Review of Development Economics

1997 - 2026

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Volume 30, issue 3, 2026

RETRACTED: “Teach People How to Fish”: The Impact of Chinese Aid on Human Capital in Kenya pp. E1-E14

Zhang Hong, Xu Helian and Deng Yuping

RETRACTED: Assessing the Influence of Fiscal Decentralization on the Structure of Public Spending of Local Governments: Evidence From Cameroon pp. E15-E32

Justin Romuald Manga Amougou and Constant Djiogap Fouopi

Gendered Effects of Climate Shock on Welfare: The Roles of Remittance and Mobile Money in Somalia pp. 1435-1453

Hiwot Mesfin and Musa Hasen Ahmed

Informality and Financing of Small and Medium‐Scale Enterprises in Eswatini pp. 1454-1469

Joshua Olusegun Ajetomobi, Sotja Graham Dlamini, Daniel Vusanani Dlamini and Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini

The Effects of Digital New Quality Productivity on Environmental Inequality in China pp. 1470-1485

Guangting Guo and Shaoyan Yang

The Impact of Digital Rural Construction on the Formation of the Rural Middle Class: Evidence From China pp. 1486-1499

Jie Weng, Wang Li and Hongjie Mou

What Role Does Women's Political Empowerment Play on the Environmental Performance of Developing Countries? pp. 1500-1514

Jacky F. Ngo Nsoa Simb, Bruno E. Ongo Nkoa and Sosson Tadadjeu

Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Development Resilience of Rural Households: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Health Insurance System in China pp. 1515-1532

Lian Hu, Ting Zhu, Xiwang Chen, Xin Ge and Di Sheng

Informal Firms' Adoption and Use of Mobile Money Under Uncertain Times: Evidence From Burkina Faso pp. 1533-1564

Serge Stéphane Ky and Clovis Rugemintwari

The Extractive Resource Curse Revisited: Absolute Versus Relative De‐Industrialization in Africa pp. 1565-1582

Michaël Goujon and Edouard Mien

Comparative Analysis of SME Financing Impact on Economic Growth: Evidence From Developed and Developing Economies pp. 1583-1599

Mohamed Rochdi Keffala and Abdelaziz Krichen

Absent to Care? The Effect of Parental Migration on Children's Nutrition, Health, and Cognition in Rural Gansu Province of China pp. 1600-1620

Ke Kou, Chengfang Liu and Kevin Chen

Financial Literacy Among Microfinance Borrowers: Its Importance and Determinants From a Household Survey in Cambodia pp. 1621-1642

Sovannroeun Samreth, Daiju Aiba and Vandy Phal

Women's Empowerment and Intra‐Household Bargaining Power pp. 1643-1656

Marina Nacka, Andreas C. Drichoutis and Rodolfo M. Nayga

How Education Quality and Inclusivity Foster Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Structured Narrative Review pp. 1657-1670

Raffaele F. Ciriello

Does Democracy Affect Management Practices in Private Firms? pp. 1671-1695

Omar Farooq, Mukhammadfoik Bakhadirov and Khondker Aktaruzzaman

Job Quality in the Developing World pp. 1696-1726

Shoghik Hovhannisyan, Veronica Montalva‐Talledo, Tyler Remick, Carlos Rodríguez‐Castelán and Kersten Stamm

Path Dependence: The “Curse” of Natural Resources on Urban Entrepreneurship pp. 1727-1743

Yi Dai, Tan Li and Wan Tang

Upgrading of Foreign Affiliates in Sub‐Saharan Africa and Spillovers to Local Firms pp. 1744-1770

Sotiris Blanas and Adnan Seric

Dynamic System Model to Assess the Impact of Factors on Green Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Vietnamese Manufacturing Firms in the Period 2012–2022 pp. 1771-1784

Minh Khac Nguyen and Phuong Thi Nguyen

Urban Amenities, Productive Performance and Global Value Chain Activities of Indian Firms pp. 1785-1800

Ketan Reddy, Subash Sasidharan and Shandre Thangavelu

The Impact of Institutional Openness Policies on Firms' Total Factor Productivity pp. 1801-1817

Ying Wang, Pengkai Ma and Xin Wang

Cultural Roots of Son Preference: Evidence From Confucianism in China pp. 1818-1828

