In 2015, 25 articles were published in Progress in Development Studies (PiDS). Congratulations to Nurullah Gur (Istanbul Medipol University, School of Business and Management Sciences, Beykoz, Istanbul/Turkey), whose article, “Trust and the Wealth of Nations” was voted by PiDS’s editors and editorial board as the best article of 2015. Professor Gur’s article appeared in the April issue of the journal (pp. 107–124). Professor Gur will receive a plaque and a cash prize of US$200.
Congratulations as well to the following authors whose articles were also nominated for the award:
Limoeira, Danilo. 2015: Beyond income transfers: The decline of regional inequality in Brazil during the 2000s, 15.1, 6–21.
Chattopadhay, Soumyadip. 2015: Contesting inclusiveness: Policies, politics and processes of participatory urban governance in Indian cities, 15.1, 22–36.
Clarke, Matthew and Ware, Vicki-Anne. 2015: Understanding faith-based organizations: How FBOs are contrasted with NGOs in international development literature, 15.1, 37–48.
Gur, Nurullah. 2015: Trust and the wealth of nations, 15.2, 107–124
Seferiadis, Anastasia A., Cummings, Sarah, Zweekhorst, Marjolein B.M. and Bunders, Joske F.G. 2015: Producing social capital as a development strategy: Implications at the micro-scale, 15.2, 170–185.
Hasselskog, Malim. 2015: Rwandan developmental ‘social engineering’: What does it imply and how is it displayed?, 15.2, 154–169.
Lough, Benjamin J. and Carter-Black, Janet. 2015: Confronting the white elephant: International volunteering and racial (dis)advantage, 15.3, 207–220.
Blunt, Peter, Mamundzay, Farid, Yama, Nader and Afghan, Hamidullah. 2015: Policy paradigms, subnational governance and the state sovereignty gap in Afghanistan, 15.3, 270–285.
Calkin, Sydney. 2015, Feminism, interrupted? Gender and development in the era of ‘Smart Economics’, 15.4.
Evans, Ruth. 2015, HIV-related stigma, asset inheritance and chronic poverty: Vulnerability and resilience of widows and caregiving children and youth in Tanzania and Uganda, 15.4.
Sincere thanks to SAGE Publications for its generous sponsorship of this annual award.
Editor-in-Chief
Prabir Bhattacharya
