Religion, Conflict and Boundary Politics in Sri LankaThe European Journal of Development Research - Tập 21 - Trang 679-698 - 2009
Jonathan Goodhand, Bart Klem, Benedikt Korf
Boundaries have always been central to the dynamics of armed conflicts. Wars involve the activation and hardening of certain boundaries, thus dividing friend from foe. But despite the efforts of political potentates to carve out clearly delineated impermeable boundaries, people continue to travel across and sometimes challenge these boundaries. In this article, we study the boundary crossing pract...... hiện toàn bộ
Paradoxes of Inclusion: Adverse Effects of Inclusive Interventions in Northern EthiopiaThe European Journal of Development Research - Tập 34 Số 5 - Trang 2324-2345 - 2022
Kebede Manjur Gebru, Crelis Rammelt, Maggi W.H. Leung
AbstractThe involvement of smallholders in various inclusive business models (IBMs) is being widely promoted in Ethiopia. The inclusion, exclusion and distribution effects of IBMs must be better understood, however, in order to make them more impactful. This study, which was carried out in three districts in northern Ethiopia, employed a mixed methods approach. Our...... hiện toàn bộ
Absorptive Capacity: North–South Partnerships and Organizational Learning Within Development NetworksThe European Journal of Development Research - Tập 29 - Trang 404-422 - 2016
Johanne Boucher, Joanne M. Roch
In order to improve the efficiency of their interventions, Canadian NGOs – relying on the knowledge-based approach to cooperation – have privileged the establishment of genuine North–South partnerships and relationships between their partners within networks as a strategy for building and sustaining local capacities. Although the networks are associated with development, the mechanisms that enable...... hiện toàn bộ
Public Investment in Agricultural Research and Extension in IndiaThe European Journal of Development Research - - 2015
Pramod Kumar Joshi, Praduman Kumar, Shinoj Parappurathu
Earlier studies have empirically illustrated the significant role that investment in agricultural research and extension (R&E) plays in enhancing productivity, accelerating agricultural growth and reducing poverty in India. This article adds to the existing literature on the spatial and temporal dimensions of agricultural R&E investments with special emphasis on returns to investment in major stat...... hiện toàn bộ
Migration and the Autonomy of Women Left BehindThe European Journal of Development Research - Tập 35 - Trang 1059-1079 - 2022
Julia Anna Matz, Linguère Mously Mbaye
This paper provides new evidence on the impact of migration of male household heads on the autonomy of their spouses. Using panel household survey data from Ethiopia, the methodology mainly relies on an instrumental variables approach that addresses the endogeneity inherent in the relationship and carefully pays attention to the role of remittances. After correcting for endogeneity, we find consis...... hiện toàn bộ