Xiangpo Chen, Xinyan Hu and Jinhai Xu

Religious Beliefs and Non‐Cash Payment: An Investigation Based on the World Bank's Global Findex Database pp. 1829-1846

Nan Li and Duo Zhang

Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal pp. 1847-1864

Carlos Rodríguez‐Castelán and Emmanuel Vazquez

Do Bilateral Political Relations Affect the Technological Innovation of Multinational Enterprises? Evidence From China pp. 1865-1889

Aimin Zeng and Yuanting Tao

How “Innovation and Domestic Demand” Drive Chinese Firms' Industrial Symbiosis Collaboration: Cost and Transformation Paths pp. 1890-1915

Wei Qiu, Yunfei Zhang and Haitao Wu

Shocks and Vulnerability in Rural Tanzania pp. 1916-1939

Tseday J. Mekasha, Kenneth Mdadila and Finn Tarp

Does Robot Equipment Capital Affect Skill‐Wage Inequality? Evidence From China pp. 1940-1956

Zhihong Chen, Yunpeng Yang and Qi Shi

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis pp. 1957-1972

Sambit Bhattacharyya and Nemera Mamo

Development Zones and Key Industries Resource Allocation Efficiency in China pp. 1973-1999

Qiangmin Xi, Lin Mei and Ruidong Sun

Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion: Evidence From Petty Traders in Ghana's Informal Sector pp. 2000-2014

Hamidu Naabo Adishetu and Yuichiro Uchida

Evaluating the Trade‐Offs Between Emissions Reductions and Economic Development: Insights From Bureaucratic Performance Assessment Reforms in China pp. 2015-2031

Huan‐yu Cui and Yue‐qun Cao

Decomposing Changes in Debt Service Ratios in Developing Economies, 2001–2021 pp. 2032-2053

Harvey Baldovino, Graham Bird, Debra Claypool and Tianan Ding

Food Gifting and Household Food Security pp. 2054-2066

Shaoyan Sun, Henry An and Philippe Marcoul

How Input Subsidies Boost Food Security in Developing Countries: Micro‐Level Evidence From Zambia pp. 2067-2082

Terence Jude Wood, John N. Ng'ombe, Stephen Prah and Victoria G. Tanoh

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act pp. 2083-2097

Elissaios Papyrakis and Luca Tasciotti

Does Village Direct Cash Assistance (BLT Dana Desa) Reduce Poverty? Evidence From the Village Fund Program in Indonesia pp. 2098-2119

Ahmad Fikri Aulia, Citra Handayani Nasruddin, Bagas Johantri and Bondi Arifin

Artificial Intelligence and Work Intensity: Evidence From Chinese Listed Firms pp. 2120-2136

Lilong He, Xiangyang Chen and Juan Liu

Volume 30, issue 2, 2026

Multifaceted Assessment of the Relationship Between FDI and Sustainable Development in Latin America: The Role of the FDI Surplus Upon Environmental Productivities pp. 695-715

Gonzalo H. Soto, Pedro L. Büttenbender and Xavier Martinez‐Cobas

Does Land Resource Misallocation Reduce Energy Efficiency? Empirical Evidence From 243 Prefecture Level Cities in China pp. 716-729

Xiongying Li, Shuiren Huang, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi and Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan

Unpaid Care Work and Its Effect on Gender Differences in Climate‐Smart Agriculture Uptake: Insights From Northern Ghana pp. 730-746

Albertina Kakora Jarawura, Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah, Samuel A. Donkoh and Osman Tahidu Damba

Does the Opening of High‐Speed Rail Give Rise to the Birth of Enterprises in Peripheral Areas: Evidence From County‐Level Cities in China? pp. 747-769

Xiao Li, Chunyang Wang and Chengfeng Huang

The Impact of Digital Technology Use on Farmers' Quality of Life: Evidence From Rural China pp. 770-793

Yuhang He, Jinhao Huang, Xiaofan Yu and Huawei He

The Impact of Digital Technology Application on Individual Participation in the Labor Force: Evidence From China pp. 794-811

Shoulin Fang, Jianjun Guo and Qian Huang

Democracy and Aid‐Led Development: Analysis With Dispersion Measure of Democracy and Korea's Knowledge Sharing Project Outcome pp. 812-825

Jae Eun Shin and Suk‐Won Lee

Navigating the Governance Gap: Is Africa's Informal Sector Holding Back Economic Transformation? pp. 826-846

Emmanuel Umoru Haruna, Usman Alhassan, Precious Muhammed Emmanuel and Joshua Chukwuma Onwe

Quantifying Mozambique's Peace Dividend: An Application of the Synthetic Control Method pp. 847-864

Tendai Gwatidzo, Aldo Sitoe and Busani Moyo

Novel Insights for Successful Microcredit Policies and Gender Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Rural Entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Thailand pp. 865-881

Chung Thanh Phan, Diem Thi Hong Vo, Nguyen Nhan Thien and Daniel Borer

Corporate Governance in India and Pakistan: Critical Macro‐Finance, Legal Origins, and Institutional Divergence pp. 882-893

Scott M. Brown, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Eric Powers and Zachary Smith

Income, Subjective Well‐Being, and Violence in Afghanistan: Evidence From a Nationwide Survey pp. 894-928

Mohammad Haroon Asadi and Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Natural Disasters: An Exploratory Analysis of Floods and Their Effects on Education in Rio Grande do Sul pp. 929-940

Jéssica Antunes de Oliveira, Kamila da Silva Baum, Renata Pereira Cardoso, Luan Marca and Marco Túlio Aniceto França

3G Internet Diffusion and Secondary Education Attainment: Evidence of Opportunity Cost in Vietnam pp. 941-966

Trang Thi Pham and Bernardo Caldarola

Son Preference, Gender Gap in Higher Education Attainment and High‐Skilled Occupations: Evidence From China pp. 967-981

Yangming Bao and Di Lu

Does Digital Technology Development Promote Export Efficiency? pp. 982-996

Lirong Xing, Chuanxiang Cao and Ehsan Elahi

The Power of Belief: Does Religious Belief Promote More Elderly Labor Supply in China pp. 997-1014

Tianli Yang, Yongming Luo and Yongchuang Gao

Do Foreign Remittances Fuel or Fight Against Corruption? Evidence From Developing Countries pp. 1015-1031

Md. Rubel Islam and Kang‐Kook Lee

Female Education and Child Marriage pp. 1032-1047

Hasan Faruq

Debt‐Overhang‐Reinhart‐Rogoff and Exogenous Growth Theory in BRICS Countries pp. 1048-1062

Akash Kumar Biswal and Biswajit Patra

Assessing the Distributional Impact of Lowering the Value‐Added Tax Rate for Standard‐Rated Items in Tanzania and Options for Recouping Revenue Losses pp. 1063-1073

Elineema Kisanga, Vincent Leyaro, Wahabi Matengo, Michael Noble, Helen Barnes and Gemma Wright

Alternative Micro‐Health Insurance and Heterogeneous Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Rural Cambodia pp. 1074-1087

Hiroki Wakamatsu and Seiichi Fukui

Abnormal Weather and Household Consumption pp. 1088-1101

Jiale Yan

Permanent Revenue in an Energy‐Exporting Economy: A New Test for Fiscal Equilibrium pp. 1102-1119

Akeem Rahaman and Scott Mahadeo

Cultural Diversity and Regional Technological Innovation: Evidence From the Urban Level in China pp. 1120-1137

Yuliang Zhou, Jinfeng Li and Hua Wang

Volatile Capital Flows and Financial Stress in Emerging Economies pp. 1138-1162

Zhuoya Guo and Yanxi Li

Experiential Marketing of Clean Drinking Water: Experimental Evidence for Kenya and Rwanda pp. 1163-1181

Rachel Howell, Kinsuk Mani Sinha and Natascha Wagner

The Timing of Learning by Exporting: An Empirical Investigation on Ethiopian Large and Medium Manufacturing Firms pp. 1182-1193

Zerihun Kelil Seid, Eric Avenel and Jemal Abafita

Technology Import and Biased Technological Progress in Transforming Economies: Evidence From China pp. 1194-1214

Shangze Dai, James Ji and Haichao Yu

Innovation Based Growth Accounting: Understanding the Economics of Decoupling in Colombia pp. 1215-1233

Juan Ricardo Perilla Jiménez

Environmental Regulation, Technical Change, and Green Innovation: Evidence From China's Key Cities for Air Pollution Control Policy pp. 1234-1247

