"This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. China's resurgence has spawned anxieties about an impending...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the change in performance of parent Indian firms (home effects) who have invested in overseas locations in recent times. Design/methodology/approach: Difference-in-difference (DiD) estimate of home effects using farm level data. Findings: Home effects of...

This paper makes an analytical case for the understanding of development as a process that enables people to reclaim their dignity and interrogate inegalitarian social relations. It is motivated by the ongoing debate within development studies between those who propound a teleological view of...

Indrajit Roy argues that civil society has become synonymous with the new development paradigm, although there exists little clarity on the ramifications of this newness. The lexicon needs to be demystified to prevent it from degenerating into mere jargon. Development (2003) 46, 80–87....

Summary Civil society action is thought to be a prerequisite for good governance, as well as an indicator for it. The assumption of a positive correlation has guided many development interventions. However, considering political synergies, frameworks of accountability and mobilization of...