Development Policy Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Development Policy Review is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Early transition markers, opportunities, and limitations that define pathways into the labour market from adolescence to adulthood in South Africa28
The Arab uprising: A decade of transformations and challenges22
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Indoor air pollution and child development in Indonesia: Stunted by the smoke?21
Governance of organic cocoa production: An analysis of EU regulation through the framework of multilevel governance20
Should foreign aid consider inter‐Pacific Islands migration in the context of climate change? Evidence from Fiji19
Heritage practices as development's blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt18
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana17
Rethinking food aid for immigrants and refugees: Insights from Syracuse17
Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the “informal sector” in sub‐Saharan Africa17
Aid paradox for unrecognized governments: The Taliban and aid16
Providing social assistance and humanitarian relief: The case for embracing uncertainty15
The Water–Employment–Migration nexus: Buzzword or useful framework?14
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Improving pathways for girls and disadvantaged youth through secondary education and into work: Evidence and reflections from practice12
Will policy help close the digital gender divide? An intersectional feminist policy analysis of Ethiopia's national digital policy11
Understanding accountability in practice: Obligations, scrutiny, and consequences11
Supporting women's empowerment by changing intra‐household decision‐making: A mixed‐methods analysis of a field experiment in rural south‐west Tanzania9
Using evaluation data to predict loan performance among poor borrowers: The case of BRAC’s asset transfer and microcredit programmes9
To understand the implications of different aid modalities, we need to analyse the bargaining logic between donors and recipient governments*9
Not such a good bargain for (the evidence on) budget support9
Can Agenda 2030 bring about “localization”? Policy limitations of Agenda 2030 in the broader global governance system8
Teaching and learning for life skills development: Insights from Rwanda’s 12+ programme for adolescent girls8
WASH for all: A systematic review of Physiological and Sociological Characterization Framework segmentation in WASH policies, programmes, and projects7
Towards complete development finance data: Quantifying China's international education co‐operation and presence in the Global South7
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Foresight for a better African future: Lessons from six decades of practice7
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Do subsidies on seed and fertilizer lead to child labour? Evidence from Malawi7
Are women more financially vulnerable than men? A tale of missed economic opportunities from Latin America7
FADM: A Feasible Approach to Disaster Management7
Everyday governance in areas of contested power: Insights from Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan7
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Women, education, and violence: How women displaced into camps in north‐east Nigeria take up education6
Hybridization of Chinese international development volunteering: Evidence from three state‐funded programmes6
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Reflections on the future role of the state in Somalia from the perspective of aid effectiveness6
Climate and development: What opportunities, what threats?5
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Adaptive programming and going with the grain: IMAGINE's new water governance model in Goma, DRC5
Self‐employment preferences among university graduates in Ghana: Does gender make a difference?5
The impact of an additional year in high school on academic performance at university: Evidence from a policy experiment in Ghana5
Futuring Fragility: Embracing uncertainty, identifying opportunity, unlocking development5
Rural market imperfections in India: Revisiting old debates with new evidence5
The COVID‐19 pandemic and the internationalization of production: A review of the literature5
Developing electric vehicles in China and the United States: Revisiting debates on industrial strategy4
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How well can real‐time indicators track the economic impacts of a crisis like COVID‐19?4
Helping when it matters: Optimal time for supporting women’s self‐employment in India4
Building resilience now and for the future: Adolescent skills to address global challenges4
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The governance shock doctrine: Civic space in the pandemic4
Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference?4
Can we live within environmental limits and still reduce poverty? Degrowth or decoupling?4
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Repertoires of citizen action in hybrid settings4
The resilience of systems‐thinking approaches when faced with an evolving crisis: The case of Mumbai3
Qatar's multifaceted humanitarian role in Afghanistan since August 20213
A normative power or fortress Europe? Normative policy coherence between the European Unionʼs development, migration, and foreign policies3
Development co‐operation by European regions: Introducing the subnational donor governance dataset3
Microfinance and economic and social empowerment of people with disabilities: Lessons from Bangladesh3
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Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?3
How do organizations in Chinese agriculture perceive sustainability certification schemes? An exploratory analysis3
Exploring SME environmental behaviour and practice: The case of Malaysia3
How did COVID‐19 lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco3
Why national development experts are not included in development policy‐making and practice: The case of Ghana3
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Assessing the effectiveness of government and non‐governmental organization in assisting internally displaced women in Nigeria3
Good enough for outstanding growth: The experience of Bangladesh in comparative perspective3
What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India3
The role of social identity in improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health services: Evidence from Nepal3
Illiberal democracy and nutrition advocacy3
From global goal to local development policy: How partnerships as a policy idea changes through policy translation3
Policy and performance in Uganda's seed sector: Opportunities and challenges3
Does access to water, sanitation, and hygiene improve children's health? An empirical analysis in Indonesia3
Analysing regional and sectoral productivity changes in the Indian economy3
How can countries improve human development? Four distinct national planning strategies and the challenges for human development ahead3
Disrupted education trajectories: Exploring the effects of Covid‐19 on adolescent learning and priorities for “building back better” education systems in Ethiopia3
Global urban development frameworks landing in Latin America: Insights from Ecuador and Bolivia3
