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Why We Need Empathy to Tackle Poverty

12 January 2026 - Keetie Roelen - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

“You need a new vacuum cleaner? Can you prove that your current one is really broken?” This was the response Hanny received from the welfare office in the Dutch city of Tilburg when she asked them…

Decolonial Journey: #RhodesMustFall and ‘Decolonising Development Studies’ in Ghana and Nigeria

18 December 2025 - Luqman Muraina - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

I completed my B.Sc. Sociology in Nigeria with little or no knowledge about alternative epistemologies, coloniality, and politics of knowledge. Like many young graduates fed by modernity’s shine, I…

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Trade in Tasks A New Perspective to International Trade, Structural Change and Economic Development

16 December 2025 - Gaaitzen de Vries & Marcel P. Timmer - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

This novel perspective captures the increasingly fragmented and specialized nature of global production. They present new data and methods to measure the income and employment associated with task…

Guide for Global Research Partnerships

19 November 2025 - Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance)

This guide was developed by the Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP Alliance) of SCNAT with the support of 200 researchers and practitioners from around the world.

Poor Protection: The Role of Taxes and Social Benefits in the Developing World During Crises

03 November 2025 - Maria Jouste, Ravi Kanbur, Jukka Pirttilä et al. (ed.) - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

This book examines the role of social protection and taxation systems in developing countries during times of crises. The main objective of the work is to promote understanding about proper crisis…

A Bit Too Simple: Narratives of Development, Sustainability and Climate Change

20 October 2025 - Mette Fog Olwig - Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University (RUC)

Narratives like those portraying development workers as heroes and local populations as victims needing to be saved from their own unsustainable practices have led to problematic policies and…

Internet Shutdowns in Africa: Technology, Rights and Power

06 October 2025 - Felicia Anthonio, Tony Roberts (eds) - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

This open access book provides ten in-depth case studies of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regions of Africa. In so doing, it offers the first-ever comparative analysis of how African…

Justice in Global Economic Governance: Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation

19 September 2025 - Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Eszter Kollar - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

This book studies global economic governance using an innovative structure to juxtapose normative arguments with empirical analysis. Chapters investigate the most important areas of global economic…

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