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{"title":"A multidimensional perspective of digitization in Romanian public institutions","authors":"Valerică Greavu-Şerban, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Cosmin Ungureanu","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106996","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106996","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of the paper is to analyze the digitalization from a three dimensions perspective: the one of the technological infrastructures, the one of the employees and its willingness to implement changes, and the one of the citizens. The reasoning behind choosing the dimensions relies in their importance and interconnectedness. The first dimension, technological infrastructure and tools, deals with the assessment of the technological readiness of Romanian public institutions for digitalization. The focus of this dimension will be to analyze the existing hardware, software, data management practices, and cybersecurity measures, the foundation upon which digital initiatives are built. By analyzing the extent of cloud adoption, data center utilization, and cybersecurity strategies, this dimension sheds light on the critical underpinnings of successful digital transformation. The second dimension deals with the assessment of employees willingness to take part in the digital transformation and to implement the changes. The framework selected for this dimension is the ADKAR (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement) framework which offers a structured approach to managing organizational change. By applying this framework, the study explores how Romanian public institutions manage resistance to digital transformation, foster a culture of technological adaptation, and ensure the successful implementation of digital initiatives. Finally, the third dimension involves the citizens and assess the public engagement and participation. The third dimension explores the extent to which Romanian public institutions leverage digital platforms to engage citizens and stakeholders. The study examines online portals, transparency in decision-making, and mechanisms for gathering public input. By investigating the accessibility, effectiveness, and inclusivity of digital engagement channels, the research aims to identify best practices that enhance citizen participation and contribute to more responsive governance.</div><div>These three dimensions will be operationalized in a questionnaire which will be send to all the city halls in Romania. In Romania, there are 3.228 administrative territorial units. Among these 3.228, 103 municipalities (including Bucharest), 320 cities, and 2859 rural communes. Respondents will be asked to identify their role and to answer a set of questions measuring the three dimensions (technological infrastructure, employee willingness to participate in digitalization, and public engagement).</div><div>The synthesis of findings across these dimensions provides a holistic understanding of the digitalization landscape within Romanian public institutions. It highlights the interplay between technological readiness, citizen engagement, and effective change management. The study’s insights contribute to the development of informed strategies for optimizing digitalization efforts, improving service delivery, and strengthening ci","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106996"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Climate change, collective shocks, and intra-community cooperation: Evidence from a public good experiment with farmers and pastoralists” [World Dev. 189 (2025) 106941]","authors":"Alexandra Krendelsberger , Francisco Alpizar , Mame Mor Anta Syll , Han van Dijk","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106997","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106997","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106997"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contracts and effective Inter-Organizational Collaboration: The case of the Galápagos Wind partnership","authors":"Dario Piselli,&nbsp;Liliana B. Andonova","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106960","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106960","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past three decades, the establishment of partnerships between public and non-state actors has become a leading mechanism of inter-organizational collaboration for sustainable development. The presence of productive collaboration inside a partnership, as well as a partnership’s ability to influence collaboration and institutions outside the immediate partners, are usually considered important pathways to partnership effectiveness. The conditions which facilitate or undermine such collaboration, however, are still widely debated. In this article, we draw on the literature on institutional and partnerships effectiveness to explore how the institutional design of a partnership, and more specifically the quality of its contractual arrangements, may influence the ability of the partners to come together, articulate partnership goals, gain access to additional sources of financing, and manage reputational risks and gains. We do so through a case study of the Galápagos San Cristóbal Wind Project partnership, which was established in 2003 to reduce the Galápagos Islands’ dependence on imported fossil fuels, while simultaneously protecting the region’s fragile marine ecosystem from the risk of oil spills and contributing toward the transition to cleaner energy sources. Overall, we find that the high quality of contracting used in the partnership, including the supporting role of domestic legislation,<!--> <!