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Authors:Tushar Agrawal, Ankush Agrawal Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. A considerable body of research on inequality in India has focused on consumption inequality. This article compares inequality in consumption expenditure and income, using two waves of the India Human Development Survey. We find that while income inequality increased marginally, expenditure inequality remained stable. The article also undertakes the decomposition of income inequality by sources and finds that wage and agricultural incomes contribute most to inequality in rural areas whereas wage and business incomes are the major contributors in urban areas. Wages and government transfers arse found to be inequality-decreasing sources of income, and agricultural income is found to be inequality-increasing. While government transfers benefit low-income households, there is potential for increasing their efficacy and for attaining a more egalitarian distribution of income by better targeting. Further, we examine how expenditure and income are associated with the ownership of household assets. Our findings suggest that low consumption is a better indicator of material well-being than low income. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-06-14T04:54:53Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221101735
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Authors:Gloria Abena Ampim, Haldis Haukanes, Astrid Blystad, Albert Kpoor Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Drawing on qualitative research from rural and urban areas, this article contributes to evolving social research in Ghana on possible changes in the gendered distribution of domestic labour. Formulated within debates on ‘doing gender’ and ‘undoing gender’, this study examines the extent to which acts of gender transgression may potentially occur during peak reproductive periods in the lives of Ghanaian couples. The findings of the study indicate that the participants reiterated normative gendered definitions of men as primary providers and women as primary domestic caretakers. Nonetheless, it was noted that during their partner’s pregnancy, men in both urban and rural areas were willing to modify their daily schedule to incorporate more housework. Simultaneously, men’s involvement in all or most of the household chores was perceived as potentially dangerous to the gendered balance of labour in the family and could, according to the participants, stimulate laziness among female partners. Despite the apparent resistance to male performance of domestic chores, the article argues that men’s willingness to do housework during their partner’s pregnancy may be an early indicator of slow but steady transformations in gender relations in Ghana. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-06-08T05:40:05Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221103913
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Authors:Oxana Karnaukhova Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Hout, W. and Salih, M.M.A. 2019: A Political Economy of African Regionalisms: An Overview of Asymmetrical Development. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 200 pp. £70 hardback. ISBN: 978-1-78536-436-5 (cased), 978-1-78536-437-2 (eBook). 10.4337/9781785364372 Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-05-17T07:12:17Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934211066894
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Authors:Benedict Arko Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Lister, R. 2021: Poverty (2nd Ed.) Cambridge: Polity Press. 256pp., $26.95. ISBN: 978-0-745-64597-1 (paperback) Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-05-17T05:30:44Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221080500
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Authors:Simantini Mukhopadhyay Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Himanshu, Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. 2018: How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xiv+528 pp. £35.00, ISBN: 9780198806509 (Hardback). Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-05-17T05:30:06Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221081958
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Authors:Urangoo Bulgamaa, Eva Blenesi Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Edwards, M. 2020: Civil Society (4th edition). Polity Press. xiv+164 pp.+index. US$22.95 paperback, $69.95 hardcover, $18.00 E-book. ISBN: 978-1-509-53736-5. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-04-29T07:11:56Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934211066893
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Authors:Ali Riza Gungen Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Pramono, S. and Suzuki, Y. 2021: Growth of Islamic Banking in Indonesia: Theory and Practice. Routledge Islamic Business and Finance Series. London and New York: Routledge. xvi + 128 pp. £120.00 (cloth), £33.29 (ebook). ISBN: 9780367219475 (cloth), 9780429268946 (ebook). Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-04-29T07:11:38Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934211055106
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Authors:Amanda Gilbertson, Ben Arnold Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. India’s Right to Education Act contains a provision requiring private schools to educate underprivileged children without charging fees, hinting at a new politics of distribution akin to James Ferguson’s notion of the ‘rightful share’. Through analysis of coverage of this provision in English language newspapers, we argue that the role of the media in building legitimacy for a ‘rightful share’ is undermined: by critics’ representations of a market-based distribution of education as more just; by supporters’ use of traditional welfare language of compassion for the meritorious poor; and, by reports of implementation failures that undermine the value of social assistance. This points to the significance of universality, unconditionality and clear distributive logics to the concept of the ‘rightful share’. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-03-29T05:03:02Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221084886
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Authors:Jinwen Chen Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Relationships and relational outcomes are key in international development volunteering (IDV) research, but little attention has been paid to the spaces of relationship formation. This article contributes to the literature by unpacking volunteer–local relationships using a spatial lens. It uses a case study of Singapore–Cambodia IDV projects spanning the short and long-term temporal continuum to unpack how space, time and structure influence volunteer–local relationships. It presents three distinct development spaces—structured, social and transition spaces—that shape hierarchical, reciprocal or convivial relationships. These findings highlight the role organizations play in volunteer–local relationships, and the importance of making space and time for more equitable relationships. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-03-14T12:24:44Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221084887
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Authors:Katarzyna Cieslik Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. The collection, processing, storage and circulation of data are fundamental element of contemporary societies. While the positivistic literature on ‘data revolution’ finds it essential for improving development delivery, critical data studies stress the threats of datafication. In this article, we demonstrate that datafication has been happening continuously through history, driven by political and economic pressures. We use historical examples to show how resource and personal data were extracted, accumulated and commodified by colonial empires, national governments and trade organizations, and argue that similar extractive processes are a present-day threat in the Global South. We argue that the decoupling of earlier and current datafication processes obscures the underlying, complex power dynamics of datafication. Our historical perspective shows how, once aggregated, data may become imperishable and can be appropriated for problematic purposes in the long run by both public and private entities. Using historical case studies, we challenge the current regulatory approaches that view data as a commodity and frame it instead as a mobile, non-perishable, yet ideally inalienable right of people. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-02-26T05:37:36Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221076580
