Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100749
Erin McGuire , Gina Rico-Mendez , Siobhan Rabsum , Penina Yumbya , David Ameyaw , Robert Jarman , Tara Steinmetz , Mwangi Thumbi , David Tschirley
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Pub Date : 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100738
Janelle Knox-Hayes , Surbhi Agarwal , Johan Arango-Quiroga , Nicholas Ashford , David Birge , Gabriella Carolini , Shekhar Chandra , Colleen Chiu-Shee , Jungwoo Chun , Daniela Coray , Nicholas de Monchaux , Sally Haslanger , Courtney Humphries , Eric Huntley , Caroline A Jones , Deni Lopez , Miho Mazeereuw , Leslie Norford , Prudence Robinson , Haley Schilling , Rose Winer-Chan
The Equitable Resilience Framework (ERF) strives to make planning for climate change more equitable, just, and effective, and to generate long-term economic, social, cultural, and environmental transformations. “Resilience” is a desirable stance of preparedness in the likely future of unpredictable climate and weather, constituting an explicitly different approach than top-down technocratic solutions (such as hardscaping or levee engineering). The ERF is developed as a methodological guide for resilience planning that combines a capabilities approach with enhanced tradeoff analysis and knowledge convergence to bring community, academic, industry and policy stakeholders together in generating and implementing resilient solutions. The ERF addresses the technocratic shortcomings that have historically guided resilience projects. By reconceptualizing the linkages between resilience and equity in communities the ERF gives researchers and practitioners better theoretical and practical tools for applying resilience to interconnected social systems across different timescales. The ERF aims to facilitate just solutions while empowering communities that are often overburdened by environmental injustice and climate change impacts.
{"title":"The Equitable Resilience Framework: An environmental justice strategy for community-led resilience planning","authors":"Janelle Knox-Hayes , Surbhi Agarwal , Johan Arango-Quiroga , Nicholas Ashford , David Birge , Gabriella Carolini , Shekhar Chandra , Colleen Chiu-Shee , Jungwoo Chun , Daniela Coray , Nicholas de Monchaux , Sally Haslanger , Courtney Humphries , Eric Huntley , Caroline A Jones , Deni Lopez , Miho Mazeereuw , Leslie Norford , Prudence Robinson , Haley Schilling , Rose Winer-Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Equitable Resilience Framework (ERF) strives to make planning for climate change more equitable, just, and effective, and to generate long-term economic, social, cultural, and environmental transformations. “Resilience” is a desirable stance of preparedness in the likely future of unpredictable climate and weather, constituting an explicitly different approach than top-down technocratic solutions (such as hardscaping or levee engineering). The ERF is developed as a methodological guide for resilience planning that combines a capabilities approach with enhanced tradeoff analysis and knowledge convergence to bring community, academic, industry and policy stakeholders together in generating and implementing resilient solutions. The ERF addresses the technocratic shortcomings that have historically guided resilience projects. By reconceptualizing the linkages between resilience and equity in communities the ERF gives researchers and practitioners better theoretical and practical tools for applying resilience to interconnected social systems across different timescales. The ERF aims to facilitate just solutions while empowering communities that are often overburdened by environmental injustice and climate change impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100738"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100746
Erin McGuire , Gina Rico-Mendez , Siobhan Rabsum , Penina Yumbya , David Ameyaw , Robert Jarman , Tara Steinmetz , Mwangi Thumbi , David Tschirley
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities associated with locally-led agricultural research for development (AR4D) within the framework of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)s Feed the Future Innovation Labs (FTFILs). The study gathers insights from both U.S.-based management entities and nationally based partners in low- and middle-income countries using a mixed-methods, case-study approach, which included surveys and focus groups as data collection methods. The findings highlight significant barriers, such as limited local research capacity, bureaucratic hurdles, and funding delays, which impede effective project implementation. The study also identifies critical opportunities for enhancing local leadership in AR4D through decentralized networks and improved collaboration between Global North funders and local stakeholders. Recommendations include increasing the flexibility of funding mechanisms, strengthening local research capacity, and promoting inclusive stakeholder engagement. The research underscores the importance of aligning agricultural innovation strategies with local contexts and systems to achieve sustainable development outcomes. This work contributes to ongoing debates on how to integrate national and regional expertise and leadership into global agricultural research and development agendas, ultimately supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Pub Date : 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100748
Suci Nurmaya Tangkudung , Rus’an Nasrudin
Food assistance programs are widely implemented by governments worldwide to reduce food insecurity. Each country designs its own policies and mechanisms for delivering food aid to citizens. In Indonesia, the food assistance program, known as BPNT, provides beneficiaries with a card loaded with a uniform monetary value, which can be exchanged for specific food items. However, as an archipelagic country with diverse regional food prices and consumption patterns, beneficiaries face disparities in the purchasing power of this assistance across different areas. These disparities lead to variations in the program’s real value and thus its effectiveness across regions. This study estimates the variation in BPNT’s purchasing power across regencies and municipalities in Indonesia to assess the relative impact of the program on food insecurity in regions with high and low food prices. Using a panel data fixed effects (FE) approach, we examine the relationship between the local purchasing power of the BPNT program and household food insecurity levels. In addition to identifying heterogeneous impacts of the program across regions, our analysis provides a simple cost-effectiveness illustration to inform the fiscal implications of improving food security in lagging areas. Our findings challenge the current uniform-value scheme, suggesting that a regionally adjusted approach would be more effective. Increasing the purchasing power of beneficiaries in high-cost regions significantly contributes to reducing regional disparities in household food security.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100747
