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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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EU international digital policy in action: The EU-Kenya partnership

Chloe Teevan, Karim Karaki, Sasha Pearson - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
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Conceptualising Gender Backlash Definitions and Frameworks

Solidarity Network - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Zakat as Non-State Social Welfare Provision: Distributional Dynamics and Gender Equity in Pakistan

Max Gallien, Umair Javed, Vanessa van den Boogaard - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
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Making global benefits pay: the World Bank reform to support global public goods

Jakob Schwab - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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A change in thinking: new pathways for citywide inclusive sanitation in Nakuru County, Kenya

Water International
Saravanan V. Subramanian, Pireh Hezekiah, Moses Onyango, Simon Okoth - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
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