From the DSA-OUP book series Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies

Publication date: August 2025

• Combines quantitative analysis using novel geo-referenced datasets with qualitative insights from over 90 field interviews, many of which have never been published before
• Develops a new framework linking “trade-effective aid” and “meaningful market access” as essential, interdependent drivers of export-led growth
• Includes case studies from diverse regions – South-East Asia, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Pacific-highlighting successes and failures in globalization

Publication date: April 2025

• Sheds new light on the record of aid under fragility and spotlights two key implications for research and practice going forward
• Shows fundamental challenges with the application of the aid effectiveness principles in fragile contexts, especially with respect to the core principle of country ownership
• Brings together contributions from leading experts, drawing on diverse quantitative and qualitative analyses across a range of fragile and conflict-affected context

• 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

• Offers a novel way of thinking about migration in South Korea and how it relates to the country’s economic miracle
• Draws on archival and interview data to provide a detailed historical account of the beginnings of the Philippine state’s migration policy
• Presents insights from comparison of the South Korea and the Philippines experiences with migration