Haryanto , Nurlinah
Village development in Indonesia has received substantial funding within a uniform good governance framework, yet the results on the ground remain highly variable. This study addresses this puzzle by proposing a shift in the analytical focus from governance to governability. This study developed and applied a new framework to assess a system’s governability and dynamic capacity to navigate governance challenges. Through a comparative analysis of transmigration villages in Indonesia, this study demonstrates that endogenous social capital is a key mediating factor, revealing that the success of rural development is determined not by formal compliance with governance structures but by the system’s ability to manage complex interactions between the state, market, and community stakeholders. The main contribution of this study is to provide a governability framework as a new, operationalizable analytical tool to explain variations in development outcomes, offering significant implications for the formulation of more context-sensitive policies.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100745
Ines Nasri , Imen Ghannouchi , Saloua Ben Ammou
This paper aims to elucidate the connection between insurance and economic growth, with a particular focus on the significance of institutional governance factors. To achieve this objective, two distinct samples from different regions are employed. The first region encompasses developed countries, referred to as the OECD region, while the second region comprises developing countries, denoted as the MENA region. Both static and dynamic analyses are conducted, utilizing Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) models for both samples. The principal findings indicate that life insurance penetration has a positive and significant impact on economic growth in OECD countries. Similarly, government effectiveness positively and significantly influences economic growth in these nations. For the MENA region, it was found that regulatory quality and the rule of law have a positive and significant effect on economic development.
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Climate change, recognized as one of the most pressing global threats, has profound implications for the agricultural sector, which is most vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on water resources. Agriculture consumes over 70% of the world’s water, making the sustainable management of these resources critical, especially in the context of increasing drought conditions. This management is heavily influenced by farmers’ perceptions and understanding of climate change. Despite the clear benefits of conservation programs, negative attitudes and misconceptions can significantly impede the adoption of effective water conservation measures. Therefore, understanding farmers’ attitudes and perceptions toward sustainable water management is essential for developing and implementing effective strategies that align with their needs and realities. This study employs the Q methodology to explore farmers’ perceptions of sustainable groundwater resource management in South Khorasan Province. The study involved 21 farmers whose viewpoints were categorized into four distinct groups: consumerist (22.77%), egalitarian (16.10%), science-oriented (14.35%), and fatalist (13%). These classifications collectively explain 66.23% of the variance in sustainable agricultural water management. The findings show that farmers are primarily concerned about balancing their livelihoods with sustainable water management. While they recognize the importance of sustainability, immediate worries about economic survival and family well-being often take priority. Climate change’s direct effects on agricultural productivity and water availability intensify these challenges. The study also highlights that farmers’ approaches to water management are heavily influenced by their personal experiences and knowledge of the impacts of climate change. Farmers with better access to resources and information are more likely to adopt sustainable practices, whereas those with limited access tend to prioritize economic necessity over sustainability. This highlights the value of educational programs and extension services in bridging the knowledge gap and equipping farmers with tools for sustainable water management. Policymakers should take these insights into account to develop strategies that promote environmental sustainability while ensuring the economic stability of farming communities.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-14DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100744
Blanca Zuluaga, Karen Camilo
This paper aims to analyze the intergenerational dependence on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in Colombia, specifically focusing on the Más Familias en Acción (MFA) program. It addresses the endogeneity problem often associated with welfare dependency research, which complicates the understanding of whether children benefit from subsidies due to their parents’ prior participation or shared characteristics. By employing a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, the study aims to establish causal relationships regarding the transmission of subsidy dependency across generations. Our findings from the quantitative estimations reveal a significant and causal correlation between parental and child participation in the MFA program, suggesting that having a parent who received the transfer increases the likelihood of the child receiving it as well. The qualitative findings enrich our understanding of intergenerational subsidy dependence by uncovering the interplay between structural constraints and cultural norms, which reveals that subsidy dependance is the result of a dynamic process shaped by limited economic opportunities, socialization within beneficiary families, and a perceived absence of state alternatives. This research highlights the importance of understanding the mechanisms behind intergenerational subsidy dependence, emphasizing the need for anti-poverty programs to foster upward mobility rather than perpetuating welfare dependency. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing rigorous evidence on the implications of CCTs for family dynamics and policy design.
