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Impacts of livelihood empowerment programs on refugee wellbeing and economic inclusion: Evidence from Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia 生计赋权项目对难民福祉和经济包容的影响：来自埃塞俄比亚多洛阿多难民营的证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100720

Silas Amo-Agyei , Florence Nana Pokuaah Nimoh , Ibrahima Sarr , Maryada Vallet

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How much of economic growth trickles down to the population in resource-rich countries? evidence from Papua New Guinea 在资源丰富的国家，有多少经济增长惠及了人口？证据来自巴布亚新几内亚

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100719

Paripoorna Baxi, Darian Naidoo, Sharad Tandon

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The political consequences of resource scarcity: Targeted spending in a water-stressed democracy. A replication study of Mahadevan and Shenoy (Journal of Public Economics, 2023) 资源短缺的政治后果：水资源紧张的民主国家的定向支出。Mahadevan和Shenoy的复制研究（Journal of Public Economics, 2023）

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100707

Ryan McWay, Matthew Braaksma

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Better tracking SDG progress with fewer resources? A call for more innovative data uses 用更少的资源更好地跟踪可持续发展目标的进展？呼吁更多创新的数据使用

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100721

Hai-Anh Dang , Calogero Carletto , Dean Jolliffe

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The socioeconomic effects of Fusarium TR4 on banana producers in Peru 镰刀菌TR4对秘鲁香蕉生产者的社会经济影响

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100717

Thea Ritter , Jonathan Mockshell , Diego Álvarez , Leslie Estefany Mosquera , Jorge Eliecer Vargas , Carolina Gonzalez

{"title":"The socioeconomic effects of Fusarium TR4 on banana producers in Peru","authors":"Thea Ritter , Jonathan Mockshell , Diego Álvarez , Leslie Estefany Mosquera , Jorge Eliecer Vargas , Carolina Gonzalez","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Fusarium oxysporum</em> f. sp. <em>cubense</em> Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is spreading throughout South America and the world, threatening the banana industry as it decimates the Cavendish plantations and many other local varieties. This study addresses a major gap in the literature by employing a socioeconomic and cost-benefit analysis to explore the vulnerability of banana producers to TR4 and the financial viability of disease management strategies and potential losses in the event of TR4 spreading within the study area. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with producers and key stakeholders in Piura, Peru, which is Peru’s most important region for producing organic bananas for export. The results show that 45% of farms have TR4 and 10% of banana farms have been completely devastated by TR4. Production, banana sales, income, and food security are lower among producers with TR4 in their plantations. Prevention and mitigation strategies, such as disinfecting shoes, tools, and machinery at farm entrances, are critical and financially viable methods to prevent the spread of TR4. On average, producers without TR4 have a net present value (NPV) of $48,014 per hectare, which is significantly higher than the NPV of $8,535 per hectare for producers affected by TR4, highlighting TR4′s severe economic impact and the need to implement mitigation strategies. Recommendations to the public and private sector to build a banana sector more resilient to TR4 include supporting the implementation of surveillance and mitigation strategies, as well as raising awareness about TR4 and the importance of certified banana seeds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 100717"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144830226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Has mandatory reporting improved environmental disclosure quality in Indonesia? 强制性报告是否提高了印尼环境信息披露的质量？

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100718

Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum , Sriningsih , Annisa Sila Puspita , Mochamad Arief Budihardjo , Amin Chegenizadeh , Hamid Nikraz

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Agricultural stakeholder panels and lead farmer visits: Evidence from Malawi 农业利益相关者小组和主要农民访问：来自马拉维的证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100716

Festus O. Amadu , Paul E. McNamara

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‘The youth are not given a listening ear’: A critical analysis of the contributions of youth-led civil society organisations to Africa’s development “年轻人没有得到倾听”：对青年领导的民间社会组织对非洲发展的贡献的批判性分析

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100711

Emmanuel Kumi , Thomas Yeboah , Emmanuel Edudzie

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Refugees’ home-making practices as assemblages: material & symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp 作为集合的难民的建家实践：难民营住房定居点的物质和象征特征

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100714

Heba Alqub , Osaid Matar

{"title":"Refugees’ home-making practices as assemblages: material & symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp","authors":"Heba Alqub , Osaid Matar","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Scholars often conceptualize the refugee camp as a humanitarian space (<span><span>Agier, 2010</span></span>) or space of protection (<span><span>Ticktin, 2011</span></span>), constructed by host governments and humanitarian agencies. However, in such framings, camp dwellers are often seen as passive recipients, isolated from any opportunity to cultivate a sense of belonging. This perception is reinforced by institutional accounts and reports that overlook refugees’ everyday spatial practices to reshape their environments, resulting in not only obscuring how refugees actively reconfigure camp spaces through home-making, but also contributing to spatial interventions that feel imposed and disconnected from lived realities, precluding avenues for belonging. This paper explores how Palestinian refugees construct the camp both spatially and temporally through everyday home-making practices that imbue the camp with meaning and attachment. To achieve this, I utilize the assemblage theory (<span><span>Deleuze and Guattari, 1987</span></span>, <span><span>DeLanda, 2006</span></span>, <span><span>McFarlane, 2009</span></span>, <span><span>Dovey, 2010</span></span>) as the analytical approach to better understand home-making as an open-ended process, analyzing the material and symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp. The study adopts a bottom-up methodology that combines empirical and archival research to investigate three Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan: Baqa’a, Al-Husn, and Talbiyeh, drawing from ethnographic fieldwork based on interviews, direct observation, and graphic journaling. This study argues that although camps are initially shaped by institutional planning, refugees’ home-making practices reshape their development over time. This dynamic interplay challenges static institutional layouts, showing how refugees’ modifications redefine both spatial form and social meaning of the camp. It also highlights how refugee agency actively co-produces the evolving camp beyond its original intent.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article 100714"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144739323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effect of fiscal decentralization on urbanization: Evidence from Cameroon 财政分权对城市化的影响：来自喀麦隆的证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100709

Justin Romuald Amougou Manga, Constant Djiogap Fouopi

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