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Financing Economic Development. Theoretical Debates and Empirical Trends (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Van Waeyenberge, E., & Bargawi, H. Financing Economic Development. Theoretical Debates and Empirical Trends

This Working Paper is a contribution to Task 2 of Work Pack 6 Finance, Development and Global Governance. Task 2 seeks to assess the impact of the changes in the global financial and monetary system on developing countries. Within Task 2, the researc... Read More about Financing Economic Development. Theoretical Debates and Empirical Trends.

From Global to Local and Back Again: Researching Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility (2015)
Journal Article
Hossain, N. (2015). From Global to Local and Back Again: Researching Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility. IDS Bulletin, 46(6), 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-5436.12182

This article sets out the thinking behind the research methodology used in the Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility project. It sets out the key questions and aims, describes the approach, and explains why we chose the research design we did. It d... Read More about From Global to Local and Back Again: Researching Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility.

Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique (2015)
Journal Article
Naess, L. O., Newell, P., Newsham, A., Phillips, J., Quan, J., & Tanner, T. (2015). Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique. Global Environmental Change, 35, 534-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.08.015

Despite the growth in work linking climate change and national level development agendas, there has been limited attention to their political economy. These processes mediate the winners, losers and potential trade-offs between different goals, and t... Read More about Climate policy meets national development contexts: Insights from Kenya and Mozambique.

Social Policy for Mature Neoliberalism: The Bolsa Família Programme in Brazil (2015)
Journal Article
Saad Filho, A. Social Policy for Mature Neoliberalism: The Bolsa Família Programme in Brazil. Development and Change, 46(6), 1227-1252. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12199

The Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) is one of the largest conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes in the world. CCTs have been described as a ‘magic bullet’ for development, and PBF is widely regarded as an exemplary programme. Examination of its con... Read More about Social Policy for Mature Neoliberalism: The Bolsa Família Programme in Brazil.