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Journal of Development Policy and Practice
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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 2455-1333 - ISSN (Online) 2455-4953
Published by Sage Publications

[1176 journals]

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  Authors: Bobby John, Amir Ullah Khan
  Pages: 121 - 122
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 121-122, July 2023.
  
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-31T06:37:37Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231166470
  Issue No: Vol. 8, No. 2 (2023)
Understanding Female Labour Force Participation and Domestic Work in
India: The Role of Co-residence and Household Composition
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  Authors: Balhasan Ali, Preeti Dhillon, Sivakami Muthusamy, Udaya Shankar Mishra
  Pages: 162 - 193
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 162-193, July 2023.
  Despite a remarkable increase in girls’ educational enrolment and a significant decline in fertility over the last few decades, India witnessed a substantial decline in women’s labour force participation. This article investigates the nexus between family composition and women’s participation in domestic work and the labour force in India overtime. Domestic work participation of women with secondary and middle level of education has increased; however, it has declined among women with graduate degrees. This study finds evidences that the presence of the elderly women, not the elderly men, encourages other adult women’s engagement in labour force participation as against their domestic participation. This analysis also observes that the gender composition of elderly members within the household influence women’s labour force participation. It is also observed that higher educational level among women counters the adverse effect of family care burden and creates a supportive environment for women’s participation in the labour force.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-31T06:37:39Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231165355
  Issue No: Vol. 8, No. 2 (2023)
Policies and Practices of Managing Higher Education in India: Lessons
Learned from the Pandemic Experience
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  Authors: Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, C. M. Malish, Angrej Singh Gill
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  The COVID-19 epidemic has affected higher education worldwide, more so in developing societies. While several studies have looked at the impact of this pandemic on higher education, evidence on the changing policies and practices of managing higher education in a global crisis is still sparse. We present an analysis of how the higher education sector was managed at the system (national/state) institutional and individual levels during the pandemic in India. Drawing on the notion of federalism, we examine the process of decision-making and policy implementation during the crisis and its long-term implications on the governance of higher education. We use student and teacher survey data and critical review of documents by the government and regulatory bodies of higher education, at national and state levels, in our analysis. We find that students have faced the issues like a lack of peer group interactions, unavailability of study materials and lack of regular interaction with teachers that often helps them in performing better while in colleges and universities. Teachers, particularly from private higher education institutions, suffered immense economic distress due to undue delay in receipt of salaries, salary cuts or retrenchment. More importantly, responses to the pandemic-led challenges for higher education by regulatory and coordinating bodies are seldom based on assessing the challenges students and teachers face. It is argued that federalism in education has been substantially weakened as the pandemic response followed a centralised and unilateral approach of decision-making. The article concludes with the short-term and long-term implications of the pandemic-led crisis on the higher education sector in India, adds to the growing literature on the issue.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-09-04T09:00:56Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231175758
Out of Coverage Area: Tribes and Digital Exclusion in North-east India
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  Authors: Raile Rocky Ziipao
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  Digital space is fast transforming the way we communicate, building social relations, a sense of entertainment, business, political campaign and an arena of exclusion for certain social groups. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes the deep digital divide and social inequality among different social groups in India. Digital exclusion is the new horizon of social exclusion. This paper charts out where tribes in North-east India stand in terms of digital infrastructure/space. The paper argues that digitalising welfare schemes/programmes and e-governance without adequate digital/IT infrastructure further marginalised and excluded tribes from development processes leading to disempowerment.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-08-17T11:26:01Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231163930
Threshold Effect of Remittance Inflows on Selected Macroeconomic Variables
in Nigeria
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  Authors: Olumuyiwa Tolulope Apanisile, Nwamaka Blessing Oliseyenum
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  The study examines the threshold effect of remittance inflows and also investigates the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic variables in Nigeria. The study selected two macroeconomic variables—output growth and inflation rate. This was done to evaluate the proposition that an economy can experience both the positive and negative effect of remittance inflows over time. The study employs the use of annual secondary data spanning from 1986 to 2019 on variables of interest. Analysis was done using the threshold regression technique, vector error correction and Granger causality. A single threshold value was obtained for both inflation and output models, which led to splitting the models into two separate regimes. The study discovered that remittance inflows in Nigeria are large enough to significantly influence key macroeconomic variables and that private consumption, money supply and interest rate are the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic variables. The study, therefore, concludes that the best way to maximise remittance inflows within the Nigerian economy is to effectively engage inflows in productive investments.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-08-07T06:45:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231173256
Revisiting Decentralised Governance of Natural Resources in India:
Conceptual Binaries and Restrictive Policy Design
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  Authors: Kabita Baral
