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Blockchain for Development – Hope or Hype?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-04-11)Blockchain technology has been heralded by many as the next big thing. The potential use of blockchains has attracted widespread attention from the media, the IMF, the UN, and the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor. ... -
How Do State–Business Relations Shape Sustainable Development?
(IDS, 2017-03)The achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals will depend on the ways in which states and businesses engage with one another. While state–business interactions can take many forms, they inherently involve processes ... -
The Contribution of Digital Technologies to Service Delivery: An Evidence Review
(IDS, 2017-03)The explosion in digital connectivity, globalisation and the rapid growth in digital technologies over the last two decