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Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation by Resnick, Danielle

“…This paper argues that Ghana is strongly democratic but plagued by weak state capacity, and these politico-institutional characteristics have shaped the economic policies pursued, including in the agricultural sector, and the resultant development trajectory. Specifically, three political economy factors have undermined Ghana’s ability to achieve substantive structural transformation since then. …”
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NPS book launch: Political Economy and Policy Analysis (PEPA) Sourcebook - Soundcloud by Breisinger, Clemens, Mockshell, Jonathan, Resnick, Danielle, Quintero, Marcela, Nicol, Alan, Simbine, Antonia, Morrison, Jamie, Cantillo, Marco V. Sánchez, Iyob, Biniam, Karachiwalla, Naureen

“…Stakeholders working in food system policy research and development often ask, “What works where, why, and how?” …”
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Negotiating marginality: towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam by Hiwasaki, L., Minh, Thai Thi

Subjects: “…development policies…”
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Scalar politics, power struggles and institutional emergence in Daw Lar Lake, Myanmar by Suhardiman, Diana, Scurrah, N., Ayemyaing, N.

“…This paper looks at scalar politics, power struggles, and institutional emergence in Daw Lar Lake in Karen state, Myanmar. …”
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Political and economic drivers of Sudan's armed conflict: Implications for the agri-food system by Abushama, Hala, Resnick, Danielle, Siddig, Khalid, Kirui, Oliver K.

“…We discuss these aspects of the ensuing conflict in view of the uncertainty about political and economic developments and propose policy recommendations for rebuilding Sudan’s agri-food system holistically under different scenarios.…”
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A political-economy model to reduce fire and improve livelihoods in Indonesia's lowlands by Purnomo, H., Kusumadewi, S.D., Ilham, Q.P., Puspitaloka, D., Hayati, D., Sanjaya, M., Okarda, B., Dewi, S., Dermawan, A., Brady, M.A.

“…This study aims to determine how governance and political-economic factors affect sustainability of lowland agriculture. …”
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A critical review of the current global ex situ conservation system for plant agrobiodiversity. I. History of the development of the global system in the context of the political/legal framework and its major conservation components by Engels, Johannes M.M., Ebert, Andreas W.

“…In the spontaneously developing global conservation system, plant breeders played an important role, aiming at the availability of genetic diversity in their breeding work. …”
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Foreign direct investments under political uncertainty : a case study of crop production in Ukraine by Valdenfeldt, Anastasiia

“…Moreover, the majority of the investments’ flows are directed to developing countries, where power and capabilities of state authorities are considered to be more extensive than in countries of developed economies. …”

Evaluating policy coherence in food, land, and water systems: evidence from India by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), International Water Management Institute

Subjects: “…political aspects…”
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The institutional economics of water: a cross-country analysis of institutions and performance by Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria, Dinar, A.

Subjects: “…institutional development…”
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Governing seeds in East Africa in the face of climate change: Assessing political and social outcomes by Westengen, O.T., Haug, R., Guthiga, Paul M., Macharia, E.

“…In order to assess political and social outcomes of this development agenda, we compare maize seed system development in Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania, combining policy analysis with quantitative analysis of farmers' seed use. …”
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Politics, plurality and problemsheds: a strategic approach for reform of agricultural water resources management by Mollinga, P.P., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Merrey, Douglas J.

“…Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change is required in the approach to policy and institutional transformation if the present deadlock in the internalisation of ecological sustainability, human development/poverty alleviation and democratic governance into the 'core business' of water bureaucracies is to be overcome. …”
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The politics of participation: negotiating relationships through community forestry in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala by Millner, Naomi, Peñagaricano, Irune, Fernández, Maria, Snook, Laura K.

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A political study trip to the Netherlands to stimulate diffusion of Dutch bicycle policies in Sweden? by Strategier, Nina

“…Therefore the presence of the conditions for diffusion of innovation will be studied. Additionally, a political study trip to The Netherlands for Swedish municipalities will be developed. …”
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Hydro politics and interprovincial relations in Pakistan : a case study of the Kalabagh Dam controversy by Muhammad, Usman

The role of open data in evidencing and limiting political interference in public input distribution in Guatemala by Müller, Anna, Blom, Juultje, Mora, Vesalio, Etten, Jacob van

“…One main point of critique is that these programs are vulnerable to political interference leading to misuse. In this paper we assess if targeted investments in public data and information infrastructure can reduce entry points for political interference. …”
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Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects by Myers, R., Larson, A.M., Ravikumar, A., Kowler, L.F., Yang, A.L., Trench, T.

“…As is typical in aid or ‘development’ projects conceived in the global North, most of the solutions advanced to improve REDD+ tend to focus on addressing issues of justice (or ‘fairness’) in distributive terms, rather than addressing more inherently political objections to REDD+ such as those based on rights or social justice. …”
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Catalyzing farmer-led irrigation development in Africa: vision and pathways drawing from business, research and development practices by Minh, Thai Thi, Ofosu, Abena, Cofie, Olufunke O., Li, R., Bobtoya, Saadia, Makenzi, M., Schmitter, Petra S.

Subjects: “…irrigation development…”
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Supporting Cambodian climate negotiators for COP - including Brief to the Senate by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Subjects: “…politics…”
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IWRM in Uganda-progress after decades of implementation by Nicol, Alan, Odinga, W.

Subjects: “…water resources development…”
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