Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara, Robin Shields, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez
{"title":"Decentralisation in School Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from India","authors":"Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara, Robin Shields, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2273800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2273800","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the link between decentralisation in school management and student achievement levels in secondary schools in India. It employs observational data from two school surveys conducted as part of the Young Lives project in the southern Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to create a measure of decentralisation as a latent construct. The relationship between decentralisation and students’ abilities in mathematics and English is measured using linear mixed effects models. Contrary to the expectations in much literature, we find a negative association between decentralisation and students’ scores on Maths and English assessments, even when controlling for a variety of individual and school characteristics. The results from the analysis therefore problematises decentralisation initiatives such as school-based management to improve student achievement.","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"55 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135868181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State <b>Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State</b> By Calla HummelOxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, 208 pp., $90 (hardback), ISBN 9780192847812","authors":"Lindsay Mayka","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2270831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2270831","url":null,"abstract":"\"Why Informal Workers Organize: Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State.\" The Journal of Development Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–3","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"9 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conflict Minerals Inc. War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo <b>Conflict Minerals Inc. War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo</b> By Christoph N. Vogel <i>London</i> <i>:</i> <i>Hurst & Company</i> , 2022, 295 pp., £20.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-787-38706-5","authors":"Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Fergus O’Leary Simpson","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2273591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2273591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"12 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135870984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications <b>Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications</b> By Tim Kelsall, Nicolai Schulz, William D. Ferguson, Matthias vom Hau, Sam Hickey, and Brian Levy <i>Oxford</i> <i>:</i> <i>Oxford University Press</i> , 2022, 273 pp., $90.00 (hardback), Open Access (e-book), ISBN: 9780192848932","authors":"Sebastian Heinen","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2275409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2275409","url":null,"abstract":"\"Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications.\" The Journal of Development Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–5","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"52 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dreams of Flight, The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the WestDreams of Flight, The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West, By Fran Martin, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2021, i-xii, 1-354 (366 pages), $29.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-147-901-4935","authors":"Michiel Baas","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2273592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2273592","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity <b>Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity</b> By Davide Chinigò <i>Oxford</i> <i>:</i> <i>Oxford University Press</i> , 2022, 272 pp., $115.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-192-86965-4","authors":"Fikir G. Haile","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2275411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2275411","url":null,"abstract":"\"Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity.\" The Journal of Development Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"86 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the Gains?Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the Gains? By Stephanie Barrientos <i>New York, NY:</i> <i>Cambridge University Press</i> , 306 pp., £75 (hardback), £22.79 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-108-49231-7 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-108-72923-9 (paperback)","authors":"Alessandra Mezzadri","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2272409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2272409","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"17 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135367533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi <b>Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi</b> By Sushmita Pati, <i>New Delhi</i> <i>:</i> <i>Cambridge University Press</i> , 2022, 350 pp, £75.00 (Hardback), ISBN: 978-1-316-51727-7","authors":"Pratim Ghosal","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2270245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2270245","url":null,"abstract":"\"Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi.\" The Journal of Development Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–3","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135405451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remittance Receivers as Targets for Corruption in Latin America","authors":"Pui-Hang Wong, Ortrun Merkle, Melissa Siegel","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2265526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2265526","url":null,"abstract":"Migration can affect the practice of corruption in migrant-sending countries in a number of ways. In this paper we test whether or not remittance receiving households are more likely to be targeted for corruption. Using micro-level data from 20 Latin American countries, this study finds that migrant households are about 15 percentage points more likely to be asked for a bribe than non-migrant-sending households. The corruption effect is further confirmed by an instrumental variable estimation. Our findings suggest that remittances can have an unintended effect on households’ risk of experiencing corruption. The excess exposure may discourage remittances and limit the positive development benefits of migration and remittances.","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China and the International Human Rights Regime: 1982–2017 <b>China and the International Human Rights Regime: 1982–2017</b> , By Rana Siu Imboden, <i>Cambridge</i> : <i>Cambridge University Press</i> , 2021, 296 pp., £22.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-108-74483-6","authors":"Marina Svensson","doi":"10.1080/00220388.2023.2268333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2268333","url":null,"abstract":"\"China and the International Human Rights Regime: 1982–2017.\" The Journal of Development Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":48295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Studies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136114454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}