Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies

Publication date: March 2025

• Provides a centre to the left innovative analysis of capitalism
• Gives great relevance to the class coalitions that define the phases of capitalist development
• Highly original in the analysis of rentier capitalists, which became dominant in the Neoliberal Years

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Publication date: February 2025

• Draws new insights on the role of the state in crisis response through focused study of experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest global crisis in recent memory
• Provides detailed consideration of how the state matters across the three core dimensions of capacity, authority, and legitimacy
• Highlights the important interplay between the state and the government in power and illustrates how state institutions matter for crisis response
• This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Publication date: December 2024

• Engages directly with one of the biggest issues of our time: how to end global poverty while protecting nature, including the climate
• Recommendations are based on a significant body of research together with a large amount of case study and other evidence from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle-East
• Uniquely combines the policy issues facing governments of resource rich countries with analysis of ways that companies can do more to improve their local and national development impact
• An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence