Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Democracy versus dictatorship? The political determinants of growth episodes

In contrast to previous literature, which looks at the effect of democracy on long-run growth or short-run volatility of growth, we examine the effect of political institutions on medium-term growth … Continue reading

Friday, 9 December 2016 · Leave a comment

Deadline 2020: How cities will get the job done

The report provides an analysis of the contribution that the 84 global C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) cities need to make to convert the agreement from aspiration into reality. … Continue reading

Friday, 2 December 2016 · Leave a comment

Big Data and the City

This special issue of Built Environment responds to the latest digital revolution, setting out the state of the art of the new technologies around so-called Big Data, critically examining the … Continue reading

Thursday, 6 October 2016 · Leave a comment

Participatory Budgeting: Next Generation Democracy

[White paper] – In a time of rising civic disengagement, many city leaders are using an innovative tool to reconnect with the people they serve: Participatory budgeting, known as “PB.” PB … Continue reading

Tuesday, 13 September 2016 · Leave a comment

Upsetting the Theory: Rights for Housing and Queers

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
The second post on our forum on Joe Hoover’s Reconstructing Human Rights, from DoT’s Anthony Langlois. You can read Joe’s opening post here and Karen Zivi’s…

Monday, 12 September 2016 · Leave a comment

Reconstructing Human Rights

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
The first in a forum on Joe’s recently released Reconstructing Human Rights: A Pragmatist and Pluralist Inquiry in Global Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2016). A…

Sunday, 11 September 2016 · Leave a comment

Framed by Freedom: Emancipation and Oppression in Post-Fordist Thailand

Claudio Sopranzetti – Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2009 and 2014, this article examines the discourse of freedom among motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok and the practices, both emancipatory … Continue reading

Saturday, 3 September 2016 · Leave a comment

Financial inclusion in Southeast and Central Asia

As in the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report, none of the FDIP countries in Asia placed among the top five countries in the scorecard component of … Continue reading

Wednesday, 31 August 2016 · Leave a comment

Foresight in International Development

IDS Bulletin, vol. 47, no. 4 (Sep, 2016) – A collection of articles focusing on the use of foresight in development. Looking to the future is – or certainly should … Continue reading

Saturday, 27 August 2016 · Leave a comment