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Access to water in the slums of sub-Saharan Africa
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, S.A. (2011)This article reviews the changing perspectives for improving access to water in the slums of developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. While much of the literature continues to maintain an aversion to state-led ... -
Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009-06)The discussion reveals the failure of public policies as well as markets to provide satisfactory solutions to the problems of access to a safe, affordable and continuous water supply. In many countries, especially those ... -
Austerity urbanism, local government debt-drive, and post COVID predicaments in Britain
Dagdeviren, Hulya (2024-01-01)Conditions of local governance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis are often discussed as reflections of ‘austerity urbanism’. What forms of mutations have taken place in austerity urbanism after the initial ... -
Crisis, sustainability of electricity prices and state interventions in Argentina
Dagdeviren, Hulya (2012-04)This article examines the sustainability of wholesale power prices following the 2001 economic crisis in Argentina. We depart from the contractual disputes between the multinational power generating companies and the state ... -
A Critical Assessment of Transaction Cost Theory and Governance of Public Services with Special Reference to Water and Sanitation
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon Andrew (2016-01-06)This paper aims to provide a critical assessment of Oliver Williamson’s work on the choice between public and private governance by focusing on his central proposition that public governance should be considered as an ... -
A critical asssessment of incomplete contracts theory for private participation in public services : The case of water sector in Ghana
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. (2013-08-30)This paper provides a critical analysis of the recent developments in the incomplete contracts theory and its conclusions for privatisation of public services. Drawing upon a case study of management contract for urban ... -
Critical perspectives on resilience
Calado, Alexandre; Capucha, Luis; Dagdeviren, Hulya; Donoghue, Matthew; Estêvão, Pedro (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-12-08)This chapter aims to contribute to the critical discussion of the concept of resilience and its pertinence and usefulness to contexts of socioeconomic hardship. Starting from an approach that contrasts the poverty studies ... -
Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction : Case of Zambia
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Chisala, Victoria; Geda, Alemeyahu; McKinley, Terry; Saad-Filho, Alfredo; Oya, Carlos; Weeks, John (United Nations Development Programme, 2006) -
Financialisation, Welfare Retrenchment and Subsistence Debt in Britain
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Balasuriya, Jiayi; Luz, Sheilla; Malik, Muhammed; Shah, Syed (2020-02-04)This paper investigates the dynamics of low income household (LIH) indebtedness under austerity in Britain. Building on a range of political economy studies on the role of the state in the process of financialisation, the ... -
How much poverty could HIPC reduce
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Weeks, J. (University of Hertfordshire, 2001)This paper reviews the development of the HIPC Initiative, then considers how much poverty could be reduced through debt relief. Using a simple distribution function and measures of inequality, US one dollar a day poverty ... -
Impasse or mutation? Austerity and (de)financialisation of local governments in Britain
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Karwowski, Ewa (2021-08-02)Post crisis, local governments’ budgets have been drastically cut in Britain. Similar budgetary strains had serious consequences in the past, leading to major restructuring in local governments’ functions. This paper ... -
Land Tenure and Food Security in South India
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Elangovan, Arthanari; Parimalavelli, Ramanathan (2023-09-30)Tenure security with land titles is considered important for agricultural productivity and growth. In this view, formal titles enable land to be used as collateral, facilitate access to credit markets and increase productivity ... -
Limits to competition and regulation in privatized electricity markets
Dagdeviren, Hulya (2009)Privatization of electricity has been extensive both in the developed and the developing world. Failures in various areas have led to the emergence of a new consensus which regards competitive pressures and regulation as ... -
Low income households under austerity: A notable rise in debt for essential needs
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Balasuriya, Jiayi (2019-02-11) -
Macroeconomics of Poverty Reduction : The Case Study of Bangladesh
Osmani, Siddiq R.; Mahmud, Wahiduddin; Sen, Binayak; Dagdeviren, Hulya; Seth, Anuradha (United Nations Development Programme, 2003) -
Multiple paths through the complexities of globalization: : The next three years of Competition & Change
Dagdeviren, Hulya; McCann, Leo; Lund-Thomsen, Peter (2017-02-01) -
The narratives of Hardship: : The new and the old poor in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis in Europe
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Donoghue, Matthew; Meier, Lars (2017-05-01)This paper examines poverty and hardship in Europe after the 2008 crisis, using household interviews in nine European countries. A number of findings deserve highlighting. First, making a distinction between ‘the old poor’ ... -
Political economy of contractual disputes in private water and sanitation : lessons from Argentina
Dagdeviren, Hulya (2011)This paper examines the causes of the contractual disputes in the water and sanitation sectors and the resulting reversal of the privatization process. The evidence has been gathered from four major case studies in Argentina. ... -
A Political Economy of Privatization Contracts : The Case of Water and Sanitation in Ghana and Argentina
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. (2014-04-01)In general, the process and outcomes of privatization have been studied from the point of view of efficiency. In this article, we consider issues in the course of contract design, implementation, management and enforcement ... -
Poverty Reduction with Growth and Redistribution
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Weeks, J.; van der Hoeven, R. (2002)