Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2025-11-11DOI: 10.1111/deve.12453
Melisa Fabella, Mai Seki, Makoto Kakinaka
{"title":"General Perceptions of Career Decision-Making Autonomy Among Youth in Rural Philippines: An Experimental Study Examining Cultural and Gender Dynamics","authors":"Melisa Fabella, Mai Seki, Makoto Kakinaka","doi":"10.1111/deve.12453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12453","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gender inequalities persist across various domains where traditional social norms are deeply ingrained. This study examines gendered perceptions of career decision-making autonomy in the Philippines through self-determination, social role, and gender congruity theories. Using an experimental vignette survey of 1174 university students, the study explores how respondents perceive autonomy in navigating parental career advice through hypothetical scenarios. Autonomy in this context is framed as the ability to recognize and pursue one's desired career path despite the parental nudge. Findings revealed that respondents generally tend to perceive hypothetical daughter character to have greater autonomy in career choices than the son. Although global efforts focus on women's empowerment, our results highlight the potential need to address boys' autonomy in career choices. In the Philippines, a country known for gender equality advocacy, fostering empowerment across genders is essential to ensure fair economic opportunities for all.</p>","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"243-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/deve.12453","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148700087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-06-10DOI: 10.1111/deve.70039
Fumihito Gotoh
{"title":"China, the West and the Global Development Regime: Competitive Convergence By David Skidmore, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2025. 216 pp. £95.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-03533-436-0","authors":"Fumihito Gotoh","doi":"10.1111/deve.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"272-274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2025-11-03DOI: 10.1111/deve.12452
My Nguyen, Hang Nguyen, Phuong M. H. Pham, Tung D. Nguyen
{"title":"Foreign Investments and Energy Transformation: Impacts on Energy Poverty, Renewable Adoption, and Emission Reduction in Developing Countries","authors":"My Nguyen, Hang Nguyen, Phuong M. H. Pham, Tung D. Nguyen","doi":"10.1111/deve.12452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12452","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates the impact of foreign financial investment in renewable energy on energy poverty, renewable energy adoption, and emissions in developing countries. Using a dynamic panel model to address endogeneity, it offers empirical insights into how international climate finance supports sustainable energy transitions. The results show that such investment improves clean energy access, electricity access, and consumption, strengthening both availability and reliability. It also increases renewable electricity output and the share of renewables in energy generation, though effects on renewable energy consumption are more limited. Emissions of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases decline, while effects on per-capita emissions and carbon intensity are smaller. Lagged models reveal that these benefits persist over time. Impacts vary across regions and country characteristics, particularly fossil fuel dependency, economic growth, and foreign capital intensity. The findings offer actionable insights for designing more effective international climate finance strategies aligned with global energy and climate goals.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"224-242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-05-16DOI: 10.1111/deve.70036
Greta Seibel
{"title":"Ethics, Business and Capitalism: Thailand and Indonesia in an Asian Perspective. By Janet Hunter, Patnaree Srisuphaolarn, Pierre Eng, and Julia S. Yongue (eds.), Singapore: NUS Press, 2025. xi + 292 pp. SGD 42 (paperback). ISBN: 978-9-81-325275-2","authors":"Greta Seibel","doi":"10.1111/deve.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"266-268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-06-28DOI: 10.1111/deve.70042
Ryan Thomas Devlin
{"title":"Beyond Informality: How Chinese Migrants Transformed a Border Economy. By Douglas de Toledo Piza, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. xxiii + 207 pp. $28 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-50-364331-4","authors":"Ryan Thomas Devlin","doi":"10.1111/deve.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"281-283"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-06-23DOI: 10.1111/deve.70041
Roberto Roccu
{"title":"Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers. By Utku Balaban, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2025. x + 321 pp. $34.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-0-52-038934-2","authors":"Roberto Roccu","doi":"10.1111/deve.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"278-280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2025-11-02DOI: 10.1111/deve.12455
Nikita Cespedes-Reynaga
{"title":"Conditional Cash Transfers: A Quantitative Approach","authors":"Nikita Cespedes-Reynaga","doi":"10.1111/deve.12455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12455","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Conditional Cash Transfer program is among the most important anti-poverty policies worldwide. This study examines the economic effects of this program using a stylized dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents. The analysis focuses on the program's influence on output, human capital, poverty, and income inequality, as well as its welfare implications and effects on the intergenerational transmission of poverty. The quantitative findings indicate that long-term implementation of the Conditional Cash Transfer program significantly reduces the intergenerational transmission of poverty. In aggregate terms, welfare gains vary across agents: individuals in the lower tail of the income distribution benefit the most, while those in the upper tail experience welfare losses. Moreover, the program enhances household human capital, which drives a consistent reduction in both poverty and income inequality.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"203-223"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-06-14DOI: 10.1111/deve.70040
Arijit Mazumdar
{"title":"Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India By Jason Jackson, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2025. Xii + 349 pp. £41.95 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-67-429376-2","authors":"Arijit Mazumdar","doi":"10.1111/deve.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"275-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1111/deve.70035
Nandini Deo
{"title":"A Revolution of Rules: The Regulatory Reform of India's Nonprofit Sector By Erica Bornstein, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2025. xv + 285 pp. $32 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-50-364319-2","authors":"Nandini Deo","doi":"10.1111/deve.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"264-265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing EconomiesPub Date : 2026-08-10Epub Date: 2026-06-02DOI: 10.1111/deve.70037
Zachary M. Howlett
{"title":"The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China By Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau, Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2025. 256 pp. £24.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-67-429539-1","authors":"Zachary M. Howlett","doi":"10.1111/deve.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.70037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"64 3","pages":"269-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148699887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}