-->was instrumental in shaping the effectiveness of the project activities and also served as a catalyst to facilitate adaptability and the credible commitment of resources by the partners. While we note the importance of considering contextual factors and conditions before applying our findings to other types of more informal collaborative relationships, we argue that the theoretical focus on contractual arrangements emphasized in our article is likely to remain important for understanding the effectiveness of global partnerships for sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106960"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-communicable diseases: Laws, legislation, and reforms as pathways towards managing non-communicable diseases in Africa","authors":"Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin ,&nbsp;Ushotanefe Useh","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106992","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106992","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The United Nations’ sustainable development agenda was initiated to encourage proactive efforts in sustainable living. Since its inception, several other initiatives have been introduced to ensure the realization of these goals. Many of these initiatives recommend a context-specific approach that includes national legislation for sustainable living. Africa lags in the realization of these goals, particularly in the areas of gender equality and good health and wellbeing. This article is a perspective discourse that adopts an analytical method to emphasize and support the link between societal culture and health. It addresses African laws and cultural practices that promote discrimination against girls and women, increasing their susceptibility to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The focus is on African laws and cultural practices in South Africa and Nigeria. The duplicity and contradictions between state laws and customary laws in these countries are discussed, highlighting how they appear to condone the violation of girls’ and women’s rights and put them at risk of NCDs. The article concludes by recommending legislations and reviews of African countries national laws and cultural practices and as means of reducing the higher rates of NCDs among women. African governments must ensure their commitment to the protection of human rights and eradicate cultural practices and modify laws that could increase susceptibility to the development of NCDs among girls and women.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106992"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Illicit animal trade and infectious diseases","authors":"Cosimo Beverelli ,&nbsp;Rohit Ticku","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106969","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106969","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Can evasionary practices in the commercial trade of live animals spread infectious animal diseases? We analyze the link between discrepancies in the traded value of live animals that are reported by partner countries – a proxy measure which has been used in the trade literature to uncover evidence on smuggling across items like antiques, cultural property, or natural resources – and infectious animal diseases. The results imply that a 1% increase in illicit live animal trade is associated with a 0.3% to 0.5% rise in infection cases in animals, which is driven by evasionary practices like species mis-classification and under-pricing. Crucially, we demonstrate that robust border inspections effectively curb these risks, offering a practical tool to combat the spread of animal diseases through illicit live animal trade.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106969"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Should the market decide where the waste goes? Municipal bidding war between private landfills in Santiago de Chile","authors":"N. Valenzuela-Levi,&nbsp;N. Gálvez Ramírez,&nbsp;J. Ponce-Méndez","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106949","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106949","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Decentralisation and privatisation shaped infrastructure allocation in many developing countries that underwent structural readjustment policies. Chilean municipalities exemplify these trends: they were shaped under neoliberal policies imposed during the dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The case of landfill siting and waste disposal contract allocation in the Santiago Metropolitan Area (SMA) illustrates this regime inspired by local government competition and privatisation. This research dives deep into the origins and dynamics of ‘competition in the market’ among three private landfills. It then proposes a transshipment optimisation model to assess monetary costs and greenhouse gass emissions from waste transfer to landfills in 42 municipalities. This methodology allows evaluating decentralisation and privatisation of landfill siting and disposal contract distribution in the SMA. Our model shows a potential reduction of 18.31 percent of the total monetary cost of transfer, disposal and treatment, 32 percent of monetary waste transfer costs, and 1.72 percent of green house gas generated by transfer, disposal and treatment. In conclusion, the existent market structure has not fully optimised origin–destination monetary and environmental costs, leaving significant room for improvement through coordination and development of more targeted forms of public–private partnerships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106949"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143643687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"India’s premature deindustrialization and Falling investment rate in the 2010s","authors":"R Nagaraj","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106954","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106954","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>India’s GDP growth rate faltered in the 2010s after steadily accelerating for decades since the early 1980s. The slowdown adversely affected employment growth, poverty reduction, and nutritional status. Why did it happen? As the study demonstrates, the answer is India’s premature deindustrialization and rising import dependence on China. Capital and intermediate goods industries got hollowed out, with the manufacturing GDP share stagnating at around 15-17 percent since 1991; annual industrial growth rates have declined steeply since 2015-16, even ignoring the Pandemic years. Manufacturing employment share has declined; agriculture’s share rose in the 2010s—an unmistakable sign of premature deindustrialization.</div><div>Why did industrial capacity get depleted relative to increasing consumption? The answer is an unprecedented decline in fixed investment and savings as shares of GDP. The share of fixed investment in industry and manufacturing declined significantly. The rising fixed investment share of services is driven by telecom, Government, and other services. Relatedly, net FDI inflow and domestic capital market mobilization, as proportions of GDP, have declined in the 2010s. Up to 70 percent of FDI went into brownfield investment, not greenfield investment. Policy efforts, namely, the <em>Make in India</em> and <em>Atmanirbhar</em> (self-reliant) <em>Bharat</em> initiative and production-linked incentives (PLI), have yet to yield measurable results.