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      Local governance in Ghana is more complicated than central versus regional
      Daniel Chachu, Michael Danquah, Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Measuring the effectiveness of local government in Ghana is hampered by incomplete records, but despite that there are still visible patterns, write Daniel Chachu, Michael Danquah, and Rachel M. Gisselquist.Decentralisation, or the transfer of power, responsibilities, and resources from central to...
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      Do the principles of effective development co-operation improve development outcomes?
      – The case for clearer definitions and measurement
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro - Development Policy Review
      THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW Elaborated in their current form in Busan in 2011, and reiterated in Geneva in 2022, the four Principles of Effective Development Co-operation comprise country ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, and transparency and mutual accountability. Framed to...
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      Why the Aid Effectiveness Principles are important for development
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro - The Loop , 2023 - Colchester, UK
      Demonstrating empirically the Aid Effectiveness Principles' global impact on development is a challenge. But according to Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino and Andrea Vaccaro, the value of these principles lies in mobilizing support for normative commitments such as establishing effective...
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      COVID-19 and the state
      – Exploring a puzzling relationship in the early stages of the pandemic
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Andrea Vaccaro - Journal of International Development , 2023
      During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was wealthier countries with stronger institutions that suffered the highest numbers of cases and fatalities. Many weaker countries were instead praised for more effective pandemic response. What explains this seeming puzzle? We re-consider these...
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      Theoretical models of inequality
      – Examples from rational choice theory and behavioural economics
      Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon, Rachel M. Gisselquist - International Social Science Journal , 2023
      Using illustrations from research on inequality, this essay makes a case for ‘behavioural synthesis’, that is the reconciliation between neo-classical and behavioural economics. Focusing on selected theories of absolute and relative inequality, we first give a brief critique of utilitarian models...
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      Do the effectiveness principles matter for development?
      – Evidence from aid effectiveness data
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      The Principles of Effective Development Co-operation provide an important reference point for foreign aid and international development assistance. Although the principles—country ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, and transparency and mutual accountability—are framed to support...
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      Affirmative action around the world: insights from a new dataset
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Simone Schotte, Min Jung Kim - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach for addressing group-based inequalities along ethnic, religious, and racial lines (e.g. horizontal inequalities). It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in the...
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      Clientelist Politics and Development
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Kunal Sen - World Development , 2023
      FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE/COLLECTION IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT (journal), INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES ON OPEN ACCESS | Political clientelism — which reflects strategic, discretionary, and targeted exchange of private goods and services for political support to the incumbent — has characterised distributive...
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      The impact of affirmative action in India and the United States
      – A systematic literature review
      Simone Schotte, Tharcisio Leone, Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper provides a systematic review of quantitative literature investigating the success of affirmative action policies in addressing socio-economic inequalities between ethnic groups in education and employment. We focus on two of the most influential national experiences: caste-based...
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      Does affirmative action address ethnic inequality?
      – A systematic review of the literature
      Simone Schotte, Rachel M. Gisselquist, Tharcisio Leone - UNU-WIDER , 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
      Despite the good intentions behind affirmative action policies to mediate ‘horizontal inequalities’ between ethnic groups, the evidence on their effectiveness remains open to debate. In this study, we conduct a systematic review of the literature with global scope, to add new clarity on whether...
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      Development effectiveness in fragile contexts
      – Evidence from an international research conference
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro - UNU-WIDER , 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
      This policy brief draws on the studies presented at the International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation on 17–18 November 2022, in Brussels, Belgium, jointly organized by UNU-WIDER and the European Commission (DG INTPA) under its capacity as the leading entity of...
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      Building evidence around the effectiveness principles
      – Findings from an international research conference
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Patricia Justino, Andrea Vaccaro - UNU-WIDER , 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
      This policy brief draws on the studies presented at the International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation on 17–18 November 2022, in Brussels, Belgium and jointly organized by UNU-WIDER and the European Commission (DG INTPA) under its capacity as the leading entity of...
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      Behavioural experiments as an impactful tool in sustainable development
      Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon - UNU-WIDER , 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
      Introduction Only recently has the importance and potential of behavioural sciences been recognized as a critical tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This long-awaited recognition comes from the highest levels of the United Nations, with the Secretary-General recently issuing a...
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      COVID-19 in India: cases, deaths, and vaccinations
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Anustup Kundu - Ideas For India , 2022 - London, UK
      The Omicron variant resulted in a third major wave of Covid-19 in India, with the number of cases exceeding those in the second wave, albeit causing less severe illness on average. In this post, Kundu and Gisselquist draw on several nationally representative data sources to illuminate key Covid-19...
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      Three key insights for research on social mobility in developing countries
      Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, Kunal Sen - UNU-WIDER , 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
      The volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants, brings together leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines working on a variety of issues related to social mobility. Three motivations guide this joint effort: identifying important knowledge...
