Impact Initiative: Recent submissions
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Randomized Control Trials and Qualitative Assessments: What Do They Tell Us About the Immediate and Long-Term Assessments of Productive Safety Nets for Women in Extreme Poverty in West Bengal?
(London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of International Development, 2020-01)This paper is intended to show the strengths, weaknesses and potential complementarities of different methodological approaches to impact assessment. It reports on the approach and findings reported by a randomized control ... -
Women's Access to Market Opportunities in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa: Barriers, Opportunities and Policy Challenges
(London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Department of International Development, 2019)This report builds on the contributions to a workshop organised by the International Department and the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) in collaboration with Ashoka University ... -
How Higher Education Research Using the Capability Approach Illuminates Possibilities for the Transformation of Individuals and Society in South Africa
(African Minds, 2018)The capability approach offers a normative framework for thinking how higher education can support human well-being and fulfilment. This chapter explores how higher education research using the capability approach illuminates ... -
Capability-promoting Policies: Enhancing Individual and Social Development
(Policy Press and Bristol University Press, 2017-11-08)How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development ... -
Introduction: the Accountability Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities. Learning from Brazil and Mozambique
(CEBRAP, 2019-05-01)Inequality is a key political issue of our times. It has political consequences, fuelling conflict and raising legitimacy challenges for regimes around the world, in democratic and non‑demo‑ cratic settings alike. At the ... -
Providing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels in Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-12)Inadequate energy supply continues to hinder social and economic development in Nepal. Despite a wealth of renewable energy potential – particularly with hydropower but also solar and biomass – sustainability and access ... -
Raising Learning Outcomes in Diverse Indian Contexts
(REAL Centre, University of Cambridge and The Impact Initiative, 2019-12)This policy brief shows that improving learning outcomes in diverse Indian contexts requires a rethinking of educational strategies. While improvements in physical access to schools are welcome, improving learning outcomes ... -
ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Women and Conflict
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-12)Conflict affects women and men differently, and it can alter women’s economic and political roles in society. However, changes in women’s economic and political status and roles during times of conflict do not necessarily ... -
ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Gender and Education
(REAL Centre, University of Cambridge and The Impact Initiative, 2019-11)This collection of ESRC-DFID-funded research provides valuable evidence on strategies to ensure commitments to eliminate gender disparities in education are met. Beyond ensuring that every child – both girls and boys – is ... -
Improving Literacy Through Indigenous Languages in South Africa
(REAL Centre, University of Cambridge and The Impact Initiative, 2019-11)To better understand early grade reading in African languages, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Stellenbosch University, the University of Cape Town, the University of South Africa and Funda Wande, together ... -
Investigating Domestic Violence Law in Cambodia
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-09)Legislation seeking to address violence against women has grown in recent years – at least 144 countries now have laws on domestic violence (DV). However, many women are still prevented or deterred from accessing justice. ... -
ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Water Security
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-09)Access to clean water is essential for life but all too often in water management, short-term gains for the few are prioritised above long-term benefits for the many. This selection of ESRC-DFID funded research explores ... -
Raising Awareness of Environmental Change in the Maldives
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-08)Island communities in the Maldives are experiencing environmental change on a daily basis due to coastal erosion, the accumulation of waste at sea and on beaches, and the rapid expansion of the built environment. Researchers ... -
ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Pensioner Poverty
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-07)Longer lives not only deliver social benefits but are also crucial from an economic perspective. If supported, longevity can yield productivity gains in terms of a larger, experienced labour force, as well as in contributions ... -
Rethinking Impact: Applying the Gender Lens
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-06)This booklet profiles the research and impact funded by the ESRC-DFID Strategic Partnership which explicitly focuses on gender inequality, but also projects where the gender dynamics emerged during the course of the work. ... -
The Delta of Impact: Mapping a Meta-Impact Pathway to Uncover Six Stepping Stones of Research Impact
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-06)This working paper explores how barriers to impact can be overcome using a unique methodology, devised to be collaborative and conducive, for understanding the many overlapping outcomes that add up to research impact from ... -
Understanding Displacement and Urbanisation in Somali Cities
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-06)Somalia has one of the largest populations of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the world: an estimated 2.6 million in 2018. Yet little is known about the way displaced people experience flight and resettlement, how ... -
Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-06-05)This Issue aims to identify how partnerships focused on the production of policy-engaged research seek to achieve societal impact and explores the challenges in these processes. The collaborations analysed span academia, ... -
Notes on Contributors
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-06-05)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 50.1, 'Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development'. -
Foreword
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-06-05)This is the foreword of IDS Bulletin 50.1, 'Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development'.
