Development Policy Review

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Volume 36, month 10, 2018

Follow the leader! The peer effect in aid supply decisions pp. 631-648

Alessandro De Matteis

Lost in translation: The World Bank and the Paris Declaration pp. 649-668

Willy McCourt

Farmer producer organizations as farmer collectives: A case study from India pp. 669-687

Nalini Bikkina, Rama Mohana R. Turaga and Vaibhav Bhamoriya

Paradox of public sector capacity building: Lessons from MATT2 UK–Bangladesh co‐operation pp. 689-702

Farhad Hossain, Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey, Derek Eldridge, Foteini Kravariti and Justice Nyigmah Bawole

Urban “slums” and social mobility pp. 703-725

Ivan Turok, Joshua Budlender and Justin Visagie

Critical discourse analysis of perspectives on knowledge and the knowledge society within the Sustainable Development Goals pp. 727-742

Sarah Cummings, Barbara Regeer, Leah de Haan, Marjolein Zweekhorst and Joske Bunders

Aid and its impact on domestic change: The case of police reforms in Macedonia pp. 743-758

Islam Jusufi

Volume 36, month 09, 2018

Project beneficiary participation and behavioural intentions promoting project sustainability: The mediating role of psychological ownership pp. 527-546

Deribe Assefa Aga, Niels Noorderhaven and B. Vallejo

Building on the capacities of crisis‐affected populations: From victims to actors pp. 547-560

Pat Gibbons, Ronan McDermott, Sulagna Maitra and Joost Herman

Post‐genocide justice: The Gacaca courts pp. 561-576

Colin O’Reilly and Yi Zhang

Social cohesion in Rwanda: Results from a public good experiment pp. 577-586

Jesper Stage and Claudine Uwera

State‐led industrial development, structural transformation and elite‐led plunder: Angola (2002–2013) as a developmental state pp. 587-606

Jesse Salah Ovadia

Risk and returns of sustainable crop intensification: The case of smallholder rice and potato farmers in Uganda pp. O605-O633

Bjorn Van Campenhout and Emmanuel Bizimungu

How to promote institutional reforms in the agricultural sector? A case study of Uganda's National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) pp. 607-627

Patience B. Rwamigisa, Regina Birner, Margaret N. Mangheni and Arseni Semana

A gender assessment of Malawi's National Nutrition Policy and Strategic Plan 2007–2012 pp. O634-O656

Elizabeth Mkandawire, Sheryl L. Hendriks and Lucy Mkandawire‐Vahlmu

Spatial approaches to measure subnational inequality: Implications for Sustainable Development Goals pp. O657-O675

Richard J. Smith and Sergio J. Rey

Sustainability and depth of outreach: Evidence from microfinance institutions in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. O676-O695

Sefa Awaworyi Churchill

Micro‐investment perspective and the potential of the universal basic income pp. O696-O709

Teppo Eskelinen and Johanna Perkiö

China's development loans and the threat of debt crisis in Kenya pp. O710-O728

Joseph Onjala

Public‐private partnerships (PPPs) in development policy: Exploring the concept and practice pp. O729-O747

Lena Brogaard and Ole Helby Petersen

Towards “cognitively complex” problem‐solving: Six models of public service reform pp. O748-O768

Willy McCourt

Employment and labour productivity in high unemployment countries pp. O769-O785

Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings

Can vigilance‐focused governance reforms improve service delivery? The case of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in Bihar, India pp. O786-O802

Rajiv Verma, Saurabh Gupta and Regina Birner

Dichotomy of development aid’s ambition and neoliberal imperatives: A case‐study of private‐sector development in Bangladesh pp. O803-O814

Matt Husain

Micro politics of Social Safety Net Programmes: The case of the Food‐For‐Work Programme in Bangladesh pp. O815-O830

Hare Krisna Kundo

Land markets and migration trends in Tanzania: A qualitative‐quantitative analysis pp. O831-O856

Ayala Wineman and Lenis Saweda Liverpool‐Tasie

Global value chains and traditional supply chains: Evidence from Guatemala pp. O857-O879

Jochen Dürr

Is food safety a real concern in Mexico and Colombia? A preliminary report on a survey of small producers, retailers and consumers pp. O880-O896

Y. Mayett, M. Sabogal, Jennie Popp, P. Crandall and E. Arvizu‐ Barrón

Social protection is a grassroots reality: Making the case for policy reflections on community‐based social protection actors and services in Africa pp. O897-O913

Nicholas Awortwi

Harnessing civil society's knowledge for development policy: Potential and challenges for the Republic of Yemen pp. O914-O934