</div><div>India now needs an industrial policy to overcome premature deindustrialization, in the changed geopolitical context. It would help reverse the decline in industrial investments and target greenfield FDI and technology acquisition. The public sector must reimagine its entrepreneurial role in long-term strategic interests, as the private corporate investment rate is yet to pick up. Raising public investment while maintaining fiscal and external balances will require raising domestic saving rates. Term-lending institutions must boost the supply of long-term credit at low and stable interest rates. The stagnant domestic R&amp;D investment rate must rise quickly to catch up with China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106954"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143636430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Crimes of the current: Natural disasters and crime in Kenya","authors":"Jaslin Kalsi ,&nbsp;Robert Mackay ,&nbsp;Astghik Mavisakalyan ,&nbsp;Yashar Tarverdi","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper studies the link between natural disasters and crime, drawing on a case study of Kenya and employing a mixed method approach. Matching data on 412 disaster locations from the <em>Geocoded Disasters Dataset</em> with data on over 9,500 individuals from the Kenyan <em>Afrobarometer</em> survey over the period from 2003 to 2014, we conduct a difference-in-differences analysis of the link between disaster exposure and experiences of crime, documenting a strong positive relationship. These findings are complemented by an analysis of primary data collected through 75 semi-structured interviews in Baringo region of Kenya which was severely impacted by the 2020 East Valley Rift flooding. The analysis of primary data confirms the positive relationship between disaster exposure and crime. To understand the possible mechanisms, we combine a descriptive quantitative analysis with qualitative content analysis. Both approaches suggest that cost-benefit considerations as well as stress induced by a disaster are likely at play in the observed patterns of increased crime in a post-disaster setting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106982"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who’s governing the market? bringing the individual back into the study of the developmental state","authors":"Robyn Klingler-Vidra ,&nbsp;Adam William Chalmers ,&nbsp;Robert H. Wade","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on the Northeast Asian economic miracle has focused on structural explanations, using institutional, geopolitical, and cultural variables. Much less focus has been on the role of the individuals (or “actors” or “agents”) responsible for leading the developmental states. This article contributes by using homophily theory to add a novel explanation for the origins of the success of the East Asian developmental states. Homophily refers to the tendency for people who recognize distinct common attributes to bond, to “stick together”. To study homophily, the article analyzes a dataset consisting of the 1,110 individuals who held one of the two most senior positions in the innovation policymaking organizations of the archetypal developmental states (Japan, Korea, and Taiwan) and the region’s large, late developer (China), from 1945 to 2021. The article reveals national homophily around educational and occupational dimensions, especially the location of education and professional trajectories. Japan emerges as an outlier with the<!--> <!-->strongest homophily pattern; with its policy leaders being 6 times more likely than in the other cases to have the same educational and professional background, in terms of degree subject and university, and organizational path. This is surprising given that Japan is the quintessential developmental state; and raises questions about why the other developmental states, which in many respects emulated the Japanese model, did not replicate this aspect. Overall, the evidence suggests nationally distinct patterns of similar elite recruitment to the top of the developmental state resulted in positive developmental outcomes. These patterns were aligned with structural factors in a way that allowed these individuals to formulate and carry through successful policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106979"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trading off inclusion, value, and scale within smallholder targeted value chains","authors":"Daniel Hill ,&nbsp;Daniel Gregg ,&nbsp;Derek Baker","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106973","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106973","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smallholder-targeted value chain development is one of the most important market-based strategies for rural development. A wealth of research shows smallholder-targeted value chains can potentially deliver considerable benefits for participating smallholders. However, a divergence in experiences suggests trade-offs: between value outcomes delivered for rural communities; between delivering value and engaging with target populations; and between target development outcomes and the incentives of commercial agribusiness. In this paper we seek to describe how the domains of inclusion, value, and scaling-out should be considered for smallholder-targeted value chains development, and to what extent trade-offs between these domains emerge for smallholder-targeted value chains. To answer these questions, we present a scoping literature review of outcome identification and measurement in smallholder-targeted value chains case studies. From a sample of 344 case studies we show strong evidence for trade-offs. Specifically, smallholder-targeted value chains delivering high-value farm performance outcomes are 87% less likely to be inclusive, relative to value chains with low farm performance outcomes. From the findings of the scoping review, we map the pathways and drivers for the mutual achievement of value, inclusivity, and scalability outcomes for smallholder-targeted value chains. Our review is critical but positive – it presents a critical need for updates to value chain design, but provides the starting point for this design work to be nested within clear conceptual foundations and standardised measures of value chain ‘success’ for rural development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 106973"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}