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{"title":"Analysis of the impact of wage subsidies in Morocco: A mixed-methods approach with employers and young beneficiaries","authors":"Aomar Ibourk,&nbsp;Karim El Aynaoui","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70080","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In developing countries, high youth unemployment and the mismatch between skills and labour market demand pose significant policy challenges. Active labour market policies can be broadly divided into supply-side interventions, such as training, and demand-side incentives, such as wage subsidies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study evaluates the impact of Morocco's Idmaj programme, a large-scale wage-subsidy initiative. The central research question is twofold: what is the causal impact of Idmaj on employment outcomes and job quality, and how do these impacts vary across key demographic and regional strata?</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Approach and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using propensity score matching, we leverage a unique dataset covering over 3,000 beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, and employers, integrating these quantitative findings with a descriptive analysis of employer and beneficiary perceptions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Findings</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results reveal a positive and significant overall impact, increasing the probability of employment for beneficiaries by 10.3% compared to a matched control group. The programme also improves the quality of work, particularly by improving access to social security. However, these average effects mask significant heterogeneity. The programme's impact is strongest for graduates of vocational training programmes, who experience a 21% increase in employment probability, while effects for university graduates are not statistically significant, pointing to a potential risk of skill mismatch. Impacts are also moderated by gender, age, and region. From an employers' perspective, the subsidy induced 23.8% of firms to increase hiring, though evidence of opportunism exists, with 31.4% recruiting earlier than planned. Beneficiaries, while acknowledging skill gains, expressed strong concerns about inadequate monitoring and a mismatch between their profiles and job placements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Policy implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>These findings call for significant programme adjustments, including better targeting by diploma type and age group, stronger institutional monitoring, and improved matching between beneficiary profiles and job placements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615948","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":"Securitization of migration policy in Europe: Institutional stakeholders' perspectives in a Polish policy system in statu nascendi","authors":"Brygida Solga,&nbsp;Diana Rokita-Poskart,&nbsp;Anna Bryniarska","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70087","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Motivation&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The past decade has brought unprecedented migration crises to the European Union, transforming member states' migration policies. While securitization of migration has been extensively studied in Western Europe, research on Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries remains limited, particularly regarding states constructing their migration management systems from scratch (&lt;i&gt;in statu nascendi,&lt;/i&gt; referring to a system in its early, formative stage). Poland presents a compelling case: rapidly transforming from an emigration to an immigration country while simultaneously facing migration instrumentalization at its eastern border and the largest refugee influx since the Second World War.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This study identifies institutional stakeholders' preferences regarding Poland's emerging migration policy, examining the extent to which these preferences reflect a security-oriented framing of migration policy. Three research questions guide the analysis: (1) What migration policy model dominates the preferences of institutional stakeholders in Poland? (2) How do respondents from different types of institution (government, local authorities, NGOs, business, or academia) differentiate the selection of migration policy objectives and values? (3) Which policy instruments are most salient among stakeholders: restrictive, economic, integrative, or settlement-oriented?&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Approach and methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Research was conducted as a quantitative survey in 2024 among representatives of institutional entities directly or indirectly involved in migration processes in Poland, including government and local administration, social and international organizations, business entities, and educational institutions.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Findings&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The results indicate that stakeholder preferences reflect a model that combines security with economic, social, and humanitarian priorities rather than exclusive securitization. Security was most frequently selected (68.7% among maximum three values), but human rights (59.2%), social cohesion (55.9%), and economic prosperity (54.0%) retained substantial support. Institution type significantly differentiates preferences. Stakeholders favour pragmatic, short-term instruments (qualification recognition, labour rights protection) over long-term settlement mechanisms.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Policy implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;CEE migration policy, in particular Poland's, requires balancing security with humanitarian values ","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615390","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":"Coordination capacity and renewable energy policy implementation: Solar power adoption across Nigerian states","authors":"Fikayo Akeredolu","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70088","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Why do subnational governments operating under the same federal framework achieve different renewable energy implementation outcomes? In developed economies, explanations point to fiscal resources and bureaucratic quality. In frontier economies, these are either impossible to measure credibly or too fragmented for reliable comparison, leaving standard frameworks with limited purchase where decentralization is expanding.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The article puts forward coordination capacity, specifies how it operates and how it is built or fails within weak-capacity subnational energy governance to explain the variation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Approach and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study uses process tracing and within-case comparison across Nigeria's 36 states following the 2023 Electricity Act, drawing on interviews with state and federal officials, developers, and donors, alongside cross-sectional analysis of off-grid solar deployment and a mapping of subnational climate governance. Because coordination capacity is observable through institutional practices rather than quantitative indicators, the qualitative design isolates its mechanisms where standard measures fail.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Findings</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>States with comparable revenues diverge depending on whether they have the enabling arrangements for coordination, sustain the practices that activate them, and generate the outcomes that follow. The article distinguishes three layers: a focal agency with delegated authority and institutional memory; procedural follow-through and horizontal coordination; and predictability, reduced transaction costs, and project continuity. Niger State's high deployment despite low revenue, as compared to Akwa Ibom's near-zero deployment despite fiscal advantage, anchors the argument.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Policy Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Coordination capacity is necessary for converting formal decentralization, donor interest, or regulatory openings into delivered projects, although it does not displace fiscal resources, politics, or market structure as background determinants. Because it is unevenly distributed and self-reinforcing, decentralization without institutional investment reproduces spatial inequality, concentrating finance in jurisdictions already legible to external partners.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.70088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Croatia's transition from aid recipient to donor: Building a small-donor development policy under EU and OECD-DAC norms","authors":"Jakša Puljiz,&nbsp;Matea Roknić","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70083","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Motivation&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Small post-recipient donor states face increasing pressure to professionalize international development cooperation while simultaneously responding to crisis-driven humanitarian and geopolitical demands. Croatia's rapid transition from EU accession in 2013 to donor status offers a revealing case for examining how such states institutionalize development cooperation under EU and OECD-DAC norms in a context of sustained neighbourhood shocks.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This article examines how Croatia has institutionalized its international development cooperation since becoming a donor and assesses whether its emerging donor profile aligns with EU/OECD-DAC expectations while effectively operationalizing a declared transition and post-conflict niche.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Approach and methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The study employs a mixed-methods case study design combining thematic analysis of Croatian international development cooperation legislation and strategies, descriptive analysis of official development assistance trends from 2013 to 2024, and systematic coding of Croatia's bilateral project portfolio for 2020–2024.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Findings&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The analysis shows that Croatia's ODA expanded rapidly after 2021, reaching 0.21% of GNI in 2023 and 0.22% in 2024, while remaining heavily concentrated in the Western Balkans and Ukraine. Five-year portfolio analysis (2020–2024) shows a dual-track pattern: a structurally Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-centred Western Balkans portfolio and a crisis-driven Ukraine portfolio. In the Western Balkans, education/culture and healthcare dominate financial allocations, while peace, security, and governance grew from EUR 165,000 in 2020 to EUR 1.9 million in 2024, indicating an emerging but still modest niche-relevant category. More broadly, peace, security, and post-conflict assistance had become financially substantial by 2024 when Ukraine-related support is included. Although Croatia consistently frames transition experience—such as post-conflict recovery, demining, and EU-accession know-how—as its comparative advantage, nationally recorded technical-assistance accounts for less than 1% of total ODA. This outcome is driven by fragmented coordination, issues with recording of aid, and overreliance on EU instruments such as Twinning and TAIEX, rather than by an absence of expertise provision.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Policy implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.70083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies and policies for sustainable urban tree management in emerging economies: The case of the integrated urban tree protection framework","authors":"Atul Arun Pathak,&nbsp;Saroj Kumar Pani,&nbsp;Abhishek Gawande","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70081","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The world is urbanizing rapidly and it is estimated that by 2050 about 70% of the world's population will consist of city dwellers. The urbanization trend is even more pronounced in emerging economies such as India. Rapid urbanization has significant adverse environmental impacts and is causing widespread loss of urban trees.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In developing countries, there is an urgent need to balance rapid and large-scale urban development trajectories with robust mechanisms for protecting, preserving, and managing urban trees. However, only a handful of Indian states and cities have established regulations and implementation mechanisms to protect urban trees.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Approach and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using an integrated mixed-methods case study approach, this article studies the development, on-the-ground implementation, associated challenges, and implications of India's existing disaggregated urban tree protection framework (UTPF).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Findings</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using a theory-based stakeholder evaluation model, it delineates the success factors and problem areas that determine UTPF effectiveness. Thereafter, it proposes an overarching integrated UTPF (iUTPF), highlighting four broad themes: innovative regulatory architecture; robust governance structure; appropriate monitoring mechanisms; and holistic stewardship.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Policy implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The article thus contributes to environmental sustainability policy and urban development research and highlights strategies to incentivize tree plantation and discourage tree felling for India and other emerging economies with comparable contexts of rapid urbanization, dense population, compact cities and metropolitan areas. It also discusses seven key enabling strategies to help policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers proactively manage an iUTPF.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467381","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":"Resource wealth, regional neglect and fragile peace: Rethinking the political economy of Africa's resource frontiers","authors":"Yalemsew Genetu,&nbsp;Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher,&nbsp;Migbaru Alamirew","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70085","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Motivation&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Across Africa, many resource frontier regions remain sites of political instability and various forms of conflict despite their significant contributions to national economies. The existing literature on resource conflicts has largely focused on the national “resource curse,” paying insufficient attention to how extractive economies perpetuate regional inequalities, regional discontent, and fragile peace in resource-producing regions. This gap motivates a closer examination of the political and developmental marginalization of Africa's resource frontiers and the consequent effects.