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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).

State-led Economic Transformation in Rwanda 2000-2019: An Evaluation of the Role of Policy in Coffee-processing, Tourism, Food Crops, and Manufacturing (2023)
Thesis
Heinen, S. State-led Economic Transformation in Rwanda 2000-2019: An Evaluation of the Role of Policy in Coffee-processing, Tourism, Food Crops, and Manufacturing. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Less than thirty years after civil war and genocide, the government of post-conflict Rwanda has achieved a remarkable level of state-building and economic growth. This thesis uses a political settlements framework to make sense of the country’s recen... Read More about State-led Economic Transformation in Rwanda 2000-2019: An Evaluation of the Role of Policy in Coffee-processing, Tourism, Food Crops, and Manufacturing.

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

The Political Economy of Taxation and Resource Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa (2010)
Book Chapter
Di John, J. (2010). The Political Economy of Taxation and Resource Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. In V. Padayachee (Ed.), The Political Economy of Africa (110-316). Routledge

From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present (2009)
Book
Di John, J. (2009). From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present. Penn State University Press. https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv14gp29g

Since the discovery of abundant oil resources in the 1920s, Venezuela has had an economically privileged position among the nations of Latin America, which has led to its being treated by economic and political analysts as an exceptional case. In her... Read More about From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present.

The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa (2009)
Journal Article
Di John, J. The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. The European Journal of Development Research, 22(1), 10-30. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2009.44

This article provides a critical review of recent literature that has attempted to define what a ‘failed state’ is and explains why such states emerge. It is argued that aggregate indices of ‘failure’ are misleading due to the wide variations of capa... Read More about The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Political Settlements (2009)
Report
Di John, J., & Putzel, J. (2009). Political Settlements

Why is the Tax System so Ineffective and Regressive in Latin America? (2008)
Journal Article
Di John, J. (2008). Why is the Tax System so Ineffective and Regressive in Latin America?. Development Viewpoint,

Albert Hirschman's Exit-Voice Framework and Its Relevance to Problems of Public Education Performance in Latin America (2007)
Journal Article
Di John, J. (2007). Albert Hirschman's Exit-Voice Framework and Its Relevance to Problems of Public Education Performance in Latin America. Oxford Development Studies, 35(3), 295-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600810701514860

Oil Abundance and Violent Political Conflict: A Critical Assessment (2007)
Journal Article
Di John, J. (2007). Oil Abundance and Violent Political Conflict: A Critical Assessment. The Journal of Development Studies, 43(6), 961-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380701466450

The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries (2007)
Book Chapter
Di John, J. (2007). The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries. In H.-J. Chang (Ed.), Institutional Change and Economic Development (135-155). Anthem Press and United Nations University Press

The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries (2006)
Preprint / Working Paper
Di John, J. (2006). The Political Economy of Taxation and Tax Reform in Developing Countries