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From crisis to context: Reviewing the future of sustainable charcoal in Africa (2022)
Journal Article
Branch, A., Agyei, F. K., Anai, J. G., Apecu, S. L., Bartlett, A., Brownell, E., Caravani, M., Cavanagh, C. J., Fennell, S., Langole, S., Mabele, M. B., Mwampamba, T. H., Njenga, M., Owor, A., Phillips, J., & Tiitmamer, N. (2022). From crisis to context: Reviewing the future of sustainable charcoal in Africa. Energy Research & Social Science, 87, Article 102457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102457

Is charcoal a sustainable energy source in Africa? This is a crucial question, given charcoal's key importance to urban energy. In today's dominant policy narrative – the charcoal-crisis narrative – charcoal is deemed incompatible with sustainable an... Read More about From crisis to context: Reviewing the future of sustainable charcoal in Africa.

Land-Pooling In Andhra Pradesh, India: A study of protracted dispossession and manufactured compliance in Amaravati (2022)
Thesis
Menon, R. Land-Pooling In Andhra Pradesh, India: A study of protracted dispossession and manufactured compliance in Amaravati. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and residual Andhra in 2014, the ruling TDP government announced plans to build an ambitious new capital city, christened Amaravati, on the southern banks of the Krishna River in Guntur district.... Read More about Land-Pooling In Andhra Pradesh, India: A study of protracted dispossession and manufactured compliance in Amaravati.

Towards a multi-dimensional model of impact evaluation quality: assessing development impact evaluation methods with respect to context (2022)
Thesis
Juden, M. T. Towards a multi-dimensional model of impact evaluation quality: assessing development impact evaluation methods with respect to context. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In this thesis, I give an account of the quality of (quasi-)experimental impact evaluation methods for development interventions that goes beyond internal validity considerations to also incorporate the transferability of findings to new contexts. To... Read More about Towards a multi-dimensional model of impact evaluation quality: assessing development impact evaluation methods with respect to context.

Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India (2022)
Thesis
Chakravorty, S. P. Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Himalayas have long been a source of attraction for people for its resources that have encouraged its use and exploitation by the government since colonial times. The Himalayan terrain has typically been favoured for the tourism industry owing to... Read More about Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Diaspora finance for infrastructure development in Nigeria: exploring motivations, mechanisms and impact (2022)
Thesis
Bolaji, O. Diaspora finance for infrastructure development in Nigeria: exploring motivations, mechanisms and impact. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The money that migrants send back home is at the heart of the relationship between migration and development. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest to exploit ‘diaspora finance’ for the provision of public goods, including infrastr... Read More about Diaspora finance for infrastructure development in Nigeria: exploring motivations, mechanisms and impact.

Daaras and development discourses: Three interventions targeting the practice of begging by talibés in urban Senegal (2022)
Thesis
Macleod, S. Daaras and development discourses: Three interventions targeting the practice of begging by talibés in urban Senegal. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The practice of begging by talibés (Qur’anic school students) in urban Senegal has long attracted the attention of international development actors who either see the talibés’ begging as the result of the exclusion of their daaras (traditional Qur’an... Read More about Daaras and development discourses: Three interventions targeting the practice of begging by talibés in urban Senegal.

Makers, Brokers, and Migrants: Experiences of Digital Government in South Korea and the United Kingdom (2022)
Thesis
Lim, I. Makers, Brokers, and Migrants: Experiences of Digital Government in South Korea and the United Kingdom. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The use of websites and mobile applications to deliver public services has gained widespread popularity throughout local, national, and international institutions. However, the qualitative aspects of digital government services remain understudied, e... Read More about Makers, Brokers, and Migrants: Experiences of Digital Government in South Korea and the United Kingdom.

Overcoming the Constraints to On-Grid Renewable Energy Investments in Nigeria (2022)
Thesis
Adeniyi, F. J. Overcoming the Constraints to On-Grid Renewable Energy Investments in Nigeria. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Despite several government interventions to promote on-grid renewable energy (RE) investments for nearly two decades, there is still no on-grid RE plant in Nigeria. This thesis explains why. It starts by establishing that the projected reduction in g... Read More about Overcoming the Constraints to On-Grid Renewable Energy Investments in Nigeria.

Economic Activities of Syrian Refugees in the Context of Turkey’s Volatile Political Landscape (2022)
Thesis
Dege, Y. Economic Activities of Syrian Refugees in the Context of Turkey’s Volatile Political Landscape. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation seeks to reframe and question what it means to study the economic activities of refugees. Taking Syrian refugees in Turkey as its focus, it explores the way that the volatile context of Turkey situates refugees in a complex web of s... Read More about Economic Activities of Syrian Refugees in the Context of Turkey’s Volatile Political Landscape.