Development Policy Review

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Volume 39, month 11, 2021

Editorial pp. 893-893

Steve Wiggins

Understanding resilience: Lessons from lived experiences of extreme poverty in Bangladesh pp. 894-910

Mathilde Maîtrot, Geof Wood and Joe Devine

Measuring household food security through surveys: Do the characteristics of the enumerators matter? pp. 911-925

Rebecca Pietrelli, Marco d’Errico and Kate Dassesse

The effects of development aid on irregular migration to Europe: Deterrence or attraction? pp. 926-952

Gabriele Restelli

COVID‐19’s impacts on global value chains, as seen in the apparel industry pp. 953-970

Jennifer Castañeda‐Navarrete, Jostein Hauge and Carlos López‐Gómez

Helping when it matters: Optimal time for supporting women’s self‐employment in India pp. 971-989

Kshitij Awasthi, Kiran Kumaraswamy and Natascia Boeri

Visions, promises and understandings of development around Kenya’s Masinga reservoir pp. 990-1007

William Clelland

To impute or not to impute, and how? A review of poverty‐estimation methods in the absence of consumption data pp. 1008-1030

Hai-Anh Dang

Not such a good bargain for (the evidence on) budget support pp. 1031-1035

Geske Dijkstra

To understand the implications of different aid modalities, we need to analyse the bargaining logic between donors and recipient governments pp. 1036-1039

Haley J. Swedlund and Malte Lierl

Volume 39, month 09, 2021

Shielded against risk? European donor co‐ordination in Palestine pp. 703-720

Jan Orbie, Viktor Opsomer, Yentyl Williams, Sarah Delputte and Joren Verschaeve

Lessons from reducing bribery in Uganda’s health services pp. 721-739

Caryn Peiffer, Rosita Armytage, Heather Marquette and Pius Gumisiriza

Addressing educational attainment inequities in rural Ethiopia: Leave no adolescent behind pp. 740-756

Megan Devonald, Nicola Jones and Workneh Yadete

State‐oriented service‐delivery partnership with civil society organizations in the context of counter‐terrorism in Nigeria pp. 757-772

Emeka Thaddues Njoku

Industrial policy: Clarifying options through taxonomy and decision trees pp. 773-788

John Weiss and Adnan Seric

Embrapa and the construction of scientific heritage in Brazilian agriculture: Sowing memory pp. 789-810

Lídia Cabral

China–Japan development finance competition and the revival of mercantilism pp. 811-828

Muyang Chen

Policy coherence across Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Finland pp. 829-847

Matti Ylönen and Anna Salmivaara

Evaluating a citizen security pilot in Honduras: The economic benefits of a much reduced murder rate pp. 848-864

Jose Cuesta and Erik Alda

Inequalities in higher education in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A scoping review of the literature pp. 865-889

Simone Reinders, Marleen Dekker and Jean‐Benoît Falisse

Volume 39, month 08, 2021

The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda: The potential and pitfalls of “thinking and working politically” pp. O1-O20

Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya

Public spending on agricultural productivity and rural commercialization: A comparison of impacts using an economy‐wide approach pp. O21-O41

Emerta Aragie and Jean Balié

Inheriting the family farm: Generational wealth transfers in rural Kenya pp. O42-O60

Njeri Kagotho, Neema N. Salim, Michele Patak‐Pietrafesa and Stavroula Kyriakakis

Large dams, norms and Indigenous Peoples pp. O61-O80

Andrea Schapper and Frauke Urban

The modernization of the rice value chain in Senegal: A move towards the Asian Quiet Revolution? pp. O81-O101

Guillaume Soullier and Paule Moustier

Fair Trade USA coffee plantation certification: Ramifications for workers in Nicaragua pp. O102-O121

Laura T. Raynolds and Claudia Rosty

Volume 39, month 07, 2021

Graduation after 10 years of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme: Surviving but still not thriving pp. 511-531

Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler, Jeremy Lind, John Hoddinott and Mulugeta Tefera Taye

Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia: Complementarities between social protection and health policies pp. 532-547

Kalle Hirvonen, Anne Bossuyt and Remy Pigois

Community‐led reconstruction, social inclusion and participation in post‐earthquake Nepal pp. 548-568

Gordon Crawford and Chas Morrison

Putting power and politics central in Nepal’s water governance pp. 569-587

Diana Suhardiman, Emma Karki and Ram C. Bastakoti

What does resilience imply for development practice? Tools for more coherent programming and evaluation of resilience pp. 588-603

