Publications

The Struggle to Develop Regional Industry Policy: The Role of the Plastics and Auto Sectors in the Regional Chamber of ABC, São Paulo

IDS Working Paper 154

Much of the current policy debate on fostering the industrial upgrading focuses on the importance of local or regional policy networks. The question, which has been neglected in this debate, is whether conducting local or regional industrial policy is possible where local enterprises are part of...

Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Exploring Dynamic Linkages Between Germany and Pakistan

Industrial clusters and global value chains command growing interest in regional studies. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical material on how clusters are linked into global value chains, and limited research on ties between clusters in the developed and developing world.

Global Quality Standards, Chain Governance and the Technological Upgrading of Brazilian Auto-Components Producers

IDS working papers;156

This paper investigates whether and how the adoption of global quality standards (QS) changes inter-firm relationships and enhances the upgrading prospects of local producers in developing countries.

Demographic Transition, Inter-Generational Contracts and Old Age Security: An Emerging Challenge for Social Policy in Developing Countries

The world's population is ageing rapidly as a result of demographic transition, and it is currently ageing most rapidly in the developing world. Ageing is consequently set to become a key development issue and a challenge for social policy

Naila Kabeer

Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe

Across rural Africa there are multiple pathways of livelihood change, reflecting many combinations of agriculture technology and practice. These are, in turn, influenced by a wide array of institutions, social relations and policy contexts. This book looks at the diverse pathways of crop and...

Learning Citizenship

IDS working papers;158

This paper integrates three, often disparate, threads of research and practice: on citizenship itself, and what active citizenship entails and requires; on adult education for citizenship; and on learning. Within the first theme, citizenship is defined as more than a set of legal rights, but as...

Trade Liberalisation, Poverty and Livelihoods: Understanding the Linkages

The main purpose of this paper is to review and assess key analytical approaches that are used to understand the linkages between trade, poverty and livelihoods, with a view to better understanding their linkages in the context of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Poverty Monitoring and Targeting Using ROC Curves: Examples From Vietnam

This paper suggests a low cost methodology for identifying and assessing the accuracy of poverty monitoring and targeting indicators.

National Budgets, Social Spending and Public Choices: The Case of Bangladesh

This exploratory study looks at the factors shaping the formulation and implementation of national budgets in Bangladesh with an emphasis on the determinants of public social spending.

Poverty, Knowledge and Policy Processes: A Case Study of Ugandan National Poverty Reduction Policy

This report, part of a broader research project on Poverty Knowledge and Policy Processes, concerns the poverty reduction policy process in Kampala, Uganda. It is based on an understanding of policy as a complex, dynamic process, rather than a linear progression of formulation and implementation.

Rosemary McGee

The Future of Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) for Developing Countries in the WTO

IDS working papers;163

This Working Paper provides a background analysis of special and differential treatment (SDT). It argues that the underlying case for SDT remains intact even though the status quo is unsatisfactory.

Social Sector Priorities: An Analysis of Budgets and Expenditures in India in the 1990s

This paper analyses social sector priorities of the Indian government in the period 1990-2001. This is done by a study of the most crucial policy documents: the annual budgets.