Search Results - "The Journal of development studies"

Sustainability Standards, Gender, and Nutrition among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda by Chiputwa, Brian, Qaim, Matin

“…Sustainability standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. While previous research has shown that participating farmers in…”
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Frustrated Achievers: Winners, Losers and Subjective Well-Being in New Market Economies by Graham, C., Pettinato, S.

“…To date the literature on subjective well-being has focused on the developed economies. We provide empirical evidence from two emerging market countries, Peru…”
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Gender Differentials in the Payoff to Schooling in Rural China by Ren, Weiwei, Miller, Paul W.

“…This article examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in rural China. The analyses are based on a framework provided by the over…”
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Urban Informality as a Site of Critical Analysis by Banks, Nicola, Lombard, Melanie, Mitlin, Diana

“…Across the Global South, the realities of urban informality are changing, with implications for how we understand this phenomenon across economic, spatial, and…”
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Do Global Value Chains Enhance Economic Upgrading? A Long View by Pahl, Stefan, Timmer, Marcel P.

“…Exporting through global value chains (GVCs) has recently been highlighted as a panacea for weak industrialisation trends in the South. We study the long-run…”
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Rural Livelihood Diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review by Alobo Loison, Sarah

“…This article provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the nature and evolution of rural livelihood diversification in sub-Saharan Africa, and the…”
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Sanctioned to Death? The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Life Expectancy and its Gender Gap by Gutmann, Jerg, Neuenkirch, Matthias, Neumeier, Florian

“…We empirically analyse the effect of UN and US economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap in target countries. Our sample covers 98 less…”
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The Impact of Natural Resources: Survey of Recent Quantitative Evidence by Van Der Ploeg, Frederick, Poelhekke, Steven

“…The cross-country empirical evidence for the natural resource curse is ample, but unfortunately fraught with econometric difficulties. A recent wave of studies…”
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The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India: A Review by Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi

“…This paper examines the size, growth, salaries, fee levels and per-pupil-costs of private schools, and compares these with the government school sector…”
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Unpacking the Public Private Partnership Revival by Bayliss, Kate, Van Waeyenberge, Elisa

“…This paper examines the recent resurgence of interest in public-private partnerships (PPPs) to provide infrastructure in developing countries. First, the paper…”
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Does Non-farm Income Affect Food Security? Evidence from India by Rahman, Andaleeb, Mishra, Sumit

“…Livelihood diversification through greater non-farm activities has been considered as an important mechanism to propel growth, lower rural poverty and augment…”
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Corporate Social Responsibility in a Competitive Business Environment by Newman, Carol, Rand, John, Tarp, Finn, Trifkovic, Neda

“…Using a representative sample of more than 5,000 Vietnamese enterprises, we explore the firm-level productivity effects of corporate social responsibility…”
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Legal Empowerment of the Poor through Property Rights Reform: Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa by Boone, Catherine

“…Land registration and titling in Africa is often advocated as a pro-poor legal empowerment strategy. Advocates have put forth different visions of the…”
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Social Network Effects on Mobile Money Adoption in Uganda by Murendo, Conrad, Wollni, Meike, De Brauw, Alan, Mugabi, Nicholas

“…This study analyses social network effects on the adoption of mobile money among rural households in Uganda. We estimate conditional logistic regressions…”
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How Many and Which Women Own Land in India? Inter-gender and Intra-gender Gaps by Agarwal, Bina, Anthwal, Pervesh, Mahesh, Malvika

“…Measuring gender inequality in land ownership is essential for assessing progress in women's economic empowerment, tracing the impact of progressive laws on…”
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The Resource Curse - What Have We Learned from Two Decades of Intensive Research: Introduction to the Special Issue by Papyrakis, Elissaios

“…There has been increasing interest in the so-called 'resource curse', that is the tendency of resource-rich countries to underperform in several development…”
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'Labour Chains': Analysing the Role of Labour Contractors in Global Production Networks by Barrientos, Stephanie Ware

“…Third party labour contractors are increasingly prevalent in global production networks (GPNs), and can provide a channel for new forms of unfree labour…”
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Africa's Evolving Employment Trends by Yeboah, Felix Kwame, Jayne, Thomas S.

“…Using nationally representative data from nine countries, we document demographic and employment trends in Africa's workforce based on full-time labour…”
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Remittance Inflows and Export Complexity: New Evidence from Developing and Emerging Countries by Saadi, Mohamed

“…Recent research highlights the importance of both migrant remittances and export complexity for understanding how economic development differs across…”
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Effect of Parental Migration on the Academic Performance of Left Behind Children in North Western China by Bai, Yu, Zhang, Linxiu, Liu, Chengfang, Shi, Yaojiang, Mo, Di, Rozelle, Scott

“…China's rapid urbanisation has induced large numbers of rural residents to migrate from their homes in the countryside to urban areas in search of higher…”
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