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Evolving Farm and Off-Farm Income Sources and Jobs in Rural Africa 非洲农村不断变化的农业和非农收入来源和就业

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70010

Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim

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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Green Technology Innovation: An Empirical Study of Chinese Multinational Corporations 企业社会责任对绿色技术创新的影响——基于中国跨国公司的实证研究

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70009

Shuxin Liu, Jianwei Xu

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Does Credit From Various Sources Improve MSME Performance? An Empirical Analysis for a Large Transitioning Developing Economy of India 各种来源的贷款是否能提高中小微企业的绩效？大型转型发展中经济体印度的实证分析

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70014

K. Vidyarani, Hrushikesh Mallick

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Old-Age Pensions and Female Labour Supply in India 印度的养老金和女性劳动力供给

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70013

Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Kunal Sen

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Aid to Educate? The Impact of Foreign Aid on Local School Enrolment in Nigeria 援助教育？外援对尼日利亚当地学校入学率的影响

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70007

Roos Haer, Gudrun Østby

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Determinants of Farmer Empowerment and Employment in Major Agriculture Sectors in Bangladesh 孟加拉国主要农业部门农民赋权和就业的决定因素

IF 1.7 4区经济学

Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70005

Jinat Jahan Khan

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Technical Diplomacy or Rendering Technical? Examining Triangular Cooperation in International Development 技术外交还是技术渲染？研究国际发展三方合作

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70008

R. C. Sudheesh

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Analysing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) From the Perspective of Decent Work: A Comparison of the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Periods 从体面劳动的角度分析COVID-19大流行对可持续发展目标的影响：COVID-19前后的比较

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70006

Ali Osman Uymaz, Serdar Arslan, Nuri Celiker, Sergen Gursoy

{"title":"Analysing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) From the Perspective of Decent Work: A Comparison of the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Periods","authors":"Ali Osman Uymaz, Serdar Arslan, Nuri Celiker, Sergen Gursoy","doi":"10.1002/jid.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study presents a novel approach to COVID-19 impact analysis, delving into the correlation between the pandemic and the unemployment/NEET (youth not in employment, education or training) rates, labour productivity levels and practices regarding basic employee rights of UN member countries and the SDG. It juxtaposes two distinct periods: pre-COVID-19 (2017–2019) and COVID-19 (2020–2022). The study also evaluates the sufficiency/necessity levels of condition variables on SDG for both periods and aims to provide country-specific inferences. The data obtained from three different databases were analysed using symmetric (PLS-SEM) and asymmetric (fsQCA) methods to ensure that the findings are complementary to each other in order to increase the validity of the research. The study's findings unveil a significant negative relationship between NEET and SDG in both periods, with the strength of the relationship intensifying during the COVID-19 period. Importantly, the absence of NEET was identified as the sole necessary condition for the presence of SDG. These findings hold practical implications for policymakers and practitioners and enrich the sustainable development literature.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Development","volume":"37 6","pages":"1267-1294"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144815195","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}

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Social and Financial Barriers to Safe (Drinking) Water and Sanitation: The Role of Development Agents in Ethiopia 安全饮用水和卫生设施的社会和财政障碍：埃塞俄比亚发展机构的作用

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70003

Martin Paul Tabe-Ojong Jr., Guyo Godana Dureti

{"title":"Social and Financial Barriers to Safe (Drinking) Water and Sanitation: The Role of Development Agents in Ethiopia","authors":"Martin Paul Tabe-Ojong Jr., Guyo Godana Dureti","doi":"10.1002/jid.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices remains an important development agenda, but their use is currently low in many developing countries owing to several social and financial barriers. In this paper, we investigate the role of development agents (DAs) in stirring the use of safe drinking water and sanitation practices. We examine access to DAs at the extensive and intensive margins and relate this to some WASH practices such as access to piped water, protected springs, open springs, improved latrines, pit latrines and open defecation. We rely on a rich panel dataset from households in Ethiopia and estimate both the Mundlak–Chamberlain device and the household fixed effect estimator. We find a positive association between DAs (both at the extensive and intensive margins) and the use of improved and pit latrines. Relatedly, we also establish a negative association between DAs and open defecation. Furthermore, we obtain a positive relationship between DAs and drinking water from protected springs at the intensive margin and a negative with the use of open springs. Delving into what may be driving these relationships, we find suggestive evidence that income, membership in social and cooperative groups, access to credit—from banks or microfinance institutions as well as enhanced social networks may—well explain these results. Our findings underscore the importance of social and financial factors as possible enablers/barriers of the adoption of WASH practices. Given this, we provide support to the strengthening of extension and advisory systems as they have the potential to increase safe (drinking) water and sanitation practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":47986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Development","volume":"37 6","pages":"1255-1266"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jid.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144815194","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}

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Digitization and Multidimensional Relative Poverty in Rural Regions: A Theoretical Examination and China Practice 数字化与农村多维相对贫困：理论检验与中国实践

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Journal of International Development Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1002/jid.70004

Yongjing Wang, Yangyang Ji

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