Journal of Development Studies

1995 - 2025

Current editor(s): Howard White, Oliver Morrissey and Ken Shadlen

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Volume 61, issue 5, 2025

Can Informal Water Vendors be Trusted? The Evolution of Informality in Kisumu’s Delegated Management Model pp. 671-688

Gina Grace Gilson, Dustin Garrick, Onyango Cersey Ochieng, Elisha Ochieng Okoth and George Morara Ogendi

Informality and Welfare: New Insights from the Job Satisfaction of Workers in Indonesia pp. 689-707

Christine Ablaza and Francisco Perales

The Long-Term Effects of Civil Conflict on Psychological Well-being pp. 708-726

Joseph B. Ajefu, Mary Silles, Soazic Elise Wang Sonne and Ene Ikpebe

Air Pollution, Child Health, and Cognitive Development pp. 727-747

Eleanya Nduka and Modupe Jimoh

Do Youth Work in Agriculture? Short-Term Dynamics of on-Farm Rural Youth Employment in Tanzania and Malawi pp. 748-775

Kashi Kafle, Neha Paliwal and Rui Benfica

Information Campaigns and Migration Perceptions pp. 776-796

Erminia Florio

Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability During a Growth Episode. Evidence from Bangladesh: 2000–2016 pp. 797-818

David Garcés-Urzainqui

A Farewell to Arms: The Peace Dividend of Costa Rica’s Army Abolition pp. 819-843

Alejandro Abarca and Suráyabi Ramírez-Varas

Western Privilege: Work, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai pp. 844-845

Lauren Clingan

Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African pp. 846-847

Robert J. Foster

Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era: Think Global, Act Local pp. 847-849

Kelly Morrison

The Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan’s Frontline Women pp. 849-850

Sidra Kamran

Volume 61, issue 4, 2025

Visualising Community Capacity in Sustainable Development pp. 493-517

Sten Langmann, P. Bezemer and F. Sharafizad

Narratives of Localisation in Times of ‘Crisis’: Local Intermediary Actors and the International Aid Industry in Myanmar pp. 518-535

Anne Décobert and Tamas Wells

Unveiling the Social Fabric: The Impact of China’s Rural Subsistence Allowance System on Community Isolation pp. 536-555

Yiqiang Zhang, Mohammad Heydari, Jiang Kezhong and Victor Shi

Child Work in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Differences and Similarities Between Income-Generating and Care and Domestic Work pp. 556-580

Elena Camilletti, Franziska Gassmann, Wim Groot and Bruno Martorano

Commute Time to School and Child Labour: Evidence from China pp. 581-597

Liping Chen, Yang Chen, Jiada Lin, Zhuyi Shen and Zhifeng Wang

Will Bride Price Affect Household Savings: Evidence from Rural China pp. 598-613

Yulin Liu, Sijing Fu and Zhou Li

Lending to Women and Credit Risk in Microfinance Institutions: The Moderating Effects of Patriarchy and Female Leadership pp. 614-637

Samuel Anokye Nyarko, Leif Atle Beisland and Roy Mersland

It Takes Two: Couple Concordance and Women’s Agency in South Asia pp. 638-662

Maurizio Bussolo, Nayantara Sarma and Anaise Williams

Threatening Dystopias: The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh pp. 663-664

Hyeonggeun Ji

The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization pp. 664-666

Matthew G. Stanard

Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana pp. 666-667

Gerald Emmanuel Arhin

Iran in Motion: Mobility, Space, and the Trans-Iranian Railway pp. 667-669

Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani

Volume 61, issue 3, 2025

Motivations Behind Donor Funding Refusal: Towards a Typology of Principled Refusal pp. 319-335

Logan Cochrane and Alexandra Wilson

Evaluating the Gendered Credit Constraints and Uptake of an Insurance-Linked Credit Product Among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya pp. 336-356

Anne G. Timu, Apurba Shee, Patrick S. Ward and Liangzhi You

Estimating the Effectiveness of Public Versus Private Distribution Systems: Insights from a Fertilizer Policy Reform in Malawi pp. 357-380

Yurani Arias-Granada and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

Crop Diversification, Household Welfare and Conflict: Afghanistan 2011–2017 pp. 381-399

