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Moving Towards Inclusive Development? Recent Views on Inequalities, Frugal Innovations, Urban Geo-Technologies, Gender and Hybrid Governance

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This article contributes to the discussion within European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes on how development studies are changing, by setting out recent views on new and changing research topics, and drawing out implications for current discussions on inclusive development. The contributions are written by authors working at the cutting edge of development studies, in terms of their perspectives on development pathways and engagement with other disciplines. They centre on three concerns: (i) poverty and inequalities, (ii) economic development through innovations in local production and international value chains, and global innovations impacting people and policies everywhere, and (iii) hybrid governance arrangements, emerging as non-state actors take on governing activities. Analysing their contributions shows that authors link several dimensions of inclusive development. The conclusion is that thinking about inclusive development must engage with disciplines that are non-traditional for development studies scholars in framing what areas of concern are relevant and strategic.

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Cette article contribue aux discussions d’EADI sur les changements qui ont place au sein des études en matière de développement, en établissant quels sont les avis les plus récents, quels sont les nouveau sujets de recherches, et en expliquant quelles implications tout cela a sur les discussions en matière de développement inclusif. Les articles dans cette section ont été écrits par des auteurs qui travaillent à l’avant-garde des études en matière de développement, soit grâce à leurs perspectives qu’à leurs engagements avec d’autres disciplines. Les articles ont trois thèmes principales: 1. Pauvreté et inégalité; 2. Développement économique à travers des innovations dans la production locale, les chaines de valeur internationales, et les innovations globales qui impactent les gens et les politiques partout; 3. Dispositions de gouvernance hybrides, qui émergent quand des acteurs qui ne sont pas partie de l’état assument des activités gouvernementales. Les auteurs relient plusieurs dimensions en matière de développement inclusif; on conclut que ce sujet qui doit s’engager avec des disciplines non-traditionnelles pour encadrer quels secteurs sont les plus pertinents et stratégiques.

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  1. A small committee has started reviewing the earlier EADI Vision Paper; first results indicate both an increase in publications on development issues, and increasing inter-disciplinarity (Draft Vision Paper, 2015). The committee is also engaging in discussions with the international development research community in several countries in the South with established academic institutions and their own debates on development issues (Brazil, South Africa, India and China).

  2. Jaffe and others are carrying out comparative research on security arrangements in Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, several African countries and Israel, for instance.

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Baud, I. Moving Towards Inclusive Development? Recent Views on Inequalities, Frugal Innovations, Urban Geo-Technologies, Gender and Hybrid Governance. Eur J Dev Res 28, 119–129 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2016.1

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