2008 to sustain development in these areas. Although Ghana has achieved progress in reducing extreme poverty and hunger, there is considerable
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Shifting Power Dynamics? The Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Policymaking for Mozambique’s Extractive Sector Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-07 Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, Nádia Margarida Armando Júlio
Abstract In 2012 the Mozambican government announced the revision of the mining and petroleum laws in consultation with civil society organizations (CSOs). This followed the discovery of world class gas reserves in the Rovuma Basin, and growing demands for transparency, fair sharing of revenues and protection of national interests, from all quadrants. Given this, what was the role played by CSOs? Did
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Beyond ‘Africa rising’: Development Policies and Domestic Market Formation in Zambia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Søren Jeppesen, Peter Kragelund
ABSTRACT The ‘Africa rising’ narrative sparked a lively discussion of the powers of orthodox economic policies to ensure good economic governance and attract private investments to further stimulate economic growth. The 2014 commodity bust and the Covid-19 pandemic effectively ended this discussion and triggered a critical examination of the fundamentals of the narrative. This study investigates how
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Universal Social Pensions Are Unaffordable … Not! Testing the Unaffordability Hypothesis in Latin America and the Caribbean Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Gibran Cruz-Martinez
Abstract Is universal social assistance unaffordable? Targeting social policy has been praised as a magic solution to select the ‘deserving poor’ and efficiently use the scarce resources in the Global South. The article tests the unaffordability hypothesis using five counterfactual analyses based on expenditure redirection (military expenditure, energy subsidies, and the potential illegal/odious external
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Interrogating Dispossession for Development in Ethiopia Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-08 Yonas Tesema
Abstract In this article, I explore some of the implications of state land policy as an approach to analyzing the double dispossession – land and labor dispossessions. Despite a growing interest in the study of land dispossession in the global South, especially after the post-2008 financial crisis, examining the complexities between the land policy, land and labor dispossessions have relatively been
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Integrative and Exclusionary Roles of Trust in Timber Value Chain in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Respikius Martin
Abstract Contract and trust are the two main governance mechanisms that influence actors’ integration into value chains. Nevertheless, most studies treat trust as a complement to formal contract, paying less attention on the circumstances in which trust becomes a sole mechanism of governance. The aim of this article is to examine how trust shapes integration in the non-industrial timber value chain
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The World Food Programme and the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-22 Kjell Havnevik
Abstract This article looks at some of the central strategies and activities of the WFP to combat hunger as well as identifying funding sources and beneficiaries. It also addresses some important areas and aspects where the WFP is not present – but where it ought to be present – in order to address the root causes of world hunger and its associated conflicts. In particular, this discussion is related
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Patron Client Relationships and a Right to the City: A Bangladeshi Case Study Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-11 Peter Walters, A. H. M. Kamrul Ahsan, M. Adil Khan
Abstract We highlight how the intentions of a government to improve services and transparency across a city, by providing an enhanced right to the city for the urban poor can be futile when political gatekeeping is not relinquished at the grassroots level and the poor are not mobilised and educated about their rights. A qualitative case study of poor informal settlements was conducted in Rajshahi Bangladesh