Kattie Lussier and Mohammed Fakher

Love thy neighbour: Social identity and public support for humanitarian aid pp. O935-O953

Linda Alvarez, Constantine Boussalis, Jennifer L. Merolla and Caryn A. Peiffer

Does foreign bank entry contribute to financial development? Examining the role of income thresholds pp. O954-O983

Sasidaran Gopalan

Losing concentration? Lessons from a Swedish aid policy reform pp. O984-O1003

Rune Hagen

African school of thought: The missing ideology in finding a solution to sub‐Saharan African insecurity pp. O1004-O1018

Oluwafemi Senu and Folarin Daranijoh

Volume 36, month 07, 2018

Gendered perceptions of power and decision†making in rural Kenya pp. 389-407

Noora†Lisa Aberman, Julia Behrman and Regina Birner

Steering the Poverty†Environment Nexus in Central Asia: A metagovernance analysis of the Poverty†Environment Initiative (PEI) pp. 409-431

Sarah Challe, Stamatios Christopoulos, Michael Kull and Louis Meuleman

Rethinking international and domestic financing for HIV in low†and middle†income countries pp. 433-444

Richard Manning and Olivier Sterck

Supply of schooling and dropout rates: Evidence from the Oportunidades programme in Mexico pp. 445-464

Raymundo M. Campos†Vazquez and Alma S. Santillan

Urban poverty, economic restructuring and poverty reduction policy in urban China: Evidence from Shanghai, 1978–2008 pp. 465-481

Fei Yan

Indigenous peoples, the city and inclusive urban development policies in Latin America: Lessons from Bolivia and Ecuador pp. 483-501

Philipp Horn

Comparing voluntary sustainability initiatives and product carbon footprinting in the food sector, with a particular focus on environmental impacts and developing countries pp. 503-523

Katharina Plassmann

Volume 36, month 05, 2018

The real East Asian Aid model: Development assistance as an instrument of comprehensive security in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan pp. 265-284

Joel Atkinson

Do natural resource revenues lower government reliance on seigniorage? The role of exchange rate policy pp. 285-307

Michael Ellis and Nasr Elbahnasawy

Rwandan “home grown initiativesâ€: Illustrating inherent contradictions of the democratic developmental state pp. 309-328

Malin Hasselskog

New economic globalization, new industrial policy and late development in the 21st century: A critical analytical review pp. 329-346

Laurids S. Lauridsen

The conundrum between political and sectoral decentralizations: The case of Cameroon pp. 347-367

Gyldas Ofoulhast†Othamot

Engaging decentralization in an uncertain political context: Lessons from Liberia pp. 369-386

Kelly Krawczyk and Raymond Muhula

Volume 36, month 03, 2018

Inequality and economic growth: Trickle†down effect revisited pp. O1-O24

Merter Akinci

Exporting stimulus and “shared prosperityâ€: Reinventing foreign aid for a retroliberal era pp. O25-O43

Emma Mawdsley, Warwick E. Murray, John Overton, Regina Scheyvens and Glenn Banks

Ignoring the elephant in the room? Assessing the impact of the European Union on the Development Assistance Committee's role in international development pp. O44-O58

Joren Verschaeve and Jan Orbie

Millennium Development Goals: Impact on national strategies and spending pp. O59-O88

Elham Seyedsayamdost

Why institutional environments for agroforestry seed systems matter pp. O89-O112

J.P.B. Lillesø, C. Harwood, Abayneh Derero, L. Graudal, J. M. Roshetko, R. Kindt, S. Moestrup, W. O. Omondi, N. Holtne, A. Mbora, P. van Breugel, I. K. Dawson, R. Jamnadass and H. Egelyng

Capacity development for food policy analysis: What works best? Adding evidence from IFPRI's experience pp. O113-O137

Arie Kuyvenhoven

An evaluation of donor agencies’ policies on participatory development: The case of Ghana pp. O138-O158

Joseph Kwadwo Danquah, Farhad Analoui and Yvonne Ekua Deiba Koomson

To shame or not to shame—that is the sanitation question pp. 155-173

Myles Bateman and Susan Engel

Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda pp. O159-O182

Matt Andrews

Room for manoeuvre: User participation in water resources management in Burkina Faso pp. 175-189

William's Daré and Jean†Philippe Venot

Structural change in Ethiopia pp. O183-O200

Pedro M. G. Martins

Improving water service to the urban poor through delegated management: Lessons from the city of Kisumu, Kenya pp. 190-202

Daniel M. Nzengya

Why do financial inclusion policies fail in mobilizing savings from the poor? Lessons from rural south India pp. O201-O219