Governance, institutions and human development: Rethinking government flagship projects and initiatives in Ghana3
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Do job aspirations cause job choice? Insights from women entering male‐dominated occupational training in India2
Corruption, gender, and small‐scale cross‐border trade in East Africa: A review2
Emergency food supplies and food security in Wuhan and Nanjing, China, during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from a field survey2
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Food sovereignty for health, agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity: Radical implications for Haiti2
Growth and convergence in Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries since the dissolution of the USSR—embarking on different development paths?2
Increased domestic violence during the COVID‐19 pandemic: India's response2
Growth, innovation, and policy for chicken in Latin America 1961–20192
Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative2
Assessing the success of National Human Rights Action Plans from a political economy perspective: The case of Chile2
“Want to help someone? Shut up and listen”: Foreign aid, maladaptation, and community development practices in the Pacific2
Public perception of foreign aid in South Korea: The effects of policy efficacy in an emerging donor2
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Family's roles as a welfare pillar: The case of older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh2
How can aid be decolonized and localized in the Pacific? Yielding and wielding power2
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Openness processes and new subjectivities: Analysis of the Cuban case2
Wage returns to workplace training in Myanmar2
Monetary incentives to improve tax compliance: A Brazilian case study2
Women's political agency in difficult settings: Analysis of evidence from Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Pakistan2
The rise and fall of government support for small‐scale voluntary development organizations—and their remarkable resilience2
International donors, domestic politics, and the expansion of social cash transfers in Malawi2
Researching governance in difficult times and places: Reflections from Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Pakistan2
Domestic workers' agency against workplace sexual harassment: The role of social norms in Bangladesh2
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Solidarity Economy and social inclusion: The Immigrant Fair in Florianópolis, Brazil2
Whose policy coherence counts? Assessing sustainable fisheries in Ghana and the European Union's engagement2
International aid actions for accountability: Identifying interaction effects between programmes2
Enforcing contracts: The role of state subsidies as a hybrid enforcement mechanism in contracts between tomato processors and farmers in Algeria1
Female participation and financial performance of microfinance institutions: Evidence from transition economies1
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How co‐design can localize development programmes and reduce dependency: Examples from Pacific Island Countries1
Tax Evasion Attitudes of Small Firms in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries: Evidence from Nigeria1
Foreign aid, human agency, and self‐reliance in the Pacific: Lessons from the pandemic1
Effect of sovereign risk and debt‐side governance on cross‐border infrastructure risk premium in a developing nation: The case of Kenya1
Envisioning the humanitarian‐development‐peace nexus in the Rohingya response in Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and suggestions for the future1
Preventing and protesting workplace sexual harassment: Women agro‐processing workers in Bangladesh1
Determinants of poverty among Indigenous people in Mexico's Guerrero Mountain Region1
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Understanding the multifaceted impact ofCOVID‐19 on migrants in Kerala, India1
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Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned?1
Shifting norms, multiplying actors, turbulent times: An emerging landscape of international development co‐operation1
User perspectives on digital literacy as a response to misinformation1
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The impact of financial literacy on access to formal financial products in Namibia1
Anticipatory Development Foresight: An approach for international and multilateral organizations1
Taxing high‐net‐worth individuals in Nigeria: Challenges and opportunities for policy‐makers from a preliminary investigation1
“Securitized” UK aid projects in Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Nigeria and South Sudan1
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Regulating agricultural intensification: Lessons from West Africa’s rapidly growing pesticide markets1
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Understanding inactive membership in voluntary contributory schemes: A case study of micro‐traders in Kenya1
Benefits of enhanced access to education in Tanzania1
“Something for everyone”: Ownership as a moving target in Swedish and British regional foreign aid to Africa1
Changes in population literacy and numeracy in Ghana after three decades of free basic education1
Adverse shocks, vulnerability, and coping by rural households in Vietnam1
Can European foreign aid motivate people to stay in Africa? The root causes policy debate and irregular migration1
Participatory translation and anti‐racism in NGO development work: A method of co‐producing translations with community members1
Challenging the formality bias: The organization of informal work, working relations, and collective agency in Kenya and Tanzania1
What makes “difficult” settings difficult? Contextual challenges for accountability1
Why has there been a fall in child labour and an increase in school attendance in Mexico?1
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Nutrition‐sensitive lockdowns: Conceptual framework and empirical insights from Africa during COVID‐191
Acknowledgement to Reviewers1
Obituary: Constance Margaret Cornell (1915–2022)1
Multidimensional design‐reality gaps in ICT in education projects in the Samoan aidscape1
Uber's digital labour platform and labour relations in South Africa1
Linking business strategies with upgrading pathways in global value chains: Insights from the Kenyan solar market1
Peacebuilding conditionalities: An alternative to migration conditionalities for European Union development policy1
Assessing the impact of aid on public health expenditure in aid recipient countries1
Sudan's health sector partnership: From confined progression to openness and hope to uncertain demise1
Challenges and opportunities with social inclusion and community‐based water management in Solomon Islands1
Does Thinking and Working Politically improve support for social business? Evidence from a water business in Cambodia1
School committee composition: Exploring the role of parental and female representation in India1
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Rethinking human capital: Perspectives from women working in the informal economy1
Growing cotton to produce food: Unravelling interactions between value chains in southern Mali1
Furthering a feminist fiscal agenda: Engendering tax and development1
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