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Development Studies
Jude N. Kimengsi, Nyong Princely Awazi, Awuh Ravenstein Nyugap, Glory Kwalar, Beri Tamnjong
Summary: This paper explores power and convictions around land and linked natural resources in Cameroon, finding that gender-based and elitism-based convictions significantly shape resource access. The study also reveals that actors championing gender-based convictions employ more coercive approaches, while elitist and political actors make use of incentives.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2024)
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Development Studies
Stephen Devadoss, William Ridley
Summary: The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a significant impact on global wheat markets, causing prices to increase in most countries except Ukraine. Other wheat exporting countries have increased their exports, but many importing countries have experienced reduced wheat consumption. Russia has benefited from exporting wheat to importing countries that previously relied on Ukrainian wheat.
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Development Studies
Handuo Deng
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of government relocation on residential property prices in Hangzhou, China. The findings suggest that the effects of government relocation on property prices are concentrated in certain spatial and temporal dimensions, with the strongest impact observed in the first year following relocation.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2024)
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Development Studies
Mary Nantongo, Arild Vatn, Geofrey Soka
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of REDD+ in two pilot sites in Tanzania and finds that REDD+ does not improve or harm overall livelihoods, but increases forest income in one pilot area and forest carbon in both areas. The study suggests the importance of involving NGOs/ implementing partners with local understanding, strengthening forest governance and management, and considering economic risk in the design of REDD+ projects.
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Development Studies
Shelby Carvalho, Sarah Dryden-Peterson
Summary: This article examines the role of host governments in providing social services, specifically education, for refugees. It discusses the impact of different models of responsibility sharing on the political economy of education, highlighting the differences between the political economy for refugees and that for citizens. The article proposes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the political economy of refugees, drawing on theories from political science, economics, sociology, education, and refugee studies.
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Development Studies
Efi Yuliani, Rus'an Nasrudin
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on the structural transformation process in a developing economy, using Indonesia's Family Hope Program as a case study. The results show that the program has modest effects on diversifying livelihoods outside of agriculture and that proximity to markets is a major factor in determining the type of non-agricultural employment.
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Development Studies
Reda Cherif, Marc Engher, Fuad Hasanov
Summary: The debate among economists about an optimal growth recipe has been the subject of competing narratives. Four major growth narratives are identified using text analytics of IMF country reports.
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Development Studies
Te Bao, Yuemei Yuan, Weidong Luo, Bin Xu
Summary: In China, girls with brothers have lower internal locus of control compared to girls with sisters, indicating that they believe success relies more on external forces rather than their own efforts. This is attributed to parental preferences for sons, leading to fewer productive resources being allocated to girls.
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Development Studies
Samuel Siewers, Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Leila Baghdadi
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between joining global value chains and firms' environmental performance. The results show that firms participating in GVCs perform better in terms of environmental indicators, such as adopting environmentally friendly technologies, complying with stricter standards and regulations, and monitoring emissions along supply chains. The study also finds that participation in GVCs is associated with more efficient energy use.
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Development Studies
Prankur Gupta, Daniel Stein, Kyla Longman, Heather Lanthorn, Rico Bergmann, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, Noel Rutto, Christine Kahura, Winfred Kananu, Gabrielle Posner, Penny Davis
Summary: This study examines the multidimensional impacts of a large, one-time, unconditional transfer of 1,000 USD to predominantly South Sudanese refugee households living in protracted displacement in Uganda. The findings show that the transfer significantly improves households' consumption, asset values, business ownership, business revenue, psychological well-being, and self-reliance. Effects on food security, migration, employment, and female empowerment, however, are positive but not significant.
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Development Studies
Moises Arce, Camilo Nieto-Matiz
Summary: This study provides a cross national analysis on the determinants of coercive responses to resistance against mining in Latin American countries. The findings suggest that state actors are more likely to adopt coercive responses when communities have strong mobilizing capacity, indicated by high indigenous involvement, and when the economic potential of mining properties, reflected by their lootability, is high. These findings have implications for understanding the expansion of extractive activities beyond mining.