Jann Goedecke, Isabelle Guérin, Bert D'Espallier and Govindan Venkatasubramanian

Embracing the complexity of policy processes in sanitation: Insights from India pp. 203-219

Andrés Hueso, Alejandra Boni and à lvaro Fernández†Baldor

Overcoming the ownership dilemma: Contributing to peace and democracy in El Salvador and the Philippines pp. O220-O246

Kimana Zulueta†Fülscher

Amplifying accountability by benchmarking results at district and national levels pp. 221-240

Alice Evans

Children's work and children's well†being: Implications for policy pp. 241-261

Dena Aufseeser, Michael Bourdillon, Richard Carothers and Olivia Lecoufle

Repositioning in the global apparel value chain in the post†MFA era: Strategic issues and evidence from Sri Lanka pp. O247-O269

Prema-chandra Athukorala and Raveen Ekanayake

Management of the international development aid system: The Case of Tanzania pp. O270-O284

Mitsuaki Furukawa

HIV/AIDS and other household shocks as catalysts of local commercialization of non†timber forest products in Southern Africa pp. O285-O301

D. Weyer, C. M. Shackleton and Y. O. Adam

Light public–private partnerships in the water supply sector: Malawi and other case studies from sub†Saharan Africa pp. O302-O320

Marta Marson and Elena Maggi

Who bears the burden of bribery? Evidence from public service delivery in Kenya pp. O321-O340

Michael Mbate

Characterizing private investments and implications for poverty reduction and natural resource management in Laos pp. O341-O359

Oulavanh Keovilignavong and Diana Suhardiman

Unveiling the public procurement market in Brazil: A methodological tool to measure its size and potential pp. O360-O377

Cássio Garcia Ribeiro, Edmundo Inácio, André Tortato Rauen and Yanchao Li

Are service†delivery NGOs building state capacity in the Global South? Experiences from HIV/AIDS programmes in rural Uganda pp. O378-O399

Badru Bukenya

The importance of networking in development co†operation: A social network analysis†based evaluation of an international development programme pp. O400-O413

Fabio Nascimbeni

What does Brunei teach us about using Human Development Index rankings as a policy tool? pp. O414-O431

Bryane Michael

Reflections on the Green Growth Index for developing countries: A focus of selected African countries pp. O432-O454

George Kararach, Godwell Nhamo, Maurice Mubila, Senia Nhamo, Charles Nhemachena and Suresh Babu

Chinese–African encounters in high†tech sectors: Comparative investigation of Chinese workplace regimes in Ethiopia pp. O455-O475

Ding Fei, Abdi Ismail Samatar and Chuan Liao

The livelihood challenges of resettled communities of the Bui dam project in Ghana and the role of Chinese dam†builders pp. O476-O494

Paul W. K. Yankson, Alex B. Asiedu, Kwadwo Owusu, Frauke Urban and Giuseppina Siciliano

And yet they thrive!—Regaining the relevance of a transparency system pp. O495-O513

Pontus Hedlin

Domestic institutions and foreign assistance in Haiti: Requisites for economic development pp. O514-O530

Beverly Barrett

Politics of innovation and development: The role of industry associations in integrating political, bureaucratic, industrial and health systems in India and South Africa pp. O531-O551

Theo Papaioannou, Andrew Watkins, Dinar Kale and Julius Mugwagwa

The impact of media on behaviour: Evidence from television coverage expansion and declining fertility in Indonesia pp. O552-O563

Rika Kumala Dewi, Daniel Suryadarma and Asep Suryahadi

Social accountability in frontline service delivery: Citizen engagement and provider response in four Indonesian districts pp. O564-O585

Anna Wetterberg, Jana C. Hertz and Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Does Guaranteed employment promote resilience to climate change? The case of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) pp. O586-O604

Rachel Godfrey†Wood and Benjamin C. R. Flower

Volume 36, month 01, 2018

Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda pp. 3-34

Agnes Quisumbing, Neha Kumar and Julia A. Behrman

Women and agricultural productivity: Reframing the Issues pp. 35-50

Cheryl Doss

Shared†use mining infrastructure: Why it matters and how to achieve it pp. 51-68

Paul Collier and Glen Ireland

Intellectual property protection and development: The case of sustainable sea transport in Pacific Island countries pp. 69-86

Miranda Forsyth

Measuring long†term trends in policy coherence for development pp. 87-110

Dirk†Jan Koch

What encourages community health workers to use mobile technologies for health interventions? Emerging lessons from rural Rwanda pp. 111-129

Purity Mwendwa

Donor withdrawal and local civil society organizations: An analysis of the HIV/AIDS sector in Vietnam pp. 131-151

Christopher L. Pallas and Lan Nguyen