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The Effects of Intergovernmental Networks on Intercity Collaborative Innovation in China

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70025

Zhenbo Zhang, Zhao Yan, Xiaohua Meng

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Analysis of Gender-Inclusive Rural Transformation and Policies in Pakistan

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70023

Farah Naz, Abedullah, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen

{"title":"Analysis of Gender-Inclusive Rural Transformation and Policies in Pakistan","authors":"Farah Naz,  Abedullah, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen","doi":"10.1002/app5.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70023","url":null,"abstract":"Despite rapid technological advancements and rural transformation in many Asian agricultural economies, persistent sociocultural norms, patriarchal barriers, and limited access to funding pose significant challenges to rural womenʼs participation in agricultural development. However, studies addressing gender disparities in this context are absent in Pakistan, highlighting a critical research gap. The present address this gap by conducting an analysis based on 78 districts over the period 2004 to 2019 to investigate whether gender inclusion has any role in the rural transformation process at the regional level or not. Using fixed effects panel model, findings highlight the role of educated women in advancing rural transformation. These impacts vary in magnitude across regions and stages. Education is significantly related to share of high-value crops in agriculture, especially in districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the impact is more pronounced compared to Baluchistan. However, education does not significantly increase female off-farm employment in Punjab compared to Baluchistan, likely due to regional heterogeneity. In Sindh, increased female education correlates with a shift from farm to off-farm employment. Additionally, female employment rate, female labour force participation rate, and per capita income positively influence rural transformation, especially at advanced stages.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reaping Equality: Strategies for Gender Roles in Indonesiaʼs Agricultural Transformation 收获平等：印度尼西亚农业转型中的性别角色战略

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70021

Rika Reviza Rachmawati, Mia Siscawati, Francisia Saveria Sika Ery Seda, Tahlim Sudaryanto

{"title":"Reaping Equality: Strategies for Gender Roles in Indonesiaʼs Agricultural Transformation","authors":"Rika Reviza Rachmawati, Mia Siscawati, Francisia Saveria Sika Ery Seda, Tahlim Sudaryanto","doi":"10.1002/app5.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70021","url":null,"abstract":"This study uses data from Statistics Indonesia for 2010 and 2020 to analyse the correlation between gender and agricultural transformation. It employs descriptive statistics to explore the transformation from food crops to high-value commodities, womenʼs roles in on-farm and non-farm sectors, womenʼs working hours and wages, and rural household income. The findings reveal a complex dynamic. While womenʼs participation in the workforce has increased across Indonesia, their roles in the agricultural sector remain multifaceted. Furthermore, the shift towards high-value commodities presents both challenges and opportunities for women. Although it may lead to increased workloads and marginalisation, it may also offer new income-generating opportunities and opportunities for greater empowerment. This study addresses a critical research gap by examining womenʼs specific experiences and contributions in the transition from food crops to high-value commodities and their role in the shift from agricultural to non-agricultural livelihoods, which remain understudied in the context of Indonesiaʼs agricultural transformation. It emphasises the importance of policies that address gender inequality and empower women to fully participate in and benefit from rural development initiatives.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Greener Together or Carbon Leakage? What Regional Effect Can Green Credit Policy Bring

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70019

Zengram Yuanzhen Zheng, Chenghao Men

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Rural Transformation, GVCs and the Rise of the Services Economy

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70018

Christopher Findlay, Hein Roelfsema

{"title":"Rural Transformation, GVCs and the Rise of the Services Economy","authors":"Christopher Findlay, Hein Roelfsema","doi":"10.1002/app5.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70018","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of global agricultural value chains presents both opportunities and challenges for rural transformation and economic development. In this regard, we propose that the expansion of the service sector in developing countries significantly influences the development of agricultural value chain, promoting wealth creation. We posit that when global value chains in agriculture are used to interpret rural transformation, the crucial function of services is often underemphasised. We construct an interaction term between the productivity dynamics in services and the evolution of global value chain (GVC) over time. The key finding suggests that the coevolution of service sector development and participation in GVC strongly correlates with increases in agricultural sector productivity. The analysis highlights the importance of considering the stage of development and the specific service subsectors when examining the relationship between services, GVC and rural transformation. We propose that enhancing the institutional environment, particularly with respect to contracts within such value chains, enables a larger role for domestic actors in capturing this value.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stage Segmentation of Rural Transformation and Comparisons Among Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan: Combining Machine Learning and New Structural Economics to Facilitate International Agricultural Development and Policy Design