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  In India, in the post-1990s, fresh and renewed attention has been given to promoting participatory decentralised governance of natural resources (DGNR). The current paper reviews research on the DGNR in India. The paper observes that DGNR has failed in implementing its several objectives, such as ensuring meaningful and effective local participation, incorporation of local knowledge and conservation of natural resources. The paper goes further to claim failure of DGNR in India is beyond procedural. The reasons for failure are deep-rooted in the conceptual assumption underlying policy design. The paper finds that some of the problematic conceptualisations predominantly resulted from policy designing from an objectivist strandpoint. The paper reviews the available literature on the decentralised governance in India and the state’s decentalised resource governance policies. The current paper claims that the current designing of decentralised governance of natural resources (DGNR) is restrictive in nature and limits effective participation of local community in natural resources governance. As an improvement to the current design, the paper argues for a reflexive understanding of human–nature relation to be incorporated into DGNR designing.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-08-03T08:22:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231185000
The Impact of Large-scale Agricultural Investments in Low-income Economies
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  Authors: Emerta A. Aragie
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in large-scale agricultural land acquisitions in developing countries. The accompanying socio-economic implications have been areas of debate among politicians, policymakers and development agents. This paper argues that the traditional way of simulating the impacts of these investments in developing countries is misleading as the approach implies that the new investments are identical to the semi-subsistence way of farming that dominates agricultural practices in the host countries. In this study, we incorporate the peculiarity of large-scale agro-investments into an existing database for economy-wide models, i.e., social accounting matrix (SAM), and capture welfare and distributional outcomes properly. SAM-based multiplier models applied to Ethiopian data justify the need to account for the peculiarity of the investments in terms of production technology and their geographic distribution.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-08-03T08:21:12Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231183249
Community Participation in Planning Social Infrastructure Delivery in
Ghana’s Local Government: A Case Study of Shai Osudoku District
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  Authors: Allan Kasapa, Charles Gyan
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  The unintended consequences associated with non-inclusive participation are a key structural challenge facing Ghana’s decentralisation efforts over the past 25 years. This article uses a social transformation framework to examine the planning process in the delivery of social infrastructure. The qualitative descriptive design that draws from the naturalistic paradigm provided an in-depth exploration of stakeholder participation in planning social infrastructure delivery. Results suggest that the planning process is initiated by the district assembly within a legal framework and for which local participation is by invitation. The article argues for the setup of a local management team as part of the structure for social infrastructure delivery.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-11T10:25:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231165831
Public Expenditure on Education in India: Centre–State Allocations
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  Authors: Venkatanarayana Motkuri, Ellanki Revathi
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  Education, as a public good, necessitates state expenditure. As a concurrent subject, it requires co-sharing of financial, regulatory and developmental functions in a federal polity. Public expenditure on education in India is around 4% of GDP. However, analysis shows that only 1% is borne by the Union while 3% is borne by the states together. The long pending goal of spending 6% of GDP on education, needs to be equally shared by both the central and the state governments lest the development of education remain a lofty ideal.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-07T09:07:47Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231163949
Health Sector Development in India: An Account from Bhore Committee 1946
to National Health Policy 2017
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  Authors: Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Parthsarathi Dehury, Nischala Sripathi, GVRK Acharyulu, Manas Ranjan Behera, Suryanarayana Neeragatti
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  Many ideas were implemented to protect the health of Indian citizens and refugees, rural and urban population, young and old, and men and women over several decades. Some of the policies are translated to programmes in the ground level and help improve the measurable rates and ratios of the health system successfully. There is an improvement in life expectancy at birth, reduction of child mortality and maternal mortality, control, and reduction of epidemics over a period spanning more than seven decades post-independence. However, the comparison of the health achievement of India with the global south and north brings much disparity in the achievement rates, of which India clearly belongs to the global south. This article highlights many salient features of relevant healthcare policies and the progress thereof in the crucible of time. The article discusses the key historical developments in the Bhore Committee report 1946, Planning Commission of India, Alma Atta Declaration 1978, Health for All by 2000, National health policy 2002, High-Level Expert Group Report 2011, National Health Policy 2017, Astana Declaration 2017, and Prime Ministers Jan Arogya Yojna 2018, along with other policy documents having a strong bearing on the healthcare system of India.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-05T09:17:01Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231163666
Gender Heterogeneity and Inter-generational Transmission of Learning
Ability in India
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  Authors: Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, Kirtti Ranjan Paltasingh, Pabitra Kumar Jena, K. Ramachandra Rao
