🔍 New in Journal of Development Studies (JDS)! How can we better assess women's 👩🏻empowerment in agriculture? The WEaL Scale offers a fresh, cost-effective tool rooted in property rights to measure control over labor in South Asia. Read more 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203… UniSA

💡Shock-responsive cash transfers work. In 🇰🇪, during COVID-19, flexible cash support helped reduce income loss, hunger, and poverty especially for informal workers. What mattered most? Adapting quickly with larger, faster payments. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

State of dev journals 2025 out from David McKenzie at World Bank Research --> Journal of Development Studies (JDS) reporting that 31% of accepted papers have an author from global south ~ curious to see how this stacks up for others! #EconTwitter blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

⚡ Can mini-grids expand rural electrification? Vincent Nossek & Jean-Claude Berthelemy study 144 projects in 🇧🇫 & 🇲🇬 using geo-spatial data + Nighttime Lights as a proxy. Result: clear gains in electricity access over 3 yrs. Read more 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

📢 New in #JDevStudies How does social capital shape farmers’ access to services and markets in 🇨🇮 and 🇬🇭? Ahoudjo [Ahoudjo Konan Samuel] and Soullier examine rice value chains across 7 cases using network analysis. Read more 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

📚 A pre-primary program in West Bengal 🇮🇳 boosted enrolment but did not improve learning outcomes Nilanjan Bhattacharya et al. show how poor infrastructure may limit policy impact. Read more 👉: doi.org/10.1080/002203… Soham Sahoo

How does social insurance reform affect 🇪🇹’s workforce? 🆕research by Arjun S. Bedi et al. finds a decrease in the share of high-skill workers and reduced turnover, mainly due to fewer low-skill workers quitting. Read more👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203… Erasmus University

How does electrification impact child development in rural 🇪🇹? New study in #JDevStudies finds that children spend more time on education, especially girls, and less time sleeping or helping families, even as access stays low Read more👉🏾: doi.org/10.1080/002203… World Bank

New research by Mosab Ahmed et al. in Journal of Development Studies (JDS) shows 🇸🇩’s GDP could fall by 42% if conflict continues through 2025, with poverty rising most for rural people and women. Read more 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203… IFPRI

Why are some new neighborhoods on 🇮🇳’s urban edges formalized, while others aren’t? 🏘️ Adam Michael Auerbach & Tanu Kumar show how citizen action & local politics shape access to public services in Jaipur’s periphery. Read more 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

New in #JDevStudies! Skills training in 🇧🇩’s garment sector often falls short not just due to corruption, but because many firms lack the organizational capacity to use skilled workers.👩‍🏭 Dig deeper👉🏼: doi.org/10.1080/002203… Mushtaq Khan Sophie van Huellen

How does tradition shape women’s work? 📊 D’Agostini & Luca Tiberti show matrilocality (husbands join wives’ families) raises women’s wage/formal jobs in 🇲🇼& 🇮🇩. Read more👉🏼: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

Happy to share a new article published in the Journal of Development Studies (JDS), co-authored with Tobias Wuttke and Kriengkrai Techakanont: "Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New in Journal of Development Studies (JDS): Women in 🇮🇳 are more likely to wake up first & eat last, facing morning burdens that impact health & well-being. Economic progress alone isn’t enough. Policy change is needed. Read by more➡️: doi.org/10.1080/002203… Udayan

🆕in #JDevstudies: Karen Larsen [Karen Philippa Larsen] reviews "Death Is Our Business" by John Lechner [John Lechner], a timely look at Russian mercenaries & the politics of private warfare. Read Book review 👉: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

🔍 Are current poverty metrics missing the mark? Kakwani & Son argue that poverty ≠ just capability deprivation. Their new article proposes a framework that adds resource access to the equation. Read more 👉: doi.org/10.1080/002203… University of Sydney #JDevStudies

📚 From “backend” IT outsourcing to the ambitions of “Startup India” — Bengaluru’s transformation is at the heart of Experimental Times. Mathew reviews Gupta’s in-depth study in JDS. Dig Deeper 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203… CaliforniaUniversity

📢 New in #JDevStudies! Castaldi [Carolina Castaldi], et al. find that collective trademarks can foster inclusive development by protecting authenticity, expanding markets and community identity, but only with strong governance and commitment. Read more👉: doi.org/10.1080/002203…

💰 How much does having limited cash cost? A new article by Olabisi & Persaud shows that poor households in 🇹🇿 miss out on bulk discounts, paying up to 30% more when cash is tight. Liquidity constraints raise food costs. Dig Deeper 👉🏽: doi.org/10.1080/002203… MSU