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{"title":"Evolving interdisciplinary contributions to global societal challenges: A 50-year overview","authors":"Keisuke Okamura","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100728","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing global societal challenges necessitates insights and expertise that transcend the boundaries of individual disciplines. In recent decades, interdisciplinary collaboration has been recognised as a vital driver of innovation and effective problem-solving, with the potential to profoundly influence policy and practice worldwide. However, quantitative evidence remains limited regarding how cross-disciplinary efforts contribute to societal challenges, as well as the evolving roles and relevance of specific disciplines in addressing these issues. To fill this gap, this study examines the long-term evolution of interdisciplinary contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), drawing on extensive bibliometric data from OpenAlex. By analysing publication and citation trends across 19 research fields from 1970 to 2022, we reveal how the relative presence of different disciplines in addressing particular SDGs has shifted over time. Our results also provide unique evidence of the increasing interconnection between fields since the 2000s, coinciding with the United Nations’ initiative to tackle global societal challenges through interdisciplinary efforts. These insights will benefit policymakers and practitioners as they reflect on past progress and plan for future action, particularly with the SDG target deadline approaching in the next five years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100728"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145325294","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}

{"title":"Development policy affects the indigenous group: the case of the Karen community, Ban Klang Village, Northern Thailand","authors":"Yingluck Kanchanaroek,&nbsp;David Wells Engstrom","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100733","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100733","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Indigenous communities often face property rights conflicts as governments claim their traditional lands for conservation purposes. This study examines the Ban Klang Karen community in Lampang, Thailand, where the creation of a national park in 1991 threatened displacement and sparked resistance. Employing a mixed-methods approach, this study investigates the impact of conservation policies on Karen livelihoods and the resistance strategies of Karen people. Findings reveal that when park designation reduced agricultural land access and yields, the community responded by strategically leveraging social capital and advocacy networks to resist displacement. Internally, they developed robust communal resource management systems and community-delineated land titles. The community’s success in self-organizing and sustainably managing their resources provides a powerful demonstration of the utility of inclusive conservation policies. It makes the case for policies that recognize indigenous land tenure and integrate traditional ecological knowledge to balance biodiversity goals with community wellbeing. This study offers a model for equitable resource governance, in which policymakers prioritize co-management agreements and legal frameworks that empower indigenous communities. These findings have potential as models for Thailand and beyond.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100733"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222792","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}

{"title":"They know each other, but do they trust each other? Social capital and selected beneficiaries of community-based development projects: A lab-in-the-field in rural Zimbabwe","authors":"Amandine Belard ,&nbsp;Stefano Farolfi ,&nbsp;Damien Jourdain ,&nbsp;Mark Manyanga ,&nbsp;Tarisayi Pedzisa ,&nbsp;Marc Willinger","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100729","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100729","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Community-based development (CBD) projects have long emphasized a bottom-up approach. For CBD initiatives to succeed, communities must harness their social capital, organize themselves, and actively engage in development processes. While CBD proponents highlight the promotion of social capital through community-based projects, critics argue that their effectiveness relies on pre-existing levels of trust, trustworthiness, and community interactions. To contribute to this debate, we investigate the selection bias regarding social capital induced by the recruitment strategy of an NGO in Zimbabwe. We look at differences between selected beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in terms of pro-social behaviors, measured by incentivized games, and in terms of social networks. We also use this information to test whether being part of the same networks translates into increased trust, altruistic behaviors, and willingness to participate in collective action. Our study, conducted in 2022 in the rural district of Murehwa, Zimbabwe, comprised a survey and lab-in-the-field experiments (trust game, public good game, dictator game) involving 341 subjects. Findings showed that selected beneficiaries exhibit higher network density than non-beneficiaries. However, except for a partial experimental measure of trustworthiness, we observed no significant differences in prosocial behavior between the two groups before project implementation. The results suggest that although selected beneficiaries are more socially connected, they do not exhibit higher prosocial behaviors. These findings shed light on the common selection process used by development agencies and the inherent bias they introduce. To address this bias, development agencies should reconsider recruitment strategies that prioritize existing social ties, as they may unintentionally exclude less-connected community members. Instead, they should explore alternative selection approaches, such as the use of field data to ensure inclusiveness. Additionally, integrating trust-building activities at the beginning of projects could enhance cooperation among participants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100729"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145269226","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}

