OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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A Climate Treaty for the Global Taxation of Carbon
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-12)This paper aims to highlight the key policy considerations undertaken when drafting the articles that informed the text of the Multilateral Carbon Tax Treaty (MCTT). It is the product of the many comments received from the ... -
Multilateral Carbon Tax Treaty (MCTT)
(2024-04-12)These are the articles of the Multilateral Carbon Tax Treaty (MCTT), for discussion purposes. It is the product of the many comments received from the commentators invited to provide inputs to the MCTT. The MCTT comprises ... -
Key Considerations for Responding to Floods in South Sudan Through the Humanitarian-Peace-Development Nexus
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-12)In common with many other African countries, the Republic of South Sudan is increasingly experiencing devastating floods linked to climate change.1,2 The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El Niño regulate the climate of ... -
Towards a Comparative Understanding of Community-Led and Collaborative Responses to Covid-19 in Kampala
(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 ... -
Children and Armed Conflict: Effects and Interventions
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This review investigates the profound and enduring impacts of armed conflict on children, examining interventions aimed at mitigating these effects. Despite a robust international framework, implementation gaps persist, ... -
How Women’s Empowerment Contributes to Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Outcomes
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This Rapid Evidence Review highlights how women's empowerment influences climate change mitigation and sustainable natural resource management. Key findings include: Political representation - Increased female participation ... -
The Effectiveness of Training in Building Capacity for Governance Reform
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review examines the effectiveness of individual training in building capacity for governance reform, focusing on state and democratic governance in middle- to low-income countries. The report reviewed ... -
Lessons from the Refugee Response in Eastern Chad Since 2003
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review finds that there has been little progress on increasing refugee self-reliance in east Chad, but there is evidence on the barriers to and likely drivers of greater self-reliance. Lessons from ... -
The Impacts of Climate Change on Illicit Drug Cultivation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review explores how climate change can create incentives for participating in illicit drug production by disrupting agricultural and natural-resource-based livelihoods and exacerbating social, economic, ... -
Women's Participation in Higher Education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)This rapid evidence review collates available evidence on women’s participation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) (focused on Middle East North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia regions) ... -
The Role of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Emergencies and Crises
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01)Social and behavioural sciences (SBS) have a lot to offer in a crisis situation. This report outlines what a crisis is and how it changes behaviours and realities during its existence, it gives case study examples of the ... -
Understanding Backlash in Lebanon
(Arab Institute of Women - Lebanese American University, 2023)Facing this insidious matrix of patriarchal structures, women in Lebanon and feminists in particular are left with a few avenues for action. As explored in this paper from the Arab Institute of Women, the exclusion, ... -
Key Considerations: Social, Structural and Community Dynamics of Cholera Transmission and Mortality in Ethiopia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-09)The current cholera outbreak in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia began in August 2022. As of April 2024, active outbreaks had been recorded in most regions of the country, including: Amhara; Dire Dawa; Harari; ... -
Can Rural Property Tax Generate Revenue? A Simple Accounting Exercise in Sierra Leone
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)How should governments in sub-Saharan Africa boost their own-source revenue? In this research note I explore the decision of policymakers to expand property taxation into rural areas in the context of developing countries. ... -
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Changing Narratives Around Humanitarian Protection and Gender‑Based Violence: An Artistic Journey
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-27)Art is enjoying a resurgence among researchers, activists, and practitioners as a powerful medium to challenge conventional narratives around humanitarian protection, and give access to a broader range of perspectives. As ... -
K4DD Test
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)This is a test for K4DD. This is a test for K4DD. This is a test for K4DD.This is a test for K4DD. -
Indirect Rule: Armed Groups and Customary Chiefs in Eastern DRC
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-02)This paper leverages a novel panel dataset covering the histories of 306 chiefs and 256 episodes of village governance and taxation by armed groups in 106 villages in eastern DRC in order to analyse the relationship ... -
Engendering Taxation: a Research and Policy Agenda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)Increased attention has been paid to the gender dimensions of taxation in recent years, though there has been limited research on the subject – particularly in lower-income contexts. Understanding how tax policies might ... -
Re-evaluating Uganda’s Mobile Money Tax
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01)The current system for taxing mobile money in Uganda is widely disliked, unbalanced, and arguably distortionary. We show there is a case to re-evaluating it, with a view to principled reform. But there is also a case ...
