Outputs (20)

Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021) (2023)
Thesis
Isar, S. Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021). (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research focuses on the fiscal dimension of state-building in Afghanistan. It examines the relationship between state-building and taxation with a particular focus on the Karzai (2001–2014) and Ghani (2014–2019) administrations, whilst also plac... Read More about Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021).

Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization (2022)
Journal Article
Cramer, C., Di John, J., & Sender, J. (2022). Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization. Development and Change, 53(3), 495-524. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12708

Developing countries are balance-of-payments constrained. In this context, high-value agricultural exports can make a greater contribution to structural change than development economists and developing country governments have typically acknowledged... Read More about Classification and Roundabout Production in High‐value Agriculture: A Fresh Approach to Industrialization.

The Political Economy of Development Banking (2020)
Book Chapter
Di John, J. (2020). The Political Economy of Development Banking. In A. Oqubay, C. Cramer, H.-J. Chang, & R. Kozul-Wright (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Policy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198862420.013.13

Poinsettia Assembly and Selling Emotion: High Value Agricultural Exports in Ethiopia (2018)
Report
Cramer, C., Di John, J., & Sender, J. (2018). Poinsettia Assembly and Selling Emotion: High Value Agricultural Exports in Ethiopia

Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal (2017)
Report
Di John, J., & O'Meally, S. Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal

This report provides the foundation for a new approach to service delivery in violence-affected contexts that is sensitive to the actual forms of violence, politics, and bargaining encountered in many conflict-affected states. The findings unearth is... Read More about Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Rethinking growth strategies in LICs : the need to achieve strategic planning and political stability (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Di John, J., & Meisel, N. Rethinking growth strategies in LICs : the need to achieve strategic planning and political stability. Addis Ababa

What is the role of national development banks in late industrialisation (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Di John, J. What is the role of national development banks in late industrialisation. Addis Ababa

Meeting the challenges of crisis states (2012)
Report
Putzel, J., & Di John, J. (2012). Meeting the challenges of crisis states

Is There Really a Resource Curse? A Critical Survey of Theory and Evidence (2011)
Journal Article
Di John, J. (2011). Is There Really a Resource Curse? A Critical Survey of Theory and Evidence. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 17(2), 167-184. https://doi.org/10.5555/1075-2846-17.2.167

This article provides a critical survey of the resource curse—the idea that mineral and fuel abundance generates negative developmental outcomes in less developed countries. In particular, it examines the idea that mineral and fuel abundance generate... Read More about Is There Really a Resource Curse? A Critical Survey of Theory and Evidence.

Taxation, Resource Mobilisation, and State Performance (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Di John, J. Taxation, Resource Mobilisation, and State Performance. London