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This #DiscussionPaper series analyses how #SocialProtection across #Africa is characterised by colonial legacy and postcolonial influence and how this intersects with countries’ own interests and priorities. 📚 www.idos-research.de/en/publicati... @openuniversity.bsky.social oucsgd.bsky.social ‬

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Check out the latest policy paper from @oucsgd.bsky.social Social Protection for Economic Inclusion in Latin America: the potential of comprehensive programming
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Child Labour Policies in the Americas: Why Progress Has Become Uncertain Across the Americas, child labour policies vary. Business interest groups push for legalisation; working children’s organisations seek regulation to secure worker protections; the ILO calls for prohib...

#ChildLabour Policies in the Americas: Business interest groups push for legalisation; working children’s organisations seek regulation; the ILO calls for prohibition.
#GIGA's @johannapieper.bsky.social analyses this matter in the new #GIGAFocus.

➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

“Vulnerable Research” in a Time of Climate Change and Coloniality By Charlotte Weatherill It must be by its death The role of the academy in empire and colonial violence is the main theme of Babel: An Arcane History, a book by R. F. Kuang. Having wrestled with hi…

I've written a new blog for @eadi.bsky.social

I talk about Babel, my recent article in BJPIR, the problems of fieldwork, and the uncomfortable necessity of critiquing social science research in the current climate (!)

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The cover features a photograph of Tarapoto, Peru, at dusk, with colorful low-rise buildings, a central square illuminated by yellow streetlights, and a backdrop of dark green mountains under a purple and pink sky. The title is displayed in large, bold, white capital letters, with the subtitle in smaller white text above it. The author's name appears in white at the bottom.

"Queer Emergent" by Justin Perez is one of the exciting new titles we have coming out this May! #Anthropology #LGBTQBooks
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The problem with parenting interventions in the Global South | Aeon Essays Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions

Excellent essay by Francesca Mezzenzana and @gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social questioning the assumptions behind Western-style parenting interventions

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What types of #socialprotection work for #economicinclusion in #LatinAmerica?
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Check out new rapid #review with @thaiscarlo.bsky.social in collaboration with Fundacion Capital
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Mais da metade dos municípios da Amazônia passou 2024 inteiro em seca Análise da InfoAmazonia, com base em dados do Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais, revela que 459 municípios da região (59,5% do total) registraram algum grau de seca de 1º janeiro até 31 de dezembro no ano passado.

A seca moderada atingiu quase todos os municípios amazônicos em 2024 (96,7%). Além disso, 63% enfrentaram seca severa e 9,5% chegaram ao nível extremo, segundo dados do Cemaden analisados pela InfoAmazonia.

New publication: Where Nature and Poverty Meet: Developing a Multidimensional Environment-Poverty Measure, by Johan Oldekop and colleagues. The image shows a town in Brazil along a river.

In a new paper by Johan Oldekop and colleagues, theoretical debates about environment-poverty relationships are explored using Brazil as a case study.

Read the open-access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Eliane Brum: Hope won’t save us from climate change. We should be fighting for life Prospect readers chose Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum as their Top Thinker for 2025. She tells us why we’re looking at climate change—and the world—...

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Extending the school day by 3.5 hours in Mexico increased divorces by giving women time to earn an income

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In Defence of Development Studies: Why “Global Development” Falls Short By Alfredo Saad-Filho There is a growing debate in academic circles about the merits of shifting from traditional Development Studies to a broader concept of “Global Development”. While proponents …

"There is a specificity to the economic, social, and political structures in the Global South, as well as to the challenges to wellbeing, that must be addressed there, and ignoring history would limit our ability to understand change and its drivers."
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My brilliant friend and colleague @keetieroelen.bsky.social is launching her book on 30 Jan 🎉

RSVP below for a chance to see her shine, learn about @atd4thworld.bsky.social and share drinks & ideas with like-minded people passionate about social justice 😊

My new OUP book is out on Friday 19th Dec ‘Resources Matter: ending poverty while protecting nature’. Open access 👉🏼 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🚨Why is ethnic & racial homogeneity correlated with higher trust & social cohesion?🚨

Using new historical data from Brazil, our paper shows how cohesive & homogenous communities are both more likely to develop under stronger state institutions:

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🔊 What can history teach us about cash transfers? How have societies used cash transfers through the ages and what role have they played in countries’ development process?

Today on VoxDevTalks, Tim Phillips speaks to @ugentilini.bsky.social @WorldBank about his new book: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Reflecting on our Lens: Decolonising Imagery within International Development By James Andrews When selecting a photo to bring colour to the blog you’ve spent hours copy-editing, have you considered whether it disrupts the colonial gaze, or might it—perhaps inadvertent…

"Poverty porn images of helpless children, images of these wonderful white people saving the less fortunate and questionable UN report front covers of African women smiling while carrying pots on their heads are a part of the heritage of our discipline"
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More than 420,000 children affected by record drought in Amazon: UN UNICEF chief urges leaders at the upcoming COP29 summit in Azerbaijan to increase climate financing for children.

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