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24 July 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This introduction explains the rationale behind this issue of the IDS Bulletin, and identifies the key issues and research questions...
24 July 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article highlights the importance of contributions of emerging donors based on their knowledge creation during the time they...
24 July 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article presents updated estimates of China’s foreign aid between 2001 and 2014 as a proxy for China’s official development...
24 July 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The growing number of development stakeholders and initiatives in developing countries has added complexity to international development...
24 July 2018
Published by: IDS
Almost two decades have passed since ‘emerging donors’ – new providers of development cooperation – began to attract the attention of ‘traditional donors’.
4 July 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Accelerating progress towards the goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 is an essential component of equitable, sustainable and resilient development. 60 per cent of all deaths are caused by chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, which disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities with limited access to vital health services.
12 June 2018
Published by: BMC
Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender neutral. Within health systems research, gender analysis...
19 May 2018
Published by: John Wiley and Sons
This article explores how strategies of thinking and working politically are used by agencies within developing country governments to influence wider government agendas.
8 May 2018
Published by: IWA Publishing
This article investigates the motives and incentives that drive countries' diplomatic efforts in water disputes. It aims to identify links between the formation of water management institutions (WMI) and the outcomes of such institutional cooperation. Three features have been identified as key to the effectiveness of WMIs: 1) the development of trust; 2) sanctions aimed at curbing cheating; and 3) the balancing of different countries’ interests over shared waters.
3 May 2018
Published by: Elsevier
Harnessing market instruments of climate governance, such as emission trading schemes (ETS) into an authoritarian and highly fragmented governance system like China can be challenging. It requires tremendous efforts from local states for policy experiments and innovations. This paper examines these local adaptive measures to develop pilot ETS around China.