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Datafying African Agriculture: From Data Governance to Farmers’ Rights
This article explores the impact of digital agricultural technologies on African agricultural systems. As we describe, the datafication of African...
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Impact of Returnee Remittances on Migrant Households’ Well-Being in Bangladesh
The study evaluates the impact of returnee remittances (RRs) on the well-being of migrant households in Bangladesh using survey data collected from...
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The Decline and Levelling Off of Earnings Inequality: Boon or Bane for a Growing Economy?
This paper investigates evidence on deficits in economic inclusion, focussing on the labour market in Indonesia. Increasing job polarization and an...
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Regulating Children’s Personal Data Protection in India: No Child’s Play
The rise of technologies, including voice recognition, predictive analytics, and content personalization algorithms, foreshadows a future where...
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Training Returns Among Informal Workers: Evidence from Urban Sites in Kenya and Tanzania
Training contributes to economic growth through raising productivity, enabling the use of new technologies and allowing workers to raise earnings...
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Improving Women’s Position in the Household: Evidence from a Maternity Cash Transfer Programme in India
The impacts of cash transfers on women empowerment vary significantly with transfer context and design, including beneficiary targeting, transfer...
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The Failing Aid Complex in Uganda’s Northeast
Every year about thirty billion dollars are spent on aid across Africa, yet recurrent crises followed by a blame game amongst different actors, and a...
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Targeted Poverty Alleviation for the Livelihood Improvement of Poverty-Stricken Households: A Case Study of Wuxi County, China
This paper explores the effects of different types of policy measures on poverty-stricken households’ (PSHs’) livelihood strategy transitions in...
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The Ethical and Privacy Implications of Datafication and Digitalization in Develo** Country Contexts
The chapter investigates ethical and privacy concerns resulting from digitalization and datafication in the Global South, drawing from a systematic...
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Digital Technologies and Economic Development in Zimbabwe
Digital technology has proven helpful in enhancing economic growth and development in several countries globally. This article examines the root...
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AI as a Catalyst for Good Governance: Transforming South Africa’s Fight Against Corruption
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers opportunities to advance good governance and combat corruption in South Africa, presenting a path to restore...
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Digital Platform Work in Develo** Countries: Enabling Capabilities or Perpetuating Dependencies?
This article focuses on cloudworking in develo** countries and the implications of this type of work on development. The analysis draws on two...
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Chinese State Capital as a Partner for Resource-Based Structural Transformation? The Belt and Road Initiative and Downstream Linkages in Bolivia and Kazakhstan
Lee argues that outbound Chinese state capital (CSC) is distinct from global private capital in terms of a greater willingness to accommodate...
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Impact of Irrigation on Food and Nutrition Security Among Rice Farmers in Benin
Investing in irrigation development has been a priority of agricultural policy in Benin since 1960. This has resulted in the development of several...
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Chinese Investment in Malaysia: (De)Industrialization amidst Greater Financial and Trade Connectivity
China–Malaysia economic engagement has deepened since the 1990s. The scale and scope of this relationship has also expanded significantly following...
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Structural Transformation Through a Multi-vector Geo-economic Governance? BRI and Upgrading of the Uzbek Gas Industry
Gas is a strategic source of energy and Uzbekistan ranks 11th in the world for mining and 14th for reserves. The article investigates whether and how...
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The Effect of Religious Constraints on Individual Labor Supply
We study the effect of religious constraints on individual’s labor supply decisions in the context of Ramadan, one of the central pillars of Islam,...
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Unity in Diversity? Reflections on Development Studies in the Mid-2020s
Development Studies (DS) demonstrates maturity as a field of inquiry marked by the half-century anniversaries of journals, institutes, and scholarly...
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One Step Away from 2030: An Assessment of the Progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union
With 2030 just around the corner, it is crucial to assess progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study conducts a systematic...