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The purpose of this article is to examine why resource-rich frontier regions in Africa often continue to experience social unrest and conflict. It analyses the understudied links between extractive resources, regional neglect, and conflict in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Approach and methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The article employed a qualitative research approach, drawing data from semi-structured interviews with experts and a systematic literature review. The article focused on four case studies selected based on data availability and relevance to the wider African continent.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Findings&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The results showed ongoing developmental and political neglect of resource frontiers from the national politico-economic aspects, inequitable revenue sharing from the extracted resources, all of which are worsened by environmental damage, health risks, and social impacts in these areas. These conditions, combined with exclusive resource governance and elite patronage, create a fertile ground for deep-rooted local and regional discontent that is likely to escalate into social unrest, violent conflict, and sometimes separatist demands.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Policy implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;To tackle the persistent challenges exhibited in resource frontiers, equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms need to be institutionalized to ensure a fair distribution of resource revenues; institutional capacity needs to be strengthened to effectively manage the extraction industry; policies need to be formulated that prioritize regular environmental impact assessment, enforce compliance with standards, and ensure adequate compensation; and there is also a need for inclusive governance, in which local communities are involved in decision-making. Furthermore, adopting conflict-sensitive development strategies and ensuring transparency in state-corporate relations and contracts are essential","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467008","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":"Assessing the role of institutional quality in shaping the trade openness–growth nexus in fragile states: A case study of Somalia","authors":"Abdikani Yusuf Abdulle","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70084","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study is motivated by Somalia's difficulty in translating trade openness into sustained economic performance under fragile-state conditions. Rather than treating trade openness as an automatic driver of growth, the study examines how institutional quality, foreign direct investment (FDI), labour-force dynamics, and inflation condition the trade-growth relationship in Somalia. The contribution lies in focusing on a fragile-state setting where weak governance, limited regulatory enforcement, informal trade networks, and data constraints can reduce the expected gains from liberalization.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Approaches and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study applies an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to annual time-series data for Somalia from 1990 to 2022. The model includes trade openness, institutional quality, FDI, labour force, inflation, and the logarithm of GDP as the indicator of long-run economic performance. The ARDL method is complemented with unit-root testing, bounds testing for cointegration, an error-correction representation, diagnostic tests, stability checks, and FMOLS, DOLS, and CCR estimators for robustness.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Findings</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results indicate a statistically significant long-run association between the examined variables and Somalia's economic performance. Trade openness, institutional quality, foreign direct investment, and labour-force expansion are positively associated with economic growth, while inflation shows a negative relationship with economic performance. These findings underscore the importance of trade integration and institutional strength in supporting growth, although the interpretation of the results remains subject to the limitations of Somalia's data environment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Policy implication</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The policy implications are that trade liberalization alone is insufficient in a fragile state unless it is supported by stronger institutions, better customs administration, improved infrastructure, credible legal enforcement, and macroeconomic stability. Somalia should prioritize governance reforms, inflation management, trade facilitation measures, investor protection, and human capital development so that openness and FDI can translate into more inclusive and resilient growth.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467009","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":"Global trade at a crossroads: What are the implications for the future of trade and development and related institutions?","authors":"Jodie Keane,&nbsp;Bernardo Arce Fernandez,&nbsp;Maximiliano Mendez-Parra","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70082","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;In recent years, almost every day and week has been marked by a major development in international trade. This includes not only the impact of trade-related policies that are diametrically opposed to the principles underpinning the global trading system, but also crises and global conflicts. The broader trade landscape has undergone significant reappraisal in recent years, within the context of the broader polycrisis. Economic security concerns are increasingly overriding conventional economic efficiency arguments that support open rather than closed markets. These developments have profound implications for the future of trade and economic development.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The future of the rules-based multilateral trading system (MTS) is being severely tested as geopolitical tensions engulf the World Trade Organization (WTO) and some major powers, like the United States of America (USA), push back against agreed principles like that of most-favoured nation, e.g., treating WTO members fairly, meaning if you offer concessions to one member, you must give to all. Instead, major powers are now raising levels of protection to support their own economic (and other) objectives in what seems to be a broad reversal of the type of special and differential treatment previously only ascribed to developing countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, the narrative of a dysfunctional global trading system is not fully embraced across the world, including within the Global South. This is because, while in some parts of the world the backlash against globalization has continued and escalated, in others there is a profound sense of optimism. This is driven by socioeconomic progress spurred by economic reform and industrial policy agendas; recognition of and the harnessing of the power of technology to deliver new benefits, especially for regions and populations bypassed by previous waves of globalization; and new initiatives across regional economic communities, including deepening intra-regional value chain development and trade-related growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year's &lt;i&gt;Development Policy Review&lt;/i&gt; written symposium presents diverse perspectives across these pertinent issues related to the future of trade and development. In April 2026 many commentators were concerned about their implications for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) at the WTO, which was dominated by discussions related to reform of the institution and its rules and the different perspectives around what this means. Coming at a time of profound fracturing of norms and fragmentation of geoeconomic spheres of influence and power, how optimistic can we be about the future role of the MTS as an arbiter of trade and development?