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  This article examines the role of gender heterogeneity in inter-generational transmission of learning efficiency, a proxy for scholastic ability. We use primary survey data of 1000 elementary students collected from 125 public schools in Uttar Pradesh in 2019. Efficiency scores calculated from data envelopment analysis by considering students’ academic test scores in various courses are used as a proxy for learning ability. First, we find strong evidence of inter-generational transmission of schooling of father, mother, and average parents to their children. Second, the study finds that a mother’s educational attainment in children’s learning efficiency is relatively more significant than that of the father. In addition, we observe the gender heterogeneous effect of parents’ education on children’s learning efficiency, where transmission effects in the case of girls show improvement if parents’ level of education increases. As a policy implication, the study highlights the importance of girls’ education, which not only narrows the gender gap in education but also facilitates the inter-generational transmission of learning, benefitting the family and society.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-07-03T11:26:46Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333231156503
Public Health Spending in the Philippines: A Cointegration and Causality
Analysis Using Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach
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  Authors: Jaycar P. Espinosa, Ronaldo R. Cabauatan, Virgilio M. Tatlonghari
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  For several decades now, the budget allocated by the Philippine government health spending (public health expenditure; PHE) has steadily risen, but the desired health outcomes for Filipinos leave much to be desired if viewed historically. This study explains how per capita PHE in the Philippines is conditioned by a set of factors based on time series data from 1960 to 2019. To achieve this, an autoregressive distributed lag model with an error correction model component was designed to estimate long-run and short-run dynamics. Based on the results, income, youth population, industrialisation, and selected health outcomes significantly influence PHE. Since most of the factors exert significant effects, coupled with the finding of a long-run cointegrating relationship and fairly stable parameters, reliable PHE estimates can be made by Philippine health and fiscal authorities and enable policymakers to design and implement the needed level of intervention in the country’s public health sector.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2023-04-24T07:27:49Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333221144363
Migration, Diversity and Development in the Villages in Murshidabad
District, West Bengal
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  Authors: Md Musharuddin Sk
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  With their significant social and cultural diversities, people live together in villages of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The densely populated villages have high pressure on resources such as land and the rural labour market. NITI AYOG has reported Murshidabad district as one of the most backward districts in India. International labour migration started in the 1970s following the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for better jobs and income. Devastating floods in 2000 accelerated the emigration of labour to the Gulf countries to mitigate the damage. In recent years, especially post-flood time, Hindu neighbours with Muslim counterparts also moved to Gulf countries for better income. Remittances improved villagers’ material conditions (land and housing) and developed the growing local rural market.The knitted social cohesion between Hindus and Muslims initiated and accelerated the emigration process of Hindus, too, later on, further tightening the family and social ties in the post-migration period. This trust and ties of diverse groups have strengthened the potential for creating sustainable societies and attaining several SDGs, specifically SDG 1 (no poverty) and SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions).
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2022-12-29T09:55:52Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333221140716
Exploring the Gender Dimension in Financial Inclusion in India: Insights
from the Global Findex Database
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  Authors: Sanjukta Sarkar, Saritha Nair, M. Vishnu Vardhana Rao
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  Despite great progress in recent years in improving access to formal financial services in developing countries, there is still significant access and usage disparity between men and women. We use individual-level data from the World Bank’s Global Findex 2017 database to investigate the differences in the use of accounts by men and women who are account holders and who save and borrow money formally to provide a comprehensive picture of individuals’ financial behaviour in India. Employing treatment effects estimations through the use of propensity scores, we find that although there is improvement in saving behaviour, borrowing behaviour as well as financial resilience among men and women who save and borrow formally as compared to those who do not, women lag significantly behind men in terms of the same. Thus, expanding women’s access to economic opportunity is critical to achieving gender equality in financial inclusion and unlocking the potential for economic empowerment and development. Our findings can aid in the formulation of policies that consider the unique requirements of women in order to increase financial inclusion and close the gender gap in India.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2022-12-29T09:52:53Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333221141570
Pesticide Use in Indian Agriculture: Policy Alternatives for Environmental
Health
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  Authors: Divya Chaudhry
  Abstract: Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Ahead of Print.
  This article makes a case for introducing actionable policy alternatives to address the human health hazards posed by agricultural use of pesticides in India. Pesticides, which include insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides, and fungicides, are widely used in global agricultural practices to protect crops from pest attacks. While pesticides are considered important for their role in boosting agricultural productivity and meeting global food security targets, the article argues that pesticides have a detrimental impact on human health both via occupational and non-occupational routes of exposure. It discusses the human health effects of prolonged pesticide exposure both in the international and national contexts. The article shows that despite a lower aggregate and per capita pesticide consumption vis-à-vis other countries at the national level, the use of agricultural pesticides in India has led to a disproportionate burden of premature deaths due to chronic diseases. By categorising the registered Indian pesticides as per the World Health Organization’s toxicity criterion, the paper argues that unregulated sale of both registered and unregistered pesticides must be addressed to counter the broader health hazards associated with pesticides in general, and the looming burden of chronic diseases that India is faced with in particular.
  Citation: Journal of Development Policy and Practice
  PubDate: 2022-10-03T10:26:50Z
  DOI: 10.1177/24551333221121890