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Development Studies
Kangyin Dong, Qingzhe Jiang, Yang Liu, Zhiyang Shen, Michael Vardanyan
Summary: This study assesses the impact of energy vulnerability on energy aid allocation using a double-hurdle model and data from 124 countries. The findings indicate that countries with higher energy vulnerability are more likely to receive and receive a larger share of energy aid. However, this effect is heterogeneous and asymmetric, related to government quality, income levels, and access to energy assistance.
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Development Studies
Douglas Amuli Ibale, Frederic Docquier, Zainab Iftikhar
Summary: We present a model that explains income disparities among provinces, sectors, and skill categories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by incorporating labor market frictions. Our findings highlight the importance of technologies, human capital, infrastructure, and labor market frictions in explaining spatial and intra-province inequalities. We also emphasize the presence of strong O-ring inequality patterns, suggesting the need for coordinated policy measures to effectively address these disparities.
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Development Studies
Haining Wang, Zhiming Cheng, Russell Smyth
Summary: We examine the intergenerational relationship between parents' early-life exposure to China's Household Responsibility System (HRS) reform and investment in their children's education. The length of exposure to the HRS reform during childhood or adolescence has a positive effect on parental investment in children's education, with some evidence of non-linearities. Parental income, wealth, human capital, and the improvement in public benefits resulting from land reform are channels through which early-life reform exposure affects education expenditure. There is significant heterogeneity in the relationship across different subsamples, with children in junior high and senior high schools and those in the eastern region benefiting more from parents' early-life HRS exposure.
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Development Studies
Mingjie Dai, Shenjing He
Summary: This research reveals the domino effects of social capital in mediating the relationship between social mix and residents' wellbeing in urban China. It shows that the trigger point of these effects is the occurrence of public familiarity. However, due to socioeconomic disparity, the effects halt at certain forms, which are particularly beneficial for life chances.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2024)
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Development Studies
Pushpendra Rana, Erin O. Sills
Summary: Selective logging in the American tropics leaves most of the forest standing, but logged areas are more vulnerable to illegal deforestation. Third-party certification, such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), can protect forests. This study examines the effect of FSC certification on deforestation in Brazil and finds that certification reduces the probability of deforestation, especially in regions with low governance capacity and high deforestation pressure.
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Development Studies
Cheng-Tao Tang, Chun Yee Wong, Orelie Bathan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of intergovernmental transfers on development outcomes in the Philippines. The results show that extra transfers can increase per capita household disposable income and decrease the poverty rate in local governments, especially in small and less-developed ones.
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Development Studies
Colas Chervier, Arimatea C. Ximenes, Blaise-Pascal Ntirumenyerwa Mihigo, Charles Doumenge
Summary: The Congo Basin is home to the second largest tropical humid forest in the world and plays a critical role in climate change mitigation. Despite being the country with the largest proportion of Congo basin forests, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also the main contributor to forest loss. This paper evaluates the impact of a new logging concession model, introduced in the DRC in 2002, on deforestation and forest degradation. The study finds no significant difference in deforestation and forest degradation between logging concessions and control areas, even for concessions with accepted Forest Management Plans (FMP). The study highlights the need for further evaluation of FMPs, improvement of degradation outcome variables, and additional studies analyzing impact pathways.
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Development Studies
Maria del Pilar Lopez-Uribe, Fabio Sanchez Torres
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between historical land dispossession and the emergence of Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) during the first stage of the Colombian civil conflict. The findings reveal that land dispossession led to the rise of rebel armed groups through ideological cohesion and exposure to violent events.
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Development Studies
Chris Heitzig, Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan
Summary: The study estimates the spatial spillover effects of a program promoting savings groups in Uganda and Malawi. The results show that program uptake is highest in villages where promotion is concentrated by NGO-employed field officers, while peer promotion and "organic" replication are less effective. Positive spillover effects on total income, food security, and business outcomes are found in control villages. The program has direct positive effects on business outcomes and financial inclusion, with estimations similar to a previous evaluation but larger impacts on business outcomes. Furthermore, an analysis not accounting for spatial spillover effects fails to capture 23%-28% of the overall program benefits.
