Institute of Development Studies Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Digitalisation of State Services in Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-08)The government-led digital strategy in Bangladesh began well before the Covid-19 pandemic; the pandemic itself simply accelerated the digitalisation of public services globally. This report examines digital innovations ... -
Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-07)Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics ... -
Redefining Urban Social Protection Programmes in Malawi: Lessons from the Covid-19 Emergency Urban Cash Intervention (CUCI)
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2023-09)As part of the National Covid-19 Preparedness and Response Plan, the government of Malawi initiated an urban social protection programme. The Covid-19 Emergency Urban Cash Intervention (CUCI) targeted poor and vulnerable ... -
Food Systems Interventions for Nutrition: Lessons from 6 Program Evaluations in Africa and South Asia
(Elsevier, 2024-04-04)Although there is growing global momentum behind food systems strategies to improve planetary and human health—including nutrition—there is limited evidence of what types of food systems interventions work. Evaluating these ... -
Mapping of Donor Activity on Migration in LAC
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)This rapid evidence review examines donor activity on migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), offering a broad overview of initiatives and strategies. It outlines interagency and regional coordination mechanisms, ... -
The Lion, the Leopard, the Hyena and the Fox: Pastoralist Researchers on the Uganda/Kenya Border
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05)We are continuing from our previous book, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Pastoralist Researchers on the Uganda/Kenya Border. That book showed the insecurity in Karamoja and Turkana in 2023. When we showed the first book ... -
Drivers of Gender-based Violence in Migration in Latin America
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review explores the multifaceted drivers of gender-based violence (GBV) in migration across Latin America. It provides an overview of the interconnected factors influencing migration decisions, experiences ... -
Sustaining Yemeni Capacities for Social Assistance: Lessons From a Decade of War
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-01)Yemen has sometimes been held up as an impressive example of how existing social protection systems and capacities can be maintained and supported even during a prolonged war. While providing support to meet immediate ... -
Innovations and Challenges in Crisis Contexts: Bangladesh’s Social Protection Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-26)Many countries around the world introduced new social protection measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Bangladesh, innovations included emergency schemes such as cash support for informal workers and digital ... -
Informal Settlement Communities as First Responders to Disasters: Covid-19 Pandemic Experiences in Harare
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2023-09)The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated inequalities in cities, with informal settlements being the hardest hit. Relief efforts from governments, NGOs and the private sector have been provided, both locally and ... -
Protests, Fiscal Redistribution, and Government Responses: Evidence from Nigeria
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)In democracies, protests are often viewed by citizens as a costly last resort measure to demand more economic and political rights and resources from policymakers by whom they feel unheard. When citizens feel unheard, they ... -
Early Findings from Evaluation of Systemic Action Research in Kangaba, Mali
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-24)This paper presents early findings from evaluation research embedded in a community-driven peace-building project implemented in Mali. Called the ‘Vestibule of Peace’, the project uses Systemic Action Research (SAR) to ... -
The Great Green Wall as a Social-Technical Imaginary
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-23)The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWI), launched in 2007 by the African Union, is one of Africa’s most important green transformation projects. From a pan-African environmental movement to a ... -
Nairobi in the Wake of Covid-19: Civil Society Organisations Key to Building Resilient Capacities
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2023-08)While Covid-19’s acute phase has now subsided, Nairobi and Kenyan society generally are facing its longer-term socioeconomic, health and political consequences. These impacts remain poorly understood, especially for ... -
Migration in Latin America
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review provides an overview of migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), encompassing flows, causes, and associated issues. Sections provide an overview of historic migration patterns and ... -
Covid-19 Effects and Responses in Kampala’s Informal Sector: Promises for Social Justice and Resilient Livelihoods in the Face of Multiple Crises
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2023-06)Kampala continues to face multiple socioeconomic challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. The pandemic has had far-reaching implications for urban informal workers and residents. They continue to ... -
Is Transparency Enough? An Examination of the Effect of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) on Accountability, Corruption and Trust in Zambia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)Extractive industry governance is a hot topic in both academic research and the public arena. The area that has been most heavily studied in the academic field is the resource curse, which documents the negative ... -
Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-17)Effective child engagement strategies are essential to optimise the response to disease outbreaks and minimise their impact while ensuring children's protection, well-being and resilience. When children understand disease ... -
Power, Trust, and Pre-Cooked Programmes: The Accountability of Social Assistance in Somalia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-17)Social assistance in Somalia has become deeply embedded in the country’s political economy and struggles with systemic diversion and corruption, which negatively affects how programmes on accountability of aid function in ... -
Towards a Comparative Understanding of Community-Led and Collaborative Responses to Covid-19 in Mogadishu
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-06)Covid-19 has inflicted a major health toll while heightening socioeconomic inequalities, and its impacts are still reverberating across the global South. For low-income urban residents in the global South, measures intended ...