{"title":"“Nothing for US without Us”: localizing agricultural innovation systems − a case study from the feed the future innovation labs","authors":"Erin McGuire ,&nbsp;Gina Rico-Mendez ,&nbsp;Siobhan Rabsum ,&nbsp;Penina Yumbya ,&nbsp;David Ameyaw ,&nbsp;Robert Jarman ,&nbsp;Tara Steinmetz ,&nbsp;Mwangi Thumbi ,&nbsp;David Tschirley","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the challenges and opportunities associated with locally-led agricultural research for development (AR4D) within the framework of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)s Feed the Future Innovation Labs (FTFILs). The study gathers insights from both U.S.-based management entities and nationally based partners in low- and middle-income countries using a mixed-methods, case-study approach, which included surveys and focus groups as data collection methods. The findings highlight significant barriers, such as limited local research capacity, bureaucratic hurdles, and funding delays, which impede effective project implementation. The study also identifies critical opportunities for enhancing local leadership in AR4D through decentralized networks and improved collaboration between Global North funders and local stakeholders. Recommendations include increasing the flexibility of funding mechanisms, strengthening local research capacity, and promoting inclusive stakeholder engagement. The research underscores the importance of aligning agricultural innovation strategies with local contexts and systems to achieve sustainable development outcomes. This work contributes to ongoing debates on how to integrate national and regional expertise and leadership into global agricultural research and development agendas, ultimately supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145417685","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}

{"title":"The Equitable Resilience Framework: An environmental justice strategy for community-led resilience planning","authors":"Janelle Knox-Hayes ,&nbsp;Surbhi Agarwal ,&nbsp;Johan Arango-Quiroga ,&nbsp;Nicholas Ashford ,&nbsp;David Birge ,&nbsp;Gabriella Carolini ,&nbsp;Shekhar Chandra ,&nbsp;Colleen Chiu-Shee ,&nbsp;Jungwoo Chun ,&nbsp;Daniela Coray ,&nbsp;Nicholas de Monchaux ,&nbsp;Sally Haslanger ,&nbsp;Courtney Humphries ,&nbsp;Eric Huntley ,&nbsp;Caroline A Jones ,&nbsp;Deni Lopez ,&nbsp;Miho Mazeereuw ,&nbsp;Leslie Norford ,&nbsp;Prudence Robinson ,&nbsp;Haley Schilling ,&nbsp;Rose Winer-Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Equitable Resilience Framework (ERF) strives to make planning for climate change more equitable, just, and effective, and to generate long-term economic, social, cultural, and environmental transformations. “Resilience” is a desirable stance of preparedness in the likely future of unpredictable climate and weather, constituting an explicitly different approach than top-down technocratic solutions (such as hardscaping or levee engineering). The ERF is developed as a methodological guide for resilience planning that combines a capabilities approach with enhanced tradeoff analysis and knowledge convergence to bring community, academic, industry and policy stakeholders together in generating and implementing resilient solutions. The ERF addresses the technocratic shortcomings that have historically guided resilience projects. By reconceptualizing the linkages between resilience and equity in communities the ERF gives researchers and practitioners better theoretical and practical tools for applying resilience to interconnected social systems across different timescales. The ERF aims to facilitate just solutions while empowering communities that are often overburdened by environmental injustice and climate change impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100738"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525887","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “The push and pull of rural-to-rural migration: Insights from Northwest Benin World Development Perspectives”. [40 (2025) 100730]","authors":"Solomon Geleta ,&nbsp;David Natcher ,&nbsp;Mohamed Nasser Baco ,&nbsp;Derek Peak","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100741","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100741","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100741"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145747644","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to ““Nothing for us without us”: localizing agricultural innovation systems – a case study from the feed the future innovation labs” [World Dev. Perspect. 40 (2025)100746]","authors":"Erin McGuire ,&nbsp;Gina Rico-Mendez ,&nbsp;Siobhan Rabsum ,&nbsp;Penina Yumbya ,&nbsp;David Ameyaw ,&nbsp;Robert Jarman ,&nbsp;Tara Steinmetz ,&nbsp;Mwangi Thumbi ,&nbsp;David Tschirley","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100749","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145747643","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}