Haiwei Jiang, Shiyuan Pan, Miaojie Yu and Tenglong Zhong

Wired for Wellness: A Difference‐In‐Differences Assessment of Health and Healthcare Use Outcomes From China's Internet Speedup Initiative pp. 1248-1264

Meng Gao, Tianyuan Luo, Vahé Heboyan and Gianluca De Leo

Domestic Versus International Remittances and Job Creation in Family Firms in Nigeria and Uganda pp. 1265-1277

John Herbert Ainembabazi and Francis Hypolite Kemeze

Digital Financial Inclusion and Import Quality Upgrading: Evidence From Chinese Intermediate Products pp. 1278-1298

Shuangshuang Liu

Remittance Income and Crime in Mexico pp. 1299-1316

Diego De la Fuente Stevens

Mobile Banking, Agricultural Productivity and Welfare: Household Panel Data Evidence From West Africa pp. 1317-1332

Arouna Kouandou

Heterogeneous Effects of Farm and Nonfarm Income on Household Consumption Expenditure and Inequality pp. 1333-1344

Wanglin Ma, Hongyun Zheng and Puneet Vatsa

Rethinking Growth‐Environment Dynamics: A Review of Environmental Policy in Emerging Economies pp. 1345-1365

Sheikh Junaid Yaqoob, Vaseem Akram and Jabir Ali

The Three Levels of the Rural Digital Divide in China: Spatial Patterns and Regional Disparities pp. 1366-1382

HuEr Shuang, Xiaolong Gan, Shuang Xiang and Tao Wen

Digital Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship: A Spatial Analysis of Rural China pp. 1383-1399

Wenyi Lyu, Chenlu Hao and Leng Yu

Do Foreign Investments Promote Export Diversification in a Host Country? Evidence From China's Investment in Africa pp. 1400-1417

Aliyu Buhari Isah

Debt, Dictatorship, and Decline: The Enduring Economic Impact of the Philippines' 1980s Crisis pp. 1418-1429

Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan and Emmanuel de Dios

Volume 30, issue 1, 2026

Ensuring Food Security: The Key Role of Agricultural Production Efficiency pp. 3-17

Liang‐Chun Lu, Chih‐Yu Yang, Shih‐Yung Chiu and Yung‐ho Chiu

Global Value Chain Participation and Sustainable Development in Belt and Road Initiative Economies: A Blessing or a Curse? pp. 18-31

Muhammad Uzair Ali, Baogui Xin and Ming Hung Wong

Evaluating Citizen Participation: A Proposal for Multivariate Analysis of Its Potential and Obstacles From Development Interventions pp. 32-47

Luciano Barbosa de Lima and Pablo Podadera Rivera

Quantile Insights Into Sustainability: Financial Inclusion, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Damage in EAGLE Countries pp. 48-62

Sercan Aydin and Mehmet Destek

Aspirations and Investments in Agricultural Risk Mitigation Strategies pp. 63-77

Edward Martey, John K. M. Kuwornu, Prince M. Etwire and Mustapha M. Suraj

Impacts of Improved Rural Roads on the Well‐Being of Cambodian Villagers pp. 78-90

Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada

Government Digitalization: A Catalyst for Innovation Across Economies pp. 91-106

Yemin Ding, Chin Lee, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Kelly Kai Seng Wong and Farhad Taghizadeh‐Hesary

Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty for Rural Households in Vietnam With Bayesian Belief Network Model pp. 107-124

Hai Dinh Le, Vu Minh Hoang, Luong Thi Khanh Ly, Dao Duy Tan and Mai Thi Lan Huong

COVID‐19 and the Unequal Distribution of Poverty Risks: Evidence From Urban India pp. 125-139

Archana Dang, Mausumi Das and Indrani Gupta

Effect of the Abolition of the Government‐Regulated Marketplace on Labor Market: Evidence from an Emerging Economy pp. 140-154

Vikrant K. Kamble and Ashok K. Mishra

Labour Market Impact of Internal Migration: A Municipality Level Panel Data Analysis of South Africa pp. 155-164

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil and Adeola Oyenubi

Democracy and Human Capital in Africa pp. 165-181

Marcellin Stéphane Bella Ngadena and Henri Ngoa Tabi

Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work pp. 182-210

Tanika Chakraborty and Nafisa Lohawala

Reforming Tax Systems: The Interplay of Governance, Informality, and Institutional Strength in Developing Countries pp. 211-225