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70016

Dong Wang, Chunlai Chen, Christopher Findlay, Jikun Huang, Justin Yifu Lin, Abedullah, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Abid Hussain, Nunung Nuryartono, Tahlim Sudaryanto, David Shearer

{"title":"Stage Segmentation of Rural Transformation and Comparisons Among Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan: Combining Machine Learning and New Structural Economics to Facilitate International Agricultural Development and Policy Design","authors":"Dong Wang, Chunlai Chen, Christopher Findlay, Jikun Huang, Justin Yifu Lin, Abedullah, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Abid Hussain, Nunung Nuryartono, Tahlim Sudaryanto, David Shearer","doi":"10.1002/app5.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70016","url":null,"abstract":"This paper contributes a new paradigm for international agricultural development research. It uses machine learning techniques to aid expert diagnosis of development problems in conjunction with New Structural Economics (NSE) to analyse and design policies to enable effective rural transformation. It conducts a multi-country, multi-regional, multi-level and multi-dimensional analysis in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan to identify stage segmentations of rural transformation and examine stagewise associate policies and applicable learnings across each dimension. By presenting structured stages of rural transformation, we provide guidance on designing dynamic comparative-advantage-adapting policies that are able to adapt at each stage. This analytical procedure can serve other relevant agricultural development studies.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Extended Maternity Leave and Female Labour Supply: Evidence From a Regional Policy in China

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70017

Mingzhi Hu, Yinxin Su

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Supporting ‘Doing Development Differently’ Effectively: Analysing Attributes, Networks and Impacts of Donor-Supported Pacific Development Coalitions

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70013

Aidan Craney, Dan Chamberlain, Chris Roche

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Human Capital, Income Inequality, and Health: Analysing Heterogeneous Dynamics Across Income Groups

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70008

Wendy Irena Guerra Castillo, Ci Sheng Wu, Frank Osei-Kusi

{"title":"Human Capital, Income Inequality, and Health: Analysing Heterogeneous Dynamics Across Income Groups","authors":"Wendy Irena Guerra Castillo, Ci Sheng Wu, Frank Osei-Kusi","doi":"10.1002/app5.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70008","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the impact of human capital, gender inequality, and GDP on income inequality across seven regions with different income levels. Utilising panel data from 125 countries from 2000 to 2018, the study employs methods such as Panel Spatial Correlation Consistent dummy variables (PSCC) and panel quantile regression. The findings reveal that income level significantly influences the relationship between human capital and income inequality on GDP. Political stability and total population positively affect GDP in all income groups, whereas gender inequality negatively impacts GDP in high-income countries but positively in low-income countries. The study also investigates the correlation between the Gini coefficient and the Gender Inequality Index (GII). Results indicate a positive correlation between the lagged Gini coefficient and its current values, demonstrating the persistence of income inequality. The findings suggest that policymakers can reduce income inequality and promote economic growth through progressive taxation, social welfare programs, and labour market regulations. Policies targeting gender inequality can also influence income inequality and GDP. This research provides insights into the complex interplay between income inequality, gender inequality, and GDP, offering guidance for policymakers to design effective strategies for sustainable economic growth and inequality reduction.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does the Digital Economy Promote Renewable Energy?—Evidence From a Cross-National Sample

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70015

Lin liu, Jing Liu, Jianing Zhang, Yiyang Zhao

{"title":"Does the Digital Economy Promote Renewable Energy?—Evidence From a Cross-National Sample","authors":"Lin liu, Jing Liu, Jianing Zhang, Yiyang Zhao","doi":"10.1002/app5.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70015","url":null,"abstract":"Renewable energy is one of the key factors in mitigating climate change and achieving sustainable development. With digital technology at its core, the digital economy has gradually become a new driving force for renewable energy development. However, few studies have examined the impact of the digital economy on renewable energy from a global perspective and explored the transmission mechanisms. Based on the cross-country data of 68 countries (regions) from 2013 to 2021, this paper adopts a panel model to study the impacts of the digital economy on renewable energy. The results show that (1) digital economy has a positive impact on renewable energy; (2) the impact of digital economy on renewable energy is asymmetric and heterogeneous; (3) the impact of digital economy on renewable energy development has obvious threshold characteristics; (4) digital economy indirectly affects renewable energy through technological innovation and financial development. The research in this paper provides a theoretical basis for promoting renewable energy development and a reference and guidance for countries to realize sustainable development in the context of the digital economy.","PeriodicalId":45839,"journal":{"name":"Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/app5.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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