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Authors:Kamna Patel, Amy North First page: 211 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. We are at a moment of growing critical self-reflection in the field of development studies—heightened by debates on decolonization—that is opening up difficult conversations on teaching, learning and knowledge production for development studies education. This special issue augments these conversations and revisits development studies education within the context of the ‘neoliberal university’. It is our contention that we cannot engage with the expansive project of rethinking development studies education, without elaborating on higher education institutions (HEIs) as the site where change is mediated, managed and resourced. The articles in this volume give empirically grounded and interrelated narratives that elucidate the relationships between development studies and the neoliberal university from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. They allow us to make two salient contributions, firstly, on the role of HEIs as a site of engagement and entanglement between development practice and development studies, and secondly, on the ways in which the neoliberalization of higher education shapes development studies pedagogy. It is our hope that these articles are read as a timely intervention and invitation to rethink development studies education in this context. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-04-18T07:00:57Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221088635
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Authors:Kamna Patel First page: 222 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. This article unpacks how ‘development’ is represented and sold in postgraduate development studies courses at two UK universities, based on a close reading of the course’s marketing materials and interviews with professional marketing staff within the university, academic leads on development studies courses and current development studies students. It explores the effects of development representations on students and their imaginations of the discipline and the university brand. I find representations of development engender a cosmopolitan desire mainly among international students and project a cosmopolitan virtue of the university through its development activities and associations. Contrary to seeing the cosmopolitan as a progressive political concept in a time of globalisation, I contend these cosmopolitan identities are imbued with the racialised legacies of colonial power. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-04-11T02:56:23Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221089071
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Authors:Amy North, Rosie Westerveld, Chris Yates, Ian Warwick, Elaine Chase First page: 257 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. This article considers findings from the ‘More Than Knowledge Transfer’ research project, which was concerned with understanding the personal and professional trajectories of alumni from postgraduate programmes in education and international development. The article reflects on qualitative data to explore four key questions: what alumni value about their postgraduate study; the perceived usefulness of different types of learnings; how these are seen as connected to, or disconnected from, development practice; and how they are shaped by the expectations that students bring with them to the programme and their existing experiences in the international development field. The article suggests a need to problematize assumed dichotomies between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ or ‘skills’ and ‘criticality’ and instead consider how these relationships may be shaped by students’ own backgrounds and positionalities. It argues that supporting students to engage critically with, and move and build connections between, different spaces of learning and practice is key for engendering and sustaining critical and reflective approaches as they complete their studies and develop their careers in the development sector. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-01-30T05:29:42Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934211065576
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Authors:Moritz Schmoll First page: 272 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Development degrees have begun experimenting with real-life consultancy projects carried out by students for external clients in the development sector. Students, concerned about their ‘employability’, flock to these programmes due to their promises of hands-on, professionalizing experience. Surprisingly, these developments have not yet triggered a major reflection on what this teaching device means for the way our students are educated. I address this gap by critically examining their functioning, the different actors and their motivations and incentives. I argue that the introduction of development organizations into the teaching relationship challenges three core academic principles: scientificity, fairness and ethics. Drawing on my experience of managing a consultancy project module, I discuss the extent to which departments can address them. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-02-06T05:57:51Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221075176
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Authors:Des Gasper First page: 288 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. Critical development studies require not just a critical attitude, but also usable tools. This article suggests some forms of discourse analysis that can add substance to critical development studies’ aspirations and that can yet be learnt and used by students without specialist background. Central are tools for ‘making strange’ (defamiliarization), so that we view both texts and social realities in a fresh independent way and start to discern better their blindspots, and our own. The article presents accessible yet helpful forms of text analysis, argumentation analysis and content analysis that contribute in required processes of defamiliarization and reconstruction. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-03-24T09:20:33Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221080828
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Authors:Lilian N. Schofield First page: 305 Abstract: Progress in Development Studies, Ahead of Print. This observation is an autoethnographic contribution to understand the epistemological complexities of being employed on a precarious contract and challenging racialized abuse in a higher education institution. I ask the following question: What does it mean for precariously employed Black staff to face and challenge racialized acts and have their expertise questioned by students' This observation draws on my experience of teaching and accompanying students on their compulsory overseas field study. A key finding is the implication that precarious employment practices perpetuate inequality in the discipline of development studies by limiting the ability of Black educators to confront or challenge abuse. Citation: Progress in Development Studies PubDate: 2022-04-08T08:08:41Z DOI: 10.1177/14649934221089085
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