Syllabus

All articles are freely available on the Fronter website.

What Works: Understanding and Appreciating Success (Dan Banik)

Banik, D. (2014) “The Global Citizen and the Immorality of Poverty” in A. B. Sterri (ed.), Global Citizens: Challenges and Responsibilities in an Interconnected World, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers
Fosu, A. (2013) “Achieving Development Success”, WIDER Policy Brief, No. 3 2013.
Manor, J. (2007) “Introduction: Synthesizing Case Study Findings' in J. Manor (ed.) Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
A. de Haan (2009) “Aid: The Drama, The Fiction, and Does It Work?”, ISS Working Paper No. 488.

Dimensions of Development (Francis Fukuyama)

Fukuyama, F. (2012) The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (excerpt).
Fukuyama, F. and Marwah, S. (2000) “Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Dimensions of Development”, Journal of Democracy 11(4): 80-94.
Fukuyama, F. (2015) “Why is Democracy Performing So Poorly?”, Journal of Democracy 26(1): 11-20

State-building and Development (Stephen D. Krasner)

Acemoglu, D. and James A. Robinson (2011) Why Nations Fail, New York: Crown Publishers (Preface).
Lipset, S. M. (1959) “Some Social Requisites of Democracy”, American Political Science Review Vol. 53: 79-84.
Boix, C. (2011) “Democracy, Development, and the International System”, American Political Science Review, 105(4): 809-28.
Inglehart, R. and Welzel, C. (2009) “How Development Leads to Democracy”, Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr 2009, Vol. 88, Issue 2.
Krasner, S. D. (2011) “Review Article: Foreign Aid: Competing Paradigms”, Journal of Intervention and State Building, 5(2): 123-149.

The Role of Ideas in Development (Desmond McNeill)

McNeill, D. (2000) “The Concept of Sustainable Development” in A. Holland, K. Lee and D. McNeill (eds.), Global Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press.
McNeill, D. (2004) “The Informal Sector: Biography of an Idea” in M. B??s and D. McNeill, Global Institutions: Framing the World? London: Routledge.

Promising Practices in the Domain of Poverty Reduction (Dan Banik)

Banik, D. (2011) “Growth and Hunger in India”, Journal of Democracy 22(3): 90-104.
Banik, D. & Li, X. (2013) “The Pursuit of Inclusive Development in China: From Developmental to Rights-Based Social Protection”, Indian Journal of Human Development 7(1): 205-221.
Ravallion, M. (2009) “Are There Lessons for Africa from China’s Success Against Poverty?” World Development 37(2): 303-313.
Diaz-Cayeros, A. & Magaloni, B. (2009) “Aiding Latin America’s Poor”, Journal of Democracy 20(4): 36-49.

Income Inequality in Latin America (Benedicte Bull)

Cornia, G. A. (2012) “Inequality Trends and their Determinants: Latin America over 1990-2010”, UNU-WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/09
Cord, Louise et al. (2014) “Inequality Stagnation in Latin America in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis”, World Bank Policy Research paper 7146

Social Transfers Also Work in Africa (Blessings Chinsinga)

Chirwa, E. & Dorward, A. (2013) Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience, Oxford: Oxford University Press (chapters 5, 6 & 12)

TVEs and Poverty Reduction in China (Lixia Tang)

Chang, C. and Wang, Y. (1994) “The Nature of Township-Village Enterprise”, Journal of Comparative Economics 19: 434-452.
Oi, J. C. (1992) “Fiscal Reform and the Economic Foundations of Local State Corporatism in China, World Politics 45(1): 99-126.

Promising Practices in Health (Dan Banik)

Green, C. et al (2006) “Uganda’s HIV Prevention Success: The Role of Sexual Behavior Change and the National Response”, AIDS and Behavior 10 (4): 335-346.
Parkhurst, J. O. (2005) “The Response to HIV/AIDS and the Construction of National Legitimacy: Lessons from Uganda”, Development and Change 36(3): 571-590

Crop Research & Development (Ola Westengen)

Evenson, R. E. & Gollin, D. (2003) “Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000”, Science 300: 758-762.
Denning G, Kabambe P, Sanchez P, Malik A, Flor R, et al. (2009) “Input subsidies to improve smallholder maize productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution”, PLoS Biol 7(1).
Pingali, P. L. (2012) “Green Revolution: Impacts, Limits, and the Path Ahead”, PNAS 109(31): 12302–12308.

China's Agricultural Investments in Zimbabwe (Lixia Tang)

Li, X. Banik, D., Lixia, T. & Wu, J. (2014) “Difference or Indifference: China's Development Assistance Unpacked” IDS Bulletin 45(4): 22-35.
Banik, D. (2013) “China and Poverty Reduction in Africa” in Guanghua Yu (ed.), Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese Experience, London: Routledge.

From Famine to Food Self-Sufficiency (Blessings Chinsinga)

Chirwa, E. & Dorward, A. (2013) Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (chapters 5, 6 & 12)

Public Participation and Good Governance (Larry Diamond)

Diamond, L. (2005) “Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It?” in D. Narayan (ed.), Measuring Empowerment: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives, Washington, DC: World Bank.
Fukuyama, F. (2013) “What is Governance?”, Working paper 314, Center for Global Development
Acemoglu, et al. (2014) "Democracy Does Cause Growth", Working Paper 20004, National Bureau of Economic Research.

Human Rights & Development (Margot Skarpeteig)

Banik, D. (2014) “Walking the Talk: Rights, Justice and the Fight Against Poverty” in P. Keyzer, V. Popovski and C. Sampford (ed.), Access to International Justice, London: Routledge
Norad (2014) Results Report (Aid for Democracy and Human Rights), English version
WHO (2013) “Women’s and Children’s Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights”
Donald, A. and Mottershaw, E. (2009) “Poverty, Inequality and Human Rights: Do Human Rights Make a Difference? Report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

The Case of Citizen Fora in Malawi (Michael Chasukwa)

Tembo, F. (2012) “Citizen voice and state accountability: Towards theories of change that embrace contextual dynamics”, Working paper 343, Overseas Development Institute
Wild, L. and Harris, D. (2012) “The political economy of community scorecards in Malawi”, working paper, Overseas Development Institute.

Global Governance for Health (Ole Petter Ottersen)

Horton, R. & Lo, S. “Protecting Health: The Global Challenge for Capitalism”, The Lancet 383: 577-578.
Ottersen, O. P., et al. (2014) “The Lancet–University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health: The Political Origins of Health Inequity: Prospects for Change”, The Lancet 383: 630-667.

Initiatives in Rule of Law (Erik Jensen)

Weber, M. (1954) “The Economic System and the Normative Orders” in M. Rheinstein (ed.) Law in Economy and Society, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Andrews, M., Pritchett, L. & Woolcock, M. (2012) “Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)”, Working paper 299, Center for Global Development.

Diamond, L. (2010) “Liberation Technology”, Journal of Democracy, 21(3): 69-83.

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