Development Policy Review

1966 - 2025

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Volume 41, month 12, 2023

Foreign aid, human agency, and self‐reliance in the Pacific: Lessons from the pandemic

Rerekura Teaurere, Siulua Tokilupe Latu, Roxane de Waegh, Mark Orams and Michael Lück

Can civil society organizations and faith‐based organizations in Fiji, Samoa, and Solomon Islands access climate finance?

Kristina Fidali, Ofusina Toamua, Hemah Aquillah, Sereima Lomaloma, Placida Riah Mauriasi, Steve Nasiu, Aliti Vunisea and Sangeeta Mangubhai

How can aid be decolonized and localized in the Pacific? Yielding and wielding power

Theresa Meki and Jope Tarai

Should foreign aid consider inter‐Pacific Islands migration in the context of climate change? Evidence from Fiji

Sargam Goundar

Multidimensional design‐reality gaps in ICT in education projects in the Samoan aidscape

Masami Tsujita

Aid is not development: The true character of Pacific aid

Dame Meg Taylor and Solstice Middleby

Religion and development in Samoa: Time to draw on the strength of local culture?

Brian Alofaituli

“Want to help someone? Shut up and listen”: Foreign aid, maladaptation, and community development practices in the Pacific

Suliasi Vunibola

What do remote outer island populations in the Pacific think about foreign aid? Insights from Mauke, Cook Islands

Kim Andreas Kessler

How co‐design can localize development programmes and reduce dependency: Examples from Pacific Island Countries

Artila Devi

Pacific perspectives on aid and development

Vijay Naidu, Regina Scheyvens and Terence Wood

Volume 41, month 11, 2023

Food sovereignty for health, agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity: Radical implications for Haiti

Marylynn Steckley, Joshua Steckley, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil and Steve Sider

How gender mainstreaming plays out in Tanzania's climate‐smart agricultural policy: Isomorphic mimicry of international discourse

Ruth Smith, Anna Mdee and Susannah Sallu

Does Thinking and Working Politically improve support for social business? Evidence from a water business in Cambodia

Isaac Lyne

Green central banking under high inflation—more of a need than an option: An analytical exposition for Turkey

Burcu Ünüvar and Erinc Yeldan

Women, education, and violence: How women displaced into camps in north‐east Nigeria take up education

Cecilia Idika‐Kalu

How did COVID‐19 lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco

Rihab Baltaji, Ali Fakih and Nagham Sayour

Indoor air pollution and child development in Indonesia: Stunted by the smoke?

Younoh Kim, James Manley and Vlad Radoias

Participatory local governance in rural Nepal: The primacy of informality

Thaneshwar Bhusal

Are women more financially vulnerable than men? A tale of missed economic opportunities from Latin America

Maria Jose Roa, Sonia Di Giannatale, Alejandra Villegas and Jonathan Barboza

Illiberal democracy and nutrition advocacy

Danielle Resnick and Shilpa Deshpande

Volume 41, month 09, 2023

Blind spots and spotlights in bureaucratic politics: An analysis of policy co‐production in environmental governance dynamics in Indonesia

Muhammad Alif K. Sahide, Micah R. Fisher, Nurhady Sirimorok, Fatwa Faturachmat, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad Maryudi, Karno B. Batiran and Supratman Supratman

Exploring SME environmental behaviour and practice: The case of Malaysia

Angathevar Baskaran, V. G. R. Chandran and Divyaasiny Rajaghantham

Tuloni Biya and its impact on menstrual health: A qualitative exploration of the menstrual experiences of adolescent girls in Assam

Daisy Dutta, Chhanda Chakraborti and Pulak Mishra

Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference?

Tushi Baul and Susan L. Ostermann

Value chain research and development: The quest for impact

Jason Donovan and Dietmar Stoian

Mobile money taxation and informal workers: Evidence from Ghana's E‐levy

Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Mike Rogan and Vanessa van den Boogaard

Rethinking human capital: Perspectives from women working in the informal economy

Yogesh Ghore, Brad Long, Zeynep Ozkok and Derin Derici

Does access to water, sanitation, and hygiene improve children's health? An empirical analysis in Indonesia

Tri Mulyaningsih, Itismita Mohanty, Tesfaye Alemayehu Gebremedhin, Riyana Miranti and Vitri Widyaningsih

How much do development partners invest in disaster risk reduction? A data analysis

Suyeon Lee

Rural market imperfections in India: Revisiting old debates with new evidence

C.S.C. Sekhar and Namrata Thapa

The spatial and economic relationship between labour informality and homicides in Cali, Colombia

Magaly Herrera Giraldo, Carlos Giovanni González Espitia and Héctor Ochoa Díaz

Volume 41, month 05, 2023

Policy and performance in Uganda's seed sector: Opportunities and challenges

Fredrick Bagamba, Proscovia R. Ntakyo, Geoffrey Otim, David Spielman and Bjorn Van Campenhout

Nutrition‐sensitive lockdowns: Conceptual framework and empirical insights from Africa during COVID‐19

Thomas Daum, Hans Konrad Biesalski, Nikola Blaschke, Christine Bosch, Denise Güttler, Jakob Heni, Juliet Kariuki, Roseline Katusiime, Anna Seidel, Zinsou‐Narcisse Senon, George Woode and Regina Birner

NGOs' approach to human rights and the challenges in Bangladesh

Md. Kamal Uddin

Agricultural development promises more growth and less poverty in Africa: Modelling the potential impact of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme in six countries

Mariam Diallo and Fleur Wouterse

Skills formation and (un)employment in Latin America: Evidence from Chile

Juan Bogliaccini, Aldo Madariaga and Miski Peralta

What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India

Rajiv Verma, Saurabh Gupta and Regina Birner

Benefits of enhanced access to education in Tanzania

Livini Donath, Oliver Morrissey and Trudy Owens

The Water–Employment–Migration nexus: Buzzword or useful framework?