Joao Jalles

Network Effects in Household Consumption Patterns: Evidence From Northern Ghana pp. 226-236

Shaibu Mellon Bedi, Lukas Kornher, Bekele Hundie Kotu and Carlo Azzarri

Constructing Country‐Specific Debt Indices for Developing Countries pp. 237-254

Akeem Rahaman and Scott Mahadeo

Rent Extraction and Political Accountability: Evidence From Audit Impact in Kenya pp. 255-287

Antony Mbithi and Yoko Kijima

Unpacking Mundell‐Fleming Trilemma Tradeoffs: Asymmetric Pathways to Energy Diversification pp. 288-312

Farzan Yahya, Syed Atif Ali and Amad Rashid

How Does Digital Inclusive Finance Impact Consumption Structure of Urban–Rural Residents? Evidence From Household Survey Data in China pp. 313-330

Wenjie Yang, Xiaoyun Mo, Yuxuan Zeng, Hanzhe Yang and Weiling Huang

Diaspora and Sustainable Economic Development in Lebanon: New Survey‐Informed Analysis pp. 331-353

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan and Samar Issa

Exploring the Impacts of Education Inequality on Income Inequality Among American States pp. 354-372

Ye Jiang and Yue Yin

Will Digital Technology Absorption Reduce Service Employment? Based on the Labor Division Theory of Neoclassical Economics and Spatial Spillover Effect pp. 373-394

Shihong Zeng, Jinghua Wang, Chun Zhong and Najid Ahmad

Non‐Farm Entrepreneurship and Household Economic Precarity in Rural Ghana pp. 395-410

Alexander Opoku, Eric Atsu Avorkpo, Atta Dabone Twumasi, Joshua Sebu, Jacob Nunoo and Raymond Elikplim Kofinti

Mental Accounting, Remittances, and Celebrations pp. 411-437

Nurgul Tilenbaeva

From Tech to Green: The Potential of Company Digitalization in Mitigating Urban Air Pollution pp. 438-457

Mingying Zhu

How Does Automation Reshape the Labor Market: Evidence From China pp. 458-469

Ziyue Zhang and Qiyangfan Feng

Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Multidimensional Distance, and Firm Innovation: Evidence From China pp. 470-483

Jiajia Zhang and Lang Wu

Does the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Program Reduce Income Inequality in China? pp. 484-502

Pu Sun

Does Economic Complexity and Sustainable Energy Transition Impact Carbon Efficiency? Fresh Evidence From BRICS pp. 503-517

Arup Roy

Evolution of Production Specialization and Factor Accumulation in Sub‐Saharan and North Africa pp. 518-548

Rimvie Enoc Kaboré

Do Compulsory Schooling Laws Affect Fertility Behaviors and Marriages? Evidence From India pp. 549-572

Sandipa Bhattacharjee

Does Digital Infrastructure Promote Low‐Carbon Transition of Firms? Empirical Evidence From Enterprise Surveys in Developing Countries pp. 573-587

Kaijie Tang and Gongyan Yang

Understanding the Effect of Agricultural Irrigation Infrastructure Failures on Cropland Abandonment in Rural China pp. 588-602

Cheng Zhang, Jingshuai Chen, Li Xue and Qing Han

Social Capital, Social Protection, and Multi‐Dimensional Poverty: Evidence From Chinese Migrant Workers' Experience pp. 603-617

Chen Chen, Christopher Gan and Die Hu

The Impact of Integrated Straw Utilization on Low‐Carbon Agricultural Development: Evidence From China pp. 618-638

Sha Yu and Fulin Qi

Foreign Assistance Effectiveness: The Moderating Role of Women Empowerment pp. 639-661

Salma Mouneer, Ayesha Ashraf and Elzbieta Jasinska

Transcending Boundaries: Navigating Structural Shifts and Labor Market Transitions Through Global Value Chains pp. 662-678

Sugata Marjit, Kausik Gupta, Ranjanendra Narayan Nag, Sushobhan Mahata and Subhasree Basak

Nonlinear Effects of Trade Uncertainty Shocks on Economic Resilience in China: Evidence From Province‐Level Data pp. 679-690

Chao Wu, Ke Zhao, Yongfu Liu and Jinquan Liu