Hayatullah Ahmadzai and Oliver Morrissey

Give a Fish or Teach to Fish? Poverty Alleviation Effect of Government Support Policies and Self-Help Commercial Activities pp. 400-423

Chinh Hoang-Duc, Tuan Nguyen-Anh, Hang Nguyen-Thu, Vuong Vu-Tien, Thao Le-Phuong and Nguyen To-The

Deforestation and Children: Consequences for Paediatric Malaria and Educational Attainment in Indonesia pp. 424-441

Takaaki Kishida, Takahiro Ito and Yuki Yamamoto

Parental Illness Shocks and Child Health in Bangladesh pp. 442-458

Md Shahadath Hossain and Shaila Nazneen

In the Technological Age: The Internet and the Performance of Micro-Enterprises in Togo pp. 459-484

Tchapo Gbandi, Mawuli K. Couchoro, Komivi Afawubo, Yawo Agbenyegan Noglo and Afissou Djibril

Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development pp. 485-487

Daniel Mulugeta

Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations and Economic Cooperation pp. 487-489

Ananyo Mukherjee

Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China pp. 489-490

Matthew Himley

A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity pp. 490-492

Lindsay R. Dolan

Volume 61, issue 2, 2025

Continuity or Disruption? Rethinking Engagement in Multi-Stakeholder Forums Through the Lens of Boundary Objects pp. 159-176

Fernando Galeana

Gender Gap in Spousal Education and Wealth After Marriage in India pp. 177-191

A. R. Shariq Mohammed and Bhagyashree Katare

Irrigation and Intimate Partner Violence in India pp. 192-209

Per Fredriksson and Satyendra Kumar Gupta

Forced Migration and Violent Crime: Evidence from The Venezuelan Exodus to Brazil pp. 210-232

Renan Marques

Does Longer Tenure Mean Greater Ability? Deep-Rooted Politics and Migration in Rural China pp. 233-255

Ge Zhu

Children Are the Riches of the Poor: The Possibility of Transgenerational Impacts of China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) Campaign pp. 256-271

Baorui Du, Xiaojun Shi and Guoqing Qin

Inequality and Economic Growth: The Effect of Urban-Rural Roads Construction in China pp. 272-293

Liang Yuan, Haokuang Li, Zhimin Jia, Yunjun Xiong and Lei Xu

Imports, Exports, and Employment: India’s Trading Relationship with China pp. 294-311

Colin Davison

Pious Peripheries: Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan pp. 312-313

Marya Hannun

On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought pp. 314-315

Isaac Kamola

Advanced Introduction to Critical Global Development pp. 315-317

Molly Sundberg

Conservative Party-Building in Latin America. Authoritarian Inheritance and Counterrevolutionary Struggle pp. 317-318

Julián Castro-Rea

Volume 61, issue 1, 2025

Trans-Sector Livelihood Resilience in an Urban Small-Scale Fishing Community pp. 1-20

Edward W. Wintergalen, Stuart Fulton and Renato Molina

Gender Differences in Socioemotional Skills among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam pp. 21-39

Mobarak Hossain and Matthew C. H. Jukes

Boys’ Underperformance, Teacher Scoring Bias and Unbalanced Teacher Market in Rural Philippines pp. 40-62

Masayoshi Okabe

Saving on the Phone—Evidence from Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers pp. 63-80

Annkathrin Wahbi, Gabriel Rosero and Oliver Musshoff

In Good Times and in Bad, in Sickness and in Health: The Continuous Rise in Adoption of Labour-Saving Agricultural Technologies in Myanmar pp. 81-101

Bart Minten, Joseph Goeb, Joanna Van Asselt and Zin Wai Aung

Is Cocoa Production a Main Driver of Children’s Work in Ghana? pp. 102-117

Goedele Van den Broeck and Freeman Nsoh Akaribo

Clean Energy Adoption in Developing Countries: New Evidence of the Relevance of Risk Aversion and Education pp. 118-132

Raymond Boadi Frempong, David Stadelmann and Djiby Racine Thiam

MFIs and Financial Inclusion: The Role of Business Models pp. 133-151

Nachiket Bhawe and Srivardhini K. Jha

Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime pp. 152-153

Théo Blanc

Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure, and Significance pp. 154-155

Kristin Skrabut

The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms pp. 155-156

Julie Gamble

The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty pp. 157-158

Natalia Dalmer