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Commercial-Scale Renewable Energy in South Africa and its Progress to Date
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)While South Africa’s electricity sector is heavily coal-dependent, the country has recently become an attractive destination for commercial‑scale renewable energy investment. This article examines ongoing developments and ... -
The Political Economy of Investment in Renewable Electricity in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Kenya has been hailed as a successful sub-Saharan African country in attracting private investment for renewable energy. However, energy poverty remains very high, with connectivity rates lower than the average for sub-Saharan ... -
The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Investment in Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)The high level of fossil fuel consumption globally is wreaking havoc on the global climate through the emissions of greenhouse gases. Against this backdrop, there have been calls from national and international stakeholders ... -
The Political Economy of Aid for Power Sector Reform
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)Recent literature on the effectiveness of donor programmes points to the importance of understanding the political context within which reforms are taking place. The characteristics of the power sector make reform intensely ... -
Glossary: Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-11-28)This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin Vol 48 5-6, 'Green Power for Africa: Overcoming the Main Constraints'. -
Has Universal Development Come of Age?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Development policy, practice and research have largely adhered to a North–South, geographic and aid-driven view of the world. Over the last ten years the approaches of South–South cooperation have also come to prominence. ... -
Introduction: Universal Development – Research and Practice
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Development policy, practice and research have largely adhered to a North–South, geographic and aid-driven view of the world. Over the last ten years the approaches of South–South cooperation have also come to prominence. ... -
Editorial: Britain: A Case for Development?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)For the past four years the major industrial OECD countries have been in the throes of a crisis brought to a head by the oil price rises of 1973-74, but arising from longer-run difficulties which had already begun to appear ... -
Back to the Ivory Tower? The Professionalisation of Development Studies and their Extension to Europe
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)The convention is that development studies cover only the 'developing' countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, a sort of academic counterpart of OXFAM. But this convention is ceasing to be viable for European social ... -
Redistribution with Sloth – Britain’s Problem?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Many if not most economic analyses of Britain's economic difficulties suggest that slow growth is at the heart of the problem-and an acceleration of growth the obvious cure. Past experience in Britain and in the Third World ... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)This IDS Bulletin is an oddity: a publication by an institute specialising in developing countries, which consists almost entirely of papers about developed countries. There is a justification, however. It lies in the ... -
Comparisons, Convergence and Connections
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)My mission is to explore the issues of poverty and social exclusion across the boundary between developed and developing countries. Put briskly, the thesis is that increasing attention to poverty and social exclusion ... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)The rapid growth and acceptance of the concept of participation has been a key feature in development in the 1990s, and is central to the evolving discussion on social exclusion. While during the 1970s and 1980s, ... -
Introduction: New Democratic Spaces? The Politics and Dynamics of Institutionalised Participation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Across the world, as new democratic experiments meet withand transformolder forms of governance, political space for public engagement in governance appears to be widening. A renewed concern with rights, power and difference ... -
Power, Participation and Political Renewal: Issues from a Study of Public Participation in Two English Cities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Contemporary interest in citizen engagement in public policy stems from a concern with the governance and quality of public service delivery, with improving the legitimacy of decision making and witharticulating the claims ... -
Development Research: Globalised, Connected and Accountable
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-25)Does development research need reinventing? If it does, why now and in what ways does it need to be changed? These are the questions addressed by the articles in this issue of the IDS Bulletin, many of which were presented ... -
Keynes, Seers and Economic Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09-01)There is no need to repeat here what was said at the time of Dudley Seers' death about the great loss of a friend and source of inspiration. Now the time has come to take a little distance and try to appraise his contribution ... -
Courting Catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Humanitarian crises appear dramatic, overwhelming and sudden, with aid required immediately to save lives. Whereas climate change is about changing hazard patterns and crises are in reality rarely unexpected, with academic ... -
Notes on Contributors: Courting Catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 48.4, 'Courting Catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate'. -
Introduction: Courting Catastrophe? Can Humanitarian Actions Contribute to Climate Change Adaptation?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Climate change introduces new challenges for humanitarian aid through changing hazard patterns. The linkages between climate change and humanitarian aid are complex. While humanitarian organisations deal directly with ...