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The contributors to this symposium are Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Chairperson of Trade Negotiations and Investment Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, and former Chair of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in 2015—the first to be held in Africa; Professor David Luke, Professor in Practice and Strategic Director, ","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.70082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148466684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Private actors in the international development cooperation landscape: Examining international philanthropic foundations' activities in the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"Laerte Apolinário Júnior,&nbsp;Pietro Carlos de Rodrigues,&nbsp;Felipe Jukemura","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70079","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Motivation&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the crucial role of various stakeholders in achieving its ambitious goals. The increasing involvement of private actors in international development cooperation (IDC) has gained significant attention as potential partners in development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This article examines the role of international philanthropic foundations in the Brazilian Amazon as a case study to investigate how private actors contribute to IDC. By analysing their strategic focuses, funding patterns, and partnerships, the article seeks to map and systematize international philanthropic engagement in the Amazon region.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Approach and methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This study presents an original dataset of projects funded by international philanthropic organizations in the Brazilian Amazon. The article advances an exploratory analysis, focusing mainly on three key dimensions highlighted in the literature, that serve as analytical lenses to organize the empirical mapping and interpret observed patterns: (i) the alignment in thematic priorities between international philanthropic foundations and the foreign policy agendas of their home governments; (ii) challenges related to legitimacy and accountability; and (iii) the role of international philanthropy in providing public goods and multisectoral cooperation.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Findings&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The findings reveal convergence between the strategic priorities of major international philanthropic foundations and US foreign aid objectives, particularly in areas such as human rights and scientific research. Persistent gaps in standardized public disclosure continue to constrain assessments of legitimacy and accountability, despite recent improvements in transparency frameworks. The study also underscores the expanding role of philanthropy in multi-stakeholder collaboration, marked by the growing relevance of Brazilian-led coordination mechanisms and the catalytic use of philanthropic resources to support financial innovation and derisking instruments for climate action and sustainable development.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Policy implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The conclusions emphasize the need to strengthen transparency and accountability in international philanthropic engagement. Clearer disclosure standards, along with stronger domestic philanthropic intermediaries and country-l","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.70079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148282224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact measurement and management as governance infrastructure in development finance: Catalytic or extractive?","authors":"Kate Bennett","doi":"10.1111/dpr.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Motivation</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Impact measurement and management (IMM) has become a central pillar of development finance, yet concerns persist about whether prevailing approaches support genuinely catalytic outcomes or instead reinforce extractive dynamics. Although efforts to harmonize indicators and strengthen accountability have expanded, less attention has been paid to IMM frameworks themselves, including their design assumptions, embedded power relations, and governance effects.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to assess whether widely used IMM frameworks are structurally aligned with catalytic, system-level change or whether they reproduce extractive logics. It asks how the design of IMM frameworks shapes what is valued, measured, and acted upon in development finance systems.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Approach and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The article introduces a diagnostic typology that evaluates IMM systems in three dimensions: IMM design conditions, impact flow dynamics, and systemic feedback and regenerative capacity. Using qualitative, structured content analysis, the study examines a sample of widely used IMM tools and standards to identify recurring design patterns and structural tendencies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Findings</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The analysis identifies design features associated with catalytic IMM, including participatory metric design, adaptive feedback loops, long-term systems thinking, and multi-directional accountability. It also highlights design patterns that signal extractive logic, such as context-free standardization, one-way reporting, and short-term impact horizons. While many frameworks reference systems thinking rhetorically, few operationalize it in ways that enable meaningful adaptation or systemic learning.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Policy implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>By treating IMM frameworks as institutional artefacts rather than neutral technical tools, the article reframes IMM as governance infrastructure. The findings suggest that donors, development finance institutions, and practitioners should prioritize IMM designs that embed participation, adaptive learning, and long-term system stewardship if impact measurement is to support development effectiveness rather than merely verify performance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51478,"journal":{"name":"Development Policy Review","volume":"44 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dpr.70075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148097625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}