Hussam Hussein and Fatine Ezbakhe

School committee composition: Exploring the role of parental and female representation in India

Panchali Guha

Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Owasim Akram and Mathilde Maîtrot

Volume 41, month 03, 2023

FADM: A Feasible Approach to Disaster Management

Alessia D’Andrea, Patrizia Grifoni and Fernando Ferri

Do subsidies on seed and fertilizer lead to child labour? Evidence from Malawi

Raymond Boadi Frempong

Bio‐pharma in Iran: Escaping the middle‐income trap

Ali Babaee, Iman Miremadi and Ali N. Mashayekhi

Linking business strategies with upgrading pathways in global value chains: Insights from the Kenyan solar market

Ulrich Elmer Hansen, Padmasai Lakshmi Bhamidipati, Mathilde Brix Pedersen, Ivan Nygaard and Hope Nyambura Njoroge

Why national development experts are not included in development policy‐making and practice: The case of Ghana

Palash Kamruzzaman and Emmanuel Kumi

How evidence, implementation, policy, and politics come together within evidence systems: Lessons from South Africa

Ruth Stewart

Wage returns to workplace training in Myanmar

Henrik Hansen, S. Kanay De, John Rand and Neda Trifkovic

From global goal to local development policy: How partnerships as a policy idea changes through policy translation

Oda Hustad

Gendered perceptions in maize supply chains: Evidence from Uganda

Bjorn Van Campenhout and Anusha De

Is indigenous knowledge serving climate adaptation? Evidence from various African regions

Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Wolf, Edmond Totin, Luckson Zvobgo, Nicholas Philip Simpson, Kumbirai Musiyiwa, Jokastah W. Kalangu, Maruf Sanni, Ibidun Adelekan, Jackson Efitre, Felix Kwabena Donkor, Abdul‐Lateef Balogun, Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova and Desalegn Yayeh Ayal

Researching governance in difficult times and places: Reflections from Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Pakistan

Shandana Khan Mohmand and Colin Anderson

Repertoires of citizen action in hybrid settings

John Gaventa

The governance shock doctrine: Civic space in the pandemic

Rosie McGee

International aid actions for accountability: Identifying interaction effects between programmes

Rachel Nadelman, Rosie McGee, Ayesha Khan, Euclides Gonçalves, Jonathan Fox, Richard Burge, Fatai A. Aremu and Colin Anderson

What makes “difficult” settings difficult? Contextual challenges for accountability

Anuradha Joshi

Everyday governance in areas of contested power: Insights from Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan

Colin Anderson, Anuradha Joshi, Katrina Barnes, Affaf Ahmed, Muddabir Ali, Egidio Chaimite, Salvador Forquilha, Danyal Khan, Rizwan Khan, Miguel Loureiro, Myanmar Research Team, Lucio Posse, Jo Rowlands and Alex Shankland

Women's political agency in difficult settings: Analysis of evidence from Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Pakistan

Sohela Nazneen

Understanding accountability in practice: Obligations, scrutiny, and consequences

Colin Anderson

Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned?

John Gaventa, Anuradha Joshi and Colin Anderson

Volume 41, month 01, 2023

Civil society organizations and managerialism: On the depoliticization of the adaptive management agenda

Lena Gutheil and Dirk‐Jan Koch

Growth, innovation, and policy for chicken in Latin America 1961–2019

Gregory Scott and Enrique Vigo

Global urban development frameworks landing in Latin America: Insights from Ecuador and Bolivia

Francesca Blanc and Giancarlo Cotella

Assessing the impact of aid on public health expenditure in aid recipient countries

Yoojin Lim, Youngwan Kim and Daniel Connolly

Understanding the multifaceted impact of COVID‐19 on migrants in Kerala, India

Irudaya S. Rajan, Pooja Batra, Reddy Sai Shiva Jayanth and Tharatha Moolayil Sivadasan

COVID‐19 vaccination: Willingness and practice in Bangladesh

Avinno Faruk and Ishmam Al Quddus

Understanding inactive membership in voluntary contributory schemes: A case study of micro‐traders in Kenya

Raphael Indimuli, Winnie Mitullah, Lone Riisgaard and Anne Kamau

Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the “informal sector” in sub‐Saharan Africa

Mick Moore

The contestation of ideas behind Indonesia's rural electrification policies: The influence of global and national institutional dynamics

Hafidz Wibisono, Jon C. Lovett and Dhimas Bayu Anindito

Doing aid chains differently: Evaluating the potential of Multi‐Stakeholder Partnerships

Kelly Gerard

International donors, domestic politics, and the expansion of social cash transfers in Malawi

Hangala Siachiwena