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Structural Transformation Through a Multi-vector Geo-economic Governance? BRI and Upgrading of the Uzbek Gas Industry (2024)
Journal Article
Lombardozzi, L. (2024). Structural Transformation Through a Multi-vector Geo-economic Governance? BRI and Upgrading of the Uzbek Gas Industry. The European Journal of Development Research, 36, 696-717. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-024-00639-8

Gas is a strategic source of energy and Uzbekistan ranks 11th in the world for mining and 14th for reserves. The article investigates whether and how the BRI and Chinese capital have contributed to Uzbek structural transformation in the gas industry.... Read More about Structural Transformation Through a Multi-vector Geo-economic Governance? BRI and Upgrading of the Uzbek Gas Industry.

The social reproduction of agrarian change: Feminist political economy and rural transformations in the global south. An introduction (2024)
Journal Article
Mezzadri, A., Stevano, S., Ossome, L., & Bargawi, H. (2024). The social reproduction of agrarian change: Feminist political economy and rural transformations in the global south. An introduction. Journal of Agrarian Change, 24(3), Article e12595. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12595

The last decade has seen a renaissance of feminist political economy studies centred on the concept of ‘social reproduction’. These aim at studying global capitalism from the vantage‐point of what produces and sustains life, expanding the social boun... Read More about The social reproduction of agrarian change: Feminist political economy and rural transformations in the global south. An introduction.

Better data for decent work in the global food system. (2024)
Journal Article
Meemken, E.-M., Charlton, D., Christiaensen, L., Maertens, M., Oya, C., Reardon, T., & Stemmler, H. (2024). Better data for decent work in the global food system. Nature Food, 5(6), 454-456. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01002-0

Working conditions in food systems remain precarious across the globe. Little scientific guidance exists on what works where when it comes to initiatives aimed at addressing this issue. Investments in large-scale, nationally representative agricultur... Read More about Better data for decent work in the global food system..

Hors Camp (2024)
Digital Artefact
Ould Moctar, H. (2024). Hors Camp

Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria (2024)
Journal Article
Okoli, A. C., Aina, F., & Onuoha, F. C. (2025). Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide, 18(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2024.2356509

The banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has been associated with dire implications for human population and settlement. Scholarship on the subject area has largely failed to foreground the nexus between banditry and population dynamics in the context... Read More about Banditry and "captive population syndrome" in northern Nigeria.

Opposition party institutionalisation in authoritarian settings: the case of Uganda (2024)
Journal Article
Bertrand, E., & Mutyaba, M. (2024). Opposition party institutionalisation in authoritarian settings: the case of Uganda. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 62(2), 77-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2024.2349345

This article analyses the process of institutionalisation among Ugandan opposition parties and highlights the tensions at play between party institutionalisation and broader party goals in authoritarian settings. Based upon qualitative research condu... Read More about Opposition party institutionalisation in authoritarian settings: the case of Uganda.

The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation (2024)
Journal Article
Calabrese, L., Rhys, J., & Lombardozzi, L. (2024). The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation. The European Journal of Development Research, 36, 515-547. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-024-00644-x

Structural transformation is among the core questions in development economics, but in recent decades, the discipline has shifted its focus away from production and transformation in favour of analyses on exchange, growth and productivity. Yet, the s... Read More about The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation.

A Climate Bank for Viet Nam to Catalyze Green and Just Transitions (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Marois, T., & Volz, U. (2024). A Climate Bank for Viet Nam to Catalyze Green and Just Transitions. Hanoi

A new public climate bank with a focused policy mandate on climate action supported by international development finance institutions could help Viet Nam achieve a just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Given the enormous and... Read More about A Climate Bank for Viet Nam to Catalyze Green and Just Transitions.