Transformation is key term in the broader study of socio-economic provisioning system that has gained increased prominence and visibility in recent years due to intensifying economic, social and ecological risks and crises in the global economy. In this short review we assess key understandings...

Transformation is key term in the broader study of socio-economic provisioning system that has gained increased prominence and visibility in recent years due to intensifying economic, social and ecological risks and crises in the global economy. In this short review we assess key understandings...

Son preference, or desire by parents for male offspring, is a common gender bias that obstructs policy efforts towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals on gender equality. The gendered nature of well-being calls for a multidimensional approach. Popular measures are often...

This paper aims to analyze the main reasons to the tendency toward stagnation of the Brazilian economy and to discuss a strategy of sustained development to overcome such tendency from a Keynesian-Structuralist approach, more specifically adopting a Newdevelopmentalism green agenda. A sustained...

While economic inequality has gained prominence in the contemporary development debate, the reasons why the degree of tolerance for inequality varies among countries remain an unresolved issue. This knowledge gap has resulted in excessive policy emphasis on inequality in some countries where...

Institutions, the humanly devised constraints of economic activity, are outcomes of elite agency. Leveraging ideas from economics, sociology, politics, and strategic management, this book proposes an ‘elite theory of economic development’. The overarching goal is to foster sustainable value...

This article critically examines Brazil's economic stagnation since the 1980s, contesting the overarching view that attributes underdevelopment primarily to poor institutions. While acknowledging Brazil's impressive growth from 1932 to 1980, driven by an entrepreneurial state, the paper argues...

This paper discusses methodological individualism and the perceived "need" for microfoundations in economic theory. It argues that the persistent focus on microfoundations has led a large part of the field to overlook the complexity of social interactions, the relevance of historical processes,...

We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture...

Purpose This paper, based on the 2022 Master Class delivered at the 50th National Economic Meeting organized by ANPEC, discusses how post-Keynesian macroeconomics and New Developmentalism complement each other to understand middle-income economies' development in financial globalization. It...

The present investigation elaborates on the level of game theory application for the applied and theoretical analyses of climate change and development studies. This editorial shows that the common good character of global climate alongside the increasing internalization of environmental...

This study is a reflection on course design and student learning outcomes in an experiential learning-based development economics course at a university in Australia. Following an intensive period of coursework in development economics, undergraduate students go to a developing country (such as...

This paper explores how the concept of resilience has been used in development studies. Set amidst the rise of resilience in sustainable development, it offers insights for scholars and policy-makers, alike. Sampling 419 resilience-oriented journal articles from 2017-22, it uses Kuhnian...

Information pertaining to the basics of economic growth and development, its estimation and progress during different periods, conventional and alternative measures of development, theories, and models of economic growth and development, economies dualism behavior, the role of the state,...

This detailed report is centered on the analysis of Gombe State and its development over a period of fourteen (14) years (2007-2021). It is a holistic document that is also significant, relatable, and purposely easy to comprehend by everyone. This analysis captures the dynamic realities as it...

Despite great leaps in science, technology, and human civilization since World War II, many countries in the world have been stuck in “middle income” traps or remained hopelessly poor. Why do such phenomena happen and how long may they last? To answer these questions, we introduce a new...

The pursuit for achievement of development aspirations of people world over has been at the core of both intellectuals, politicians and policymakers alike. The discipline of development studies has grown in its influence and attention from different disciplines after the second world war. This...

This paper is based on the concept of development, its definition of development, dimension of development from the perspective of sociocultural dimension. Development is a continuous process of making everyone’s life more comfortable by meeting their basic needs. In terms, of the...

For the past two decades, studies measuring social preferences in developing settings have played an important role in building our understanding of economic development and poverty. This book chapter reviews lab-in-the-field experiments that measure social preferences, summarizes categories of...