Mark A. Constas, Laura Mattioli and Luca Russo

Risk navigation for Thinking and Working Politically: The work and disappearance of Sombath Somphone pp. 604-620

Kearrin Sims

Africa’s “youth employment” crisis is actually a “missing jobs” crisis pp. 621-643

James Sumberg, Louise Fox, Justin Flynn, Philip Mader and Marjoke Oosterom

The New Progressivism and its implications for institutional theories of development pp. 644-664

Evan Rosevear, Michael Trebilcock and Mariana Mota Prado

Brazilian foreign policy for the Global South: The creation of the Centre of Excellence against Hunger pp. 665-681

Clarissa Franzoi Dri and Andressa Caroline Molinari da Silva

Is the influence of neoliberalism on development norms waning? Evidence from the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pp. 682-700

Lars Engberg‐Pedersen

Volume 39, month 05, 2021

How earmarking has become self‐perpetuating in United Nations development co‐operation pp. 343-359

Max‐Otto Baumann

Urban social assistance: Evidence, challenges and the way forward, with application to Ghana pp. 360-380

Jose Cuesta, Stephen Devereux, Abdul‐Gafaru Abdulai, Jaideep Gupte, Luigi Peter Ragno, Keetie Roelen, Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler and Tayllor Spadafora

The cancer of corruption and World Bank project performance: Is there a connection? pp. 381-397

Hauke Feil

“Thinking and Working Politically”: The case of donor‐supported reform coalitions in the Philippines pp. 398-418

Gerard Clarke

How culture may nurture institutional trust: Insights from Bangladesh and Nepal pp. 419-434

Ishtiaq Jamil and Hasan Muhammad Baniamin

The Samagra anti‐poverty programme in Madhya Pradesh: Integrating household data, overcoming silo‐problems and leaving nobody behind pp. 435-449

Aruna Sharma, James Copestake and Michelle James

Public investment efficiency and sectoral economic growth in Pakistan pp. 450-470

Masood Qazi and Syed Ammad

Chinese Development Finance and its determinants: Does global governance matter? pp. 471-492

Eunhye Yoo

Enhancing export competitiveness by deeper integration: The case of the East African Community pp. 493-507

Wai Kit Si Tou

Volume 39, month 03, 2021

Quantifying the coherence of development policy priorities pp. 155-180

Omar A. Guerrero and Gonzalo Castañeda

Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of Tanzania pp. 181-196

Kristina Jönsson and Magdalena Bexell

Rescuing human development from a lip‐service syndrome pp. 197-211

Tadashi Hirai, Flavio Comim and Richard Jolly

Do people displaced by development need more than financial compensation? Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 212-232

Syed Al Atahar

Are market‐based solutions a viable strategy for addressing micronutrient deficiency? Lessons from case studies in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia pp. 233-249

Spencer Henson and Jessica Agnew

Industrial policy and structural transformation: Insights from Ethiopian manufacturing pp. 250-265

Kasper Vrolijk

Assessing the effectiveness of development co‐operation: Method matters pp. 266-282

Jo Hall

Politics of success stories in the path towards Universal Health Coverage: The case of Turkey pp. 283-302

Tuba I. Agartan

Can agricultural subsidies reduce gendered productivity gaps? Panel data evidence from Zambia pp. 303-323

Hambulo Ngoma, Henry Machina and Auckland Kuteya

Confronting the scarcity of digital skills among the poor in developing countries pp. 324-339

Jeffrey James

Volume 39, month 01, 2021

Agrarian suicides in India: Myth and reality pp. 3-21

Sthanu R Nair

In the interest of saving: Refugee‐led microfinance in Kampala, Uganda pp. 22-38

Evan Easton‐Calabria and Robert Hakiza

UNHCR’s evolving discourse on returning refugee vulnerability in Afghanistan: The law of diminishing returns pp. 39-58

Matthew Willner‐Reid

Social accountability in metropolitan cities: Strategies and legacies in Delhi and São Paulo pp. 59-81

Peter P. Houtzager, Arnab K. Acharya, Julia Amancio, Aheli Chowdhury, Monika Dowbor and Suchi Pande

Datafication, value and power in developing countries: Big data in two Indian public service organizations pp. 82-102

Richard Heeks, Vanya Rakesh, Ritam Sengupta, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Christopher Foster

Eviction is not a disaster pp. 103-120

Jennifer Day, Margaretha Wewerinke‐Singh and Susanna Price

Development evaluation in authoritarian states: A case from Kazakhstan pp. 121-134

Colin Knox

The open‐and‐shut case against inequality pp. 135-151

Jan Vandemoortele