Highlights•Smallholder value chain participation requires critical unpacking of
inclusiveness.•Inclusiveness comprises economic, social, relational, and environmental …

The discourse of sustainable development is highly influential in global and national
governance frameworks, though its meaning and operationalisation are context-dependent …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed in 2015, chart an integrated
and universal policy agenda to be realised by 2030. To this end, policy coherence for …

This paper analyses the “arduous and contingent” process of creating the “preconditions” for
financialised forms of development in urban Kenya. Building on a growing critical literature …

This article analyses the 'inclusive and sustainable'financialized commercialization of water
service provision with digital devices in informal areas in the Global South. It …

Abstract Service differentiation and the use of" appropriate technologies" are often
presented as alternative approaches to providing water service to low-income areas …

Since the late 1990's a growing number of urban water utility providers in Africa have
adopted pre-paid water dispensers as a service delivery option for low-income areas within …

Ethiopia increased the availability of latrines notably, but the sanitation facilities rarely meet
hygienic standards. Therefore, the market-based sanitation (MBS) programme has been …

Whereas the global water community may have reached consensus on the need for water
providers to operate on the basis of commercial principles, staff of water utilities are faced …

The development community has become an important financer of innovation processes in
the Global South. This research scrutinizes Finnish private enterprises receiving …