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Why We Need Empathy to Tackle Poverty

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

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…

What Would it Take to Build a Post-Extractivist Agriculture?

Will LaFleur - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
What is the relationship between extractivism, agriculture, and a sustainable future? As I started the fieldwork for my doctoral studies, this question sat at the heart of my inquiry. Developing a…

Against all Odds: How Local Communities Achieve Forest Conservation in Colombia

Sara Vélez Zapata, Gonzalo A. Vargas - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Community forestry is a set of diverse institutions and practices that enable rural communities to participate in managing forest resources; it is a strategy to curb deforestation and conserve…

Three Ideal Types for the Future of Development Cooperation

José Antonio Alonso - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The international aid system is undergoing one of the most acute crises in its history. Although it is often portrayed primarily as a budgetary crisis—intensified by decisions such as the Trump…

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Feminist Foreign and Development Policies: Opportunities and Challenges from a Global South Perspective

Anna Eknor Ackzell - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper examines how Feminist Foreign and Development Policies (FFDPs) have emerged as both a site of transformation and contention within global governance. It traces the articulation of feminist…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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Climate, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council

Helene Maria Kyed & Justine Chambers - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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Assessing the value and potential of the bi-regional relationship between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, a few months ahead of the 2025 CELAC-EU summit

Marie Kolling, Ida Marie Daugaard & David Lyndorff Paris - Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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Anti‐Poverty Legislation for Particularly Vulnerable Groups: The Example of Indigenous People and Minorities

Markus Kaltenborn & Jasmin Dogu - Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE)
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Evaluating the effect of reactive power injection on power factor and system losses reduction in an optimally sized PV grid-connected solar photovoltaic system

Solar Compass
Edward Dodzi Amekah, Emmanuel Wendsongre Ramde, David Ato Quansah et al. - International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
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Exploring relationship pathways to prevent intimate partnerviolence among young women in Malawi

Culture, Health & Sexuality
Audrey Pereira, Joseph Chunga, Juba Kafumba et al. - International Security and Development Center gGmbH (ISDC)
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