本文旨在分析哥伦比亚对有条件现金转移支付（cct）的代际依赖，特别关注Más familas en Acción （MFA）计划。它解决了通常与福利依赖研究相关的内生性问题，这使得理解儿童受益于补贴是由于父母事先参与还是共同特征变得复杂。本研究采用定性访谈和定量调查相结合的混合方法，旨在建立补贴依赖代际传递的因果关系。我们从定量估计中发现，父母和孩子参与MFA计划之间存在显著的因果关系，这表明接受转移的父母也增加了孩子接受转移的可能性。定性研究结果通过揭示结构约束和文化规范之间的相互作用，丰富了我们对代际补贴依赖的理解，这表明补贴依赖是一个动态过程的结果，由有限的经济机会、受益家庭内部的社会化和国家替代方案的感知缺失所塑造。这项研究强调了理解代际补贴依赖背后机制的重要性，强调了反贫困项目促进向上流动而不是使福利依赖永久化的必要性。我们的论文通过提供有条件现金转移支付对家庭动态和政策设计的影响的严格证据，为文献做出了贡献。
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Pub Date : 2025-10-13DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100728
Keisuke Okamura
Addressing global societal challenges necessitates insights and expertise that transcend the boundaries of individual disciplines. In recent decades, interdisciplinary collaboration has been recognised as a vital driver of innovation and effective problem-solving, with the potential to profoundly influence policy and practice worldwide. However, quantitative evidence remains limited regarding how cross-disciplinary efforts contribute to societal challenges, as well as the evolving roles and relevance of specific disciplines in addressing these issues. To fill this gap, this study examines the long-term evolution of interdisciplinary contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), drawing on extensive bibliometric data from OpenAlex. By analysing publication and citation trends across 19 research fields from 1970 to 2022, we reveal how the relative presence of different disciplines in addressing particular SDGs has shifted over time. Our results also provide unique evidence of the increasing interconnection between fields since the 2000s, coinciding with the United Nations’ initiative to tackle global societal challenges through interdisciplinary efforts. These insights will benefit policymakers and practitioners as they reflect on past progress and plan for future action, particularly with the SDG target deadline approaching in the next five years.
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Pub Date : 2025-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100743
Giovanni Occhiali , Olivia Okello
Fisheries have long been held to possess significant development potential across Africa, providing food security, livelihoods, and foreign exchange. Debates about their management have centred on the need to close access and on the role of devolution and co-management between central and local government. Because access restriction in practice requires licensing and levies, fisheries’ fiscal treatment lies at the core of their sustainable management. Yet little attention has been given to whether such arrangements in low-income countries achieve either goal. This paper examines the Kenyan case, where fisheries are a devolved sector employing over 1.6 million people. Using a mixed methods approach combining legal and policy analysis, administrative tax data, and 15 qualitative interviews with government officials and stakeholders alongside a focus group discussion, we assess whether Kenya’s fisheries taxation contributes to sustainable management or domestic revenue mobilisation. We find that it does neither. Fragmented regulation, overlapping mandates, and disregard for statutory earmarking prevent levies from funding management. Compliance with general tax obligations such as registration, filing, and payment of income or value added tax is minimal. Reforms should prioritise clearer institutional mandates, stronger coordination across levels of government, enforcement of long-delayed regulations, and targeted action on the sector’s most profitable actors.
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