Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (32)

Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics: Social Protection and its Implication on Rural Poverty Dynamics in India (2022)
Thesis
Gupta, S. Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics: Social Protection and its Implication on Rural Poverty Dynamics in India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The thesis is set to examine the nature of rural poverty dynamics in India and its relation to social protection schemes. In place of static monetary or consumption-based measures, the thesis focuses on multidimensional poverty measures which is able... Read More about Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics: Social Protection and its Implication on Rural Poverty Dynamics in India.

An Examination of the Enhancement of Technological Capabilities in Global Value Chains: A Comparative Study of the Tuna Industries of Ghana and Thailand (2022)
Thesis
Baimbill-Johnson, R. An Examination of the Enhancement of Technological Capabilities in Global Value Chains: A Comparative Study of the Tuna Industries of Ghana and Thailand. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is set against the narrative that African economies can advance their structural transformation agenda through the transfer of knowledge from foreign firms that is assumed to occur by participating in global value chains (GVCs). To invest... Read More about An Examination of the Enhancement of Technological Capabilities in Global Value Chains: A Comparative Study of the Tuna Industries of Ghana and Thailand.

Institutions and the Process of Industrialisation: Towards a Theory of Social Capability Development (2019)
Book Chapter
Chang, H.-J., & Andreoni, A. (2019). Institutions and the Process of Industrialisation: Towards a Theory of Social Capability Development. In M. Nissanke, & J. A. Ocampo (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics: Critical Reflections on Globalization and Development (409-439). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14000-7_12

Institutions were at the foundation of development economics, when it was first established as a separate branch of economics. Indeed, one important impetus behind the emergence of development economics was the recognition that developing countries h... Read More about Institutions and the Process of Industrialisation: Towards a Theory of Social Capability Development.

A Quest for Institutional Foundations towards Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017)
Book Chapter
Nissanke, M. (2017). A Quest for Institutional Foundations towards Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In M. Nissanke (Ed.), Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development (293-332). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198797692.003.0012

The chapter explores the paths towards institutional foundations for inclusive development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). After introducing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, it presents a critical review of the thesis pro... Read More about A Quest for Institutional Foundations towards Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Nissanke, M. (2017). Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges. In M. Nissanke, & M. Ndolo (Eds.), Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development (3-38). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198797692.003.0001

The recent sustained growth posted by sub-Saharan African countries has led to a surge in investment flows and given rise to high hopes for Africa’s future prospects at the backdrop of the narratives of ‘Africa Rising’. The growth has produced a redu... Read More about Introduction: Tracing Poverty Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress and Future Challenges.

Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development (2017)
Book
Nissanke, M. (2017). M. Nissanke, & M. Ndolo (Eds.). Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198797692.001.0001

In the light of the opportunities and the challenges facing African economies in the 21st century, this edited volume traces an evolution of poverty in the course of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa over the recent decades. By engaging with... Read More about Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development.

The new trade / new growth nexus for late industrialisers : exploring learning-by-doing processes for garment (Cambodia, Bangladesh) and cut-flower (Kenya, Ethiopia) exporters : integrating global value chain and firm-level analyses (2016)
Thesis
Keane, J. The new trade / new growth nexus for late industrialisers : exploring learning-by-doing processes for garment (Cambodia, Bangladesh) and cut-flower (Kenya, Ethiopia) exporters : integrating global value chain and firm-level analyses. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions: A New Comparative Perspective (2013)
Book
Nissanke, M., & Shimomura, Y. (Eds.). (2013). Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions: A New Comparative Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023483

Through comparative studies of aid supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions, which are both pro-gr... Read More about Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions: A New Comparative Perspective.

Commodities, Governance and Economic Development Under Globalization (2010)
Book
Nissanke, M., & Mavrotas, G. (Eds.). (2010). Commodities, Governance and Economic Development Under Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274020

Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This book elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributons, and discusses and extends these theories in relation t... Read More about Commodities, Governance and Economic Development Under Globalization.

The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America and Africa (2010)
Book
Nissanke, M., & Thorbecke, E. (Eds.). (2010). The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199584758.001.0001

Globalization and poverty epitomize two of the most pressing contemporary international development issues. Despite the enormous potential of globalization in accelerating economic growth and development through greater integration into the world eco... Read More about The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained? (2008)
Book
Nissanke, M., & Thorbecke, E. (Eds.). (2008). Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained?. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594005

Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization–poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the b... Read More about Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained?.

The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor: Transmission Mechanisms (2006)
Book
Nissanke, M., & Thorbecke, E. (Eds.). (2006). The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor: Transmission Mechanisms. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625501

This book examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration through which the process of glob... Read More about The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor: Transmission Mechanisms.