{"title":"Building the State, Fighting the rebels. Military engineers and infrastructure in modern Colombia","authors":"Camilo Espinosa-Díaz ,&nbsp;Robinson Cadena Bareño","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100740","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100740","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The state expands, builds, and consolidates its presence through physical infrastructure. In countries experiencing active armed conflicts, the rationale for infrastructure development varies widely. This article analyses the infrastructure constructed by the Colombian Army in the context of the internal armed conflict, focusing on areas both with and without armed groups. Through fieldwork, interviews, the review and analysis of war plans and primary sources, and empirical data from 354 projects conducted by the Army, we argue that the state’s consolidated or uneven presence influences how the Army perceives infrastructure. Infrastructure is viewed as a tool for combating insurgencies in areas where political authority is challenged or threatened. Conversely, in regions devoid of competition, infrastructure plays a role in state-building during armed conflict. The findings enable us to identify four distinct zones that illustrate this variation. Ultimately, the Colombian experience highlights the diverse aspirations associated with infrastructure, ranging from the pursuit of peace to the struggle for political power.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100740"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145269227","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}

{"title":"Developing community resilience index for flood (CRIF): evidence from extreme flood-prone Jamalpur district of Bangladesh","authors":"Raihan Riaz ,&nbsp;Saima Ikbal Safi ,&nbsp;Zereen Saba ,&nbsp;Imrul Kabir","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100752","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100752","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Floods pose a serious threat to human life, property, homes, agriculture, and other vital infrastructure. Recently, there has been a growing emphasis on resilience rather than vulnerability. Therefore, this study initially proposed an approach to develop a Community Resilience Index for Floods (CRIF). Resilience indicators were identified through a literature review and field surveys, and data were collected via a questionnaire administered to 333 purposively selected households in two flood-prone zones of Islampur upazila, Jamalpur district. All variables were weighted on a percentage scale from 0 to 1. The CRIF was created using primary data from a household survey, with percentage scores derived from household responses, and the average % score of experts’ opinions was then used to calculate the Resilience Factor Index (RFI) for each variable. The study found that the overall composite community resilience score indicates moderately high resilience in the Islampur Union across four dimensions. At the same time, all aspects were found to be unsatisfactory in the Noarpara Union. It also revealed that, among 17 resilience variables identified by respondents, lower age dependency, lower disability, employment status, income above the poverty line, housing proximity to riverside, pucca road network, knowledge, and early warning systems ranked highest in Islampur Union. Based on these findings, the study recommends improving the community’s socio-economic, physical, and institutional conditions by raising community awareness, strengthening structural and non-structural mitigation plans, and providing multiple income-generating activities to boost resilience to future floods. Consequently, the study’s findings, along with the identified community flood resilience indicators and CRIF framework, will help academics, policymakers, and planners assess resilience levels, enable better resource allocation and intervention prioritization, and support the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100752"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145690792","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}

{"title":"Switching or staying? Exploring the dynamics and impacts of job switching in a wage setting cartel in Ethiopia","authors":"Fekadu Nigussie Deresse ,&nbsp;Carlos Oya ,&nbsp;Christian Samen Otchia","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100734","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100734","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study examines the drivers of job switching and its effects on wages, and evaluates the effectiveness of a wage cartel in mediating job switching, thereby showing the paradox of switching, wage outcomes and cartel aims, in the context of Ethiopia’s light manufacturing. Main drivers of job switching are found to be social network density, experience, and initial skill grading status. Job switching leads to lower earnings compared to staying, as workers hopped in a wage cartel environment with limited wage variation. This wage effect is associated with the loss of seniority with the job change and the way the wage cartel system works. However, job switchers continue to change jobs, suggesting the firm’s cartel-based wage setting does not prevent labour turnover, but limits wage gains from job switching.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100734"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222780","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}