Journal of Development Studies (JDS)
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JDS (est. 1964) was the first international journal in development studies. We publish research at the crossroads of policy, theory and practice of development.
Joined September 2021
📢 Our 2nd [Feb] issue of 2025 is up! ✨Featuring 8⃣ articles & 4⃣ book reviews on gender, education, migration, governance, economics, politics, & more! 🇨🇳🇦🇫🇧🇷🇨🇴🇮🇳 👉Check it out:
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📚Book Review! S. Wolff [@profsarahwolff] reviews Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders in #JDevStudies. The review examines @AyseZarakol’s analysis of Eastern political orders and their role in shaping global history. Read more 👉:
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📚 Book review! How does political💪🏽 shape development? @judith_teichman reviews Pathways to Development: From Politics to Power by @sam_b_hickey & Kunal Sen, praising its insights but questioning case selection & structural change. Dig deeper👉🏽:
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📢 New Research! How can we assess who participates, at what stage, and with what level of power in development projects? Roberts & Howard introduce the Participation Cube, a novel mechanism for tracking participation in 🇿🇲 & 🇺🇬. Read👉: @SussexUni
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📚 New #BookReview in #JDevStudies Sarah Babb reviews The Economic Sociology of Development by A. Schrank, a call to bring back sociology’s role in major development debates. Engaging and deeply interdisciplinary! Read more 👉: @BostonCollege
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🆕 Study in #JDevStudies uses photography to show how Chennai communities, 🇮🇳 address their needs. Insights: 🔹 Collaboration builds resilience 🔹 Creativity overcomes resource gaps 🔹 Sustainable animal use support livelihoods Read more👉🏽: @ECUSRI
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📘 Book Review Alert! Fraundorfer reviews Hydropower in Authoritarian 🇧🇷 by Johnson, examining the evolution of 🇧🇷's dam-building during military rule, its impacts on energy, environ., and communities, and its legacy today. Read👉: @UniversityLeeds
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RT @rairohini06: Read my review for @arjshankar's phenomenal book, 'Brown Saviours and their Others' that examines the #racialisation of #c…
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@DrPemphs & @NafeLisa13 review Partial Stories: Maternal Death from 6⃣ Angles by Wendland. This book discusses the causes of maternal deaths in 🇲🇼and challenges global health systems to focus on equity and context. Read more 👉🏾: @WashUpubhealth
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@DrPemphs & @NafeLisa13 review Partial Stories: Maternal Death from Six Angles by Claire L. Wendland. This book discusses the causes of maternal deaths in 🇲🇼 and challenges global health systems to focus on equity and context. Read more👉🏾:
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🌍 Starting 2025 with Impact! New article examines climate adaptation approaches in 🇹🇿. Findings: 🔹 Community-led (bottom-up) projects boost adaptive capacity. 🔹 Centralized (top-down) methods risk maladaptive outcomes. Read more 👉🏽: @BeatriceSumar
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📢 Our 1st [Jan] issue of 2025 is up! ✨Featuring 8⃣ articles & 4⃣ book reviews on agriculture, climate, education, governance, finance gender, & more! 🇪🇹🇵🇪🇬🇭🇲🇲🇮🇳 👉Check it out:
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🌟Boosting Nutrition! 🆕 #JDevStudies article discusses experimental sales of fortified food, "Koko Plus," in rural 🇬🇭. Findings: 🔹 Improved 👶's weight-for-age Z-scores (WAZ). 🔹 Safe drinking water 🟰maximum benefits. Learn more ➡️: @ReggieAnnan
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Understanding Child Work 👶! 🆕 study in #JDevStudies examines child work across 34 countries. 🇲🇬 🇬🇭 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇮🇶🇨🇩 Key Insights: 🔹Care work is more common but less intensive. 🔹Gender & age shape outcomes. Read more👉🏽:
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Book Review Alert! @Abdiazi98570781 reviews Remittances and Financial Inclusion by @VincentGuermond, shedding light on how remittance marketisation in 🇸🇳 & 🇬🇭 faces local resistance against mobile money & microfinance systems. Read Book review👉🏽:
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How do large grant-funded research centres shape concept generation in Dev. Studies? 🆕 work in #JDevStudies by Roelofs examines their role in driving knowledge production, with case studies from 🇬🇧institutions. 👉 Read more: @whowhywherewhen
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🆕study by Garcés-Urzainqui examines poverty in 🇧🇩 (2000-2016) : ▫️Persistent poverty ⬇️ to 14%, but transient poverty remains twice as common. ▫️Rural areas show strong progress, while urban vulnerability lingers. Dig Deeper 👉: @UCPH_Research
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📖 Martin Welz reviews Katharina Döring's "African Military Politics in the Sahel " 🇸🇳. A nuanced analysis of African agency and conflict management in Mali and beyond. Read book review 👉🏽: @CambridgeUP
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📖Ángela Vergara examines Thomas M. Klubock's book, Ránquil, a detailed account of the 1934 Alto Biobío rebellion 🇨🇱. Learn how rural laborers fought for land and rights amid repression. Read Book review 👉🏽: @yalepress
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🆕research in #JDevStudies examines the impact of information campaigns on migration perceptions in 🇸🇳. Findings 🟰narratives are effective in 📉 irregular migration intentions, but distrust in local labor markets persists. Read more 👉🏽: @ErminiaFlorio
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