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The Systems of Provision Approach to Understanding Consumption (2018)
Book Chapter
Fine, B., Bayliss, K., & Robertson, M. (2018). The Systems of Provision Approach to Understanding Consumption. In O. Kravets, P. Maclaran, S. Miles, & A. Venkatesh (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture (27-42). Sage

From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate: A Study of Price Formation along Tanzania’s Coffee Commodity Chain (2017)
Journal Article
Bargawi, H., & Newman, S. (in press). From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate: A Study of Price Formation along Tanzania’s Coffee Commodity Chain. Economic Geography, 93(2), 162-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2016.1204894

This article examines the nature of price formation and transmission in the Tanzanian coffee price chain. To date, research on the real-world processes of price formation have been scant in economic geography and extant literatures. This article add... Read More about From Futures Markets to the Farm Gate: A Study of Price Formation along Tanzania’s Coffee Commodity Chain.

Taiwan’s Millennial Generation: Interests in Polity and Party Politics (2017)
Journal Article
Brading, R. (in press). Taiwan’s Millennial Generation: Interests in Polity and Party Politics. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 46(1), 131-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/186810261704600106

The political strategies used to attract Taiwanese Millennials is a puzzling topic. This article analyses the strategies the two main political parties have implemented in recent years to do so. In the literature on youth attitudes in Western democra... Read More about Taiwan’s Millennial Generation: Interests in Polity and Party Politics.

2014 Ebola Outbreak Exposes Large Gaps in Financing Adequate Healthcare in West African Countries (2014)
Journal Article
Pailey, R. N. (2014). 2014 Ebola Outbreak Exposes Large Gaps in Financing Adequate Healthcare in West African Countries

Tracing connections and its politics (2014)
Book Chapter
Novak, P. (2014). Tracing connections and its politics. In H. Alff, & A. Benz (Eds.), Tracing Connections: Explorations of Spaces and Places in Asian Contexts. VWB

The chapter argues that studying places and identities as a tension yields useful research insights, because it forces us to do three things. First, it forces us to think about places and identities as processes – as continuously configured and re-co... Read More about Tracing connections and its politics.

The Poverty of the Smallholder Ideal: Highlighting Tanzania's Rural Labour Market (2012)
Journal Article
Mueller, B. (2012). The Poverty of the Smallholder Ideal: Highlighting Tanzania's Rural Labour Market

Strengthening pro-poor targeting of investments by African utilities in urban water and sanitation - the role of the International Development Association of the World Bank: Case studies from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Tanzania (2012)
Report
Bayliss, K., Newborne, P., & Tucker, J. (2012). Strengthening pro-poor targeting of investments by African utilities in urban water and sanitation - the role of the International Development Association of the World Bank: Case studies from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Tanzania

This report for WaterAid presents findings from research into the impact of selected IDA-funded projects on water supply and sanitation services in urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on the impact on poor areas and households... Read More about Strengthening pro-poor targeting of investments by African utilities in urban water and sanitation - the role of the International Development Association of the World Bank: Case studies from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Tanzania.

Could Employment-Focused Policies Spearhead Economic Recovery in Europe? (2011)
Other
McKinley, T., & Cozzi, G. (2011). Could Employment-Focused Policies Spearhead Economic Recovery in Europe?

Where do the Poor Live? (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A. (in press). Where do the Poor Live?. World Development, 40(5), 865-877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.007

This paper argues that the distribution of global poverty has changed and that most of the world’s poor no longer live in countries officially classified as low-income countries (LICs). It is estimated that the majority of the world’s poor, or up to... Read More about Where do the Poor Live?.

Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania (2011)
Report
Bayliss, K., & Tukai, R. (2011). Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania

Private water vendors provide a means by which households without an individual piped connection to the utility network access water across tanzania’s capital city —dar es Salaam. Perhaps surprisingly, the most expensive water originates from a publi... Read More about Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania.

Fiscal Contraction or Fiscal Expansion in the US: Which Will Promote Growth and Employment? (2011)
Other
McKinley, T., & Cozzi, G. (2011). Fiscal Contraction or Fiscal Expansion in the US: Which Will Promote Growth and Employment?

Morals, Ethics and Economics: The Case for Aid in Fiscally Constrained Times (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A., & Tribe, M. (2011). Morals, Ethics and Economics: The Case for Aid in Fiscally Constrained Times. Journal of International Development, 23(6), 782-801. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1810

The Global Economic Crisis and Beyond: What Possible Future(s) for Development Studies? (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A. (2011). The Global Economic Crisis and Beyond: What Possible Future(s) for Development Studies?. The European Journal of Development Research, 23(1), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2010.56

Global Poverty Reduction to 2015 and Beyond (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A., & Tiwari, M. (2011). Global Poverty Reduction to 2015 and Beyond. Global Policy, 2(2), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2011.00077.x

Low-income countries and commodity price volatility (2011)
Book Chapter
Bargawi, H., Bova, E., Ferrarini, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Low-income countries and commodity price volatility. In T. Cottier, & P. Delimatsis (Eds.), The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (452-482). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511792496.014

KEY MESSAGES:

∙ Low-income countries (LICs) are highly vulnerable to fluctuations in commodity prices. Excessive price volatility complicates macroeconomic management and can worsen long-run growth and development prospects.

∙ Financial specula... Read More about Low-income countries and commodity price volatility.

Child poverty, well-being and agency: What does a ‘3-D well-being’ approach contribute? (2010)
Journal Article
Sumner, A. (2010). Child poverty, well-being and agency: What does a ‘3-D well-being’ approach contribute?. Journal of International Development, 22(8), 1064-1075. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1746

Economics and Development Studies (2010)
Book
Tribe, M., Nixson, F., & Sumner, A. (2010). Economics and Development Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203847077

Development studies textbooks and courses have sometimes tended to avoid significant economic content. However, without an understanding of the economic aspects of international development many of the more complex issues cannot be fully comprehended... Read More about Economics and Development Studies.

'Agribusiness for Development’: Who Really Gains? Perspectives from the Journal of Agrarian Change (2009)
Report
Bargawi, H., & Oya, C. (2009). 'Agribusiness for Development’: Who Really Gains? Perspectives from the Journal of Agrarian Change

Global Financial Crisis and Recession: What Could Happen to Major Emerging Economies? (2009)
Journal Article
McKinley, T., & Khurasee, N. (2009). Global Financial Crisis and Recession: What Could Happen to Major Emerging Economies?

Assessing the Impact of Commodity Prices on Producers in Low-Income Countries (2009)
Journal Article
Bargawi, H. (2009). Assessing the Impact of Commodity Prices on Producers in Low-Income Countries