OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Digital IDs and Digital Payments – Opportunities and Challenges for Tax Administration
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04)Tax administrations in Africa and, more broadly, low-income countries (LICs), are increasingly investing in advanced digital technologies, in an effort to build more effective, rules-based and efficient tax systems. ... -
Taxing High Net Worth Individuals in Nigeria: Preliminary Insights and the Case of Borno State
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-04-12)This paper gives preliminary insights into the challenges surrounding the taxation of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in Nigeria – first in general terms, and then with a specific focus on Borno State. The need to ... -
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; ...