107 research outputs found
Africa’s turn to industrialize? Shifting global value chains, industrial policy and African development
No full textOn 3 May the department of International Development held a one day conference on Industrialisation in Africa. LSE Fellow Pritish Behuria reviews the day’s events
The cautious return of import substitution in Africa
No full textAs import substitution becomes fashionable again in some African countries, LSE’s Pritish Behuria analyses how successfully this policy can be implemented given the evolving aid and investment landscape
The youth in Africa: Opportunities, resistance and transformation
No full textPritish Behuria writes a report on The Youth in Africa workshop hosted by the LSE Department of International Development on 15 May, 2017
The challenge of thinking and working politically to reform public services
No full textIn this post LSE Research Fellow Dr Pritish Behuria reviews the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Global Centre for Public Service Excellence 3-day Conference, that was held in Singapore last month (April 2016
What next after the Delhi Declaration? The challenges and opportunities of harnessing India-Africa relations
No full textAs the India Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to usher in a new era of Africa-India relations, LSE’s Pritish Behuria analyses his approach
The tentative developmental state in Rwanda: from anti-manufacturing to recapturing the domestic market
No full textIn this post, Dr Pritish Behuria highlights the reintroduction of import substitution in Rwanda under the moniker – recapturing the domestic market. He argues that this signals the tentative emergence of Rwanda’s developmental state, which has previously paid little attention to its domestic manufacturing sector
Aspiring to new heights with no ladder: the barriers to technology acquisition in India’s solar energy sector
No full textIn order to meet its ambitious solar targets India has sought to boost local production of solar cells. However, Pritish Behuria highlights how it has come up against problems, as America, the WTO and others have restricted the country’s ability to develop its domestic manufacturing capabilities. He writes that if solar cell production is to survive in India, much more government action will need to be taken
A Comparative Analysis: Chinese and Indian Exim Bank Finance in Ethiopia
No full textZhengli Huang and Pritish Behuria examine projects financed by Indian and Chinese Exim Banks to analyze how the development financing of two 'emerging' donors – India and China – has evolved in Ethiopia. In India and China, Exim Banks work both as export credit agencies and other traditional development finance organizations, thereby blurring the boundary between development assistance and economic cooperation. The authors selected Ethiopia as it is a strategic partner for both countries, and existing literature has shown that the Ethiopian government is an outlier on the continent in employing its diplomatic relations to support strategic developmental goals
Development Studies in the Mid-2020s: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future Pritish Behuria and Andy Sumner
Full text linkThe 50th anniversary of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) presents an opportune moment to reflect on the current state of Development Studies as well as to consider its future trajectory. This overview paper to the special issue presents a brief history of Development Studies, elucidates the framing of the special issue the guest editors have assembled, and presents the papers in the set, which collectively explore diversity and tensions in Development Studies in the mid-2020s. Our objective in organising this special issue is to stimulate discussion on how Development Studies can navigate its internal tensions while remaining responsive to the complexities of a turbulent world. We hope that the discussions presented here successfully showcase a variety of viewpoints regarding key debates in the field. <br/
The Injustice of Just Transitions: How the Neglect of The Green Division of Labour Cements African Dependencies Pritish Behuria
No full textJust transition discussions have been mainstreamed within global climate policy. Yet ‘just transition’ discussions have often overlooked production-based inequities. This paper argues that reducing attention to production inequities contributes to sustaining rent capture among European, North American and East Asian firms while reducing space for rents being used to enhance economic autonomy in African countries. ‘Just transition’ discussions are overshadowing how African countries have been adversely incorporated into the green division of labour in two ways, thereby reducing possibilities for effective rent management. First, African countries depend on the imports of solar panels, wind turbines and most other renewable energy technologies. Second, despite continued African hopes to invest in processing critical minerals, there remains inadequate assistance forthcoming from North America, Europe or East Asia. Instead, ‘Just transition’ advocates have focused on inequities associated with labour and loss of land, placing the onus on African countries to solve their own labour injustices resulting from energy transitions. While there is limited funding available to address within-country injustices, the anti-productivist bias within just transition discussions fail to address inter-country injustices either. Advocacy and momentum around ‘just transitions’ has side-lined attention to the injustice of Africa’s adverse incorporation into the green division of labour
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