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      On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governance
      Ines A. Ferreira, Rachel M. Gisselquist, Finn Tarp - International Studies Review , 2022
      Inequality is a major international development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key socioeconomic and political outcomes. Still, informed debate requires clear evidence. This article contributes by taking stock and...
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      Aid's impact on democracy
      Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Ana Horigoshi, Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2022 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on democratic outcomes using a panel of countries for the period between 1995 and 2018. In so doing, it speaks to a major critique of foreign aid, which is that it negatively impacts democratic governance. The analysis distinguishes between...
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      What do we need to know about social mobility in the Global South?
      Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, Kunal Sen - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      The volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods and Determinants, brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to advance research practice on social mobility. Three sets of motivations guide this joint effort: identifying important knowledge gaps; bringing...
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      Involuntary migration, inequality, and integration
      – National and subnational influences
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , 2021
      Part of Journal Special Issue Involuntary Migration, Inequality, and Integration
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      Involuntary Migration, Inequality, and Integration
      – Vietnamese and Afghan migrants in Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , 2021
      Migration is an inherent feature of human history. A rich literature considers the experiences of global migrants across diverse environments. This special issue explores such experiences with a focus on inequality between migrants and host populations in countries of settlement. It asks: why are...
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      COVID-19 and the Global South — From crisis response to sustainable development
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      Around the world, the pandemic, and the measures taken to address it, have had far reaching effects on poverty, inequality, and governance. And even as the need for global action has increased, many wealthy countries have turned inwards — with closed borders, stockpiling of vaccines, and...
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      Social mobility and horizontal inequality
      Patricia Funjika, Rachel M. Gisselquist - Oxford University Press , 2021
      From the book: Social Mobility in Developing Countries
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      Staffan Lindberg’s keynote address is a wake-up call
      Timothy Shipp - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      In introducing Staffan Lindberg’s keynote at the WIDER Development Conference, UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow and political scientist Rachel Gisselquist says that the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to new restrictions on rights and freedoms at a time when experts have been warning about the decline...
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      Foreign aid and peacebuilding
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - Oxford University Press , 2021
      Foreign aid is a core component of peacebuilding and among the largest external financial flows to fragile states and conflict-affected areas. Nevertheless, troubling critiques have been raised about its overall impact and effectiveness. Some of the most troubling speak to whether it has succeeded...
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      Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Andrea Vaccaro - The Conversation UK , 2021 - London, UK
      During the first year of the pandemic, it was wealthier countries, with their comparatively stronger health systems, civil services, legal systems and other public services, that suffered the highest rates of COVID-19. Indeed, countries rated to be best prepared to respond to public health threats...
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      COVID-19 and the state
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Andrea Vaccaro - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      We expect effective state institutions to matter in a country’s ability to respond to crises. Yet notably in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, what has stood out in simple global snapshots is that wealthier countries with stronger institutions have had the highest numbers of cases and...
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      Foreign aid can help stem the decline of democracy, if used in the right way
      Rachel M. Gisselquist, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa - The Conversation UK , 2021
      Democracy is having a hard time. In India, once the world’s largest democracy, the pandemic has hastened the country’s slide toward authoritarianism. In the US, the Trump administration’s attacks on democratic norms reached new lows when the former president, backed by the Republican party, refused...
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      Consolidating behavioural economics and rational choice theory
      – Insights from inequality research
      Klarizze Anne Martin Puzon, Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      Using illustrations from research on inequality, this paper offers evidence on the strengths of ‘behavioural synthesis’, i.e. the reconciliation between neoclassical and behavioural economics.We compare how theoretical models of absolute and relative inequality have evolved from assumptions of...
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      From the editor's desk
      – Focus on data
      Timothy Shipp - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      This month, a partnership between UNU-WIDER and the Groningen Growth and Development Center (GGDC) brings a new database on economic transformation public. The first findings from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD), and what they could imply, are outlined in an article that appeared in the...
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      A ‘data revolution’ for sustainable development leaves gaps on inequality
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      Among the many things said about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the description by the President of the UN General Assembly’s 70th session, Mogens Lykketoft, that the SDGs represented ‘an unprecedented statistical challenge’. In addition to the 17 goals, there are 169 targets and 232...
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      On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governance
      Ines A. Ferreira, Rachel M. Gisselquist, Finn Tarp - UNU-WIDER , 2021 - Helsinki, Finland
      Countering recent rises in many countries of inequality in income and wealth is widely recognized as a major development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key development aims. Still, an informed debate on the effects...
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      Clientelism – another reason to worry about US democracy
      Rachel M. Gisselquist - The Loop , 2021
      The last several months have given us many reasons to worry about US democracy – not least the riot at the US Capitol and the president’s refusal to accept the results of the November election, with Republican support. Rachel Gisselquist argues that clientelism is yet another reason to worry...
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