OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Battery-operated Auto Rickshaws
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-02)This rapid evidence review collates available evidence on whether battery-operated auto rickshaws in south Asia can run profitably on solar power. The evidence on this subject is nascent, context specific and influenced ... -
Young People, Livelihood Building and the Transformation of African Agriculture: A Reality Check
(Elsevier, 2024-04-16)Over a ten-year period, we, together with colleagues, have used qualitative and quantitative analysis to explore the dominant narratives and ‘conventional wisdom’ about young people and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
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Key Considerations: Alleviating Chronic Food Insecurity in South Sudan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-16)The Republic of South Sudan has experienced chronic food insecurity for decades and particularly in the last five years. This chronic food insecurity is a result of a combination of factors, including protracted conflicts, ... -
‘Those with big phones have the upper hand’: Political, Gender and Digital Exclusions in Cash and Voucher Assistance in North East Nigeria
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-16)The most vulnerable people living in contexts of protracted crises risk experiencing political, gender and digital exclusion which can result in them not receiving social assistance. Throughout this paper our aim is to ... -
Informal Economy Perspectives on the Prevalence of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Industry
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-16)The CLARISSA programme aims to understand the dynamics that are central to running a business in the informal economy in Bangladesh’s leather industry and explore how and why worst forms of child labour become a feature ... -
Key Considerations: Effective Vaccine Rollout and Uptake in Sierra Leone
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-15)Sierra Leone received its first shipment of 550,000 malaria vaccines in December 2023, marking a milestone for public health in a country that sees over two million hospital visits for malaria annually.1 Over the last 20 ... -
Data Portraits: Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout in Informal Settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-10)The joint issues of access to, and uptake of, Covid-19 vaccines are still very much alive in the global South. While the pandemic’s health effects for low‑income urban communities have not been insignificant, the results ... -
Lessons from Post-war Reconstruction Programmes
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01)This rapid evidence review explores lessons learned from post-war reconstruction programs, focusing on case studies from Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip, with an emphasis on the Middle East and North Africa ... -
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The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation
(Springer, Cham, 2024-02-23)This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective ... -
The Politics of Covid Responses in African Cities: Lilongwe
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-08)This paper analyses the politics of the Covid-19 response in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city. It describes public policy measures centred around treatment, prevention and mitigation of the pandemic, and then explains how ... -
Internationalisation of Education: Focus on Central Asia and Eastern Neighbourhood
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05)This rapid evidence review focuses on the internationalization of education, particularly in Central Asia and the Eastern Neighbourhood. It examines how education influences development outcomes, emphasising higher education's ... -
Participation Rates in HE and TVET and Socio-economic Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-12)This rapid evidence review examines women's participation rates in Higher Education (HE) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) across the Middle East North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast ... -
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Social Protection in Nigeria: Analysing Capacities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-09)This report describes findings of an analysis of capacities to deliver social protection in Nigeria. It focuses specifically on generating findings that will be useful to situations of protracted crisis, such as displacement ... -
Business Environment Regulatory Reforms and Women’s Economic Empowerment
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic sources, knowledge institutions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and trusted independent media outlets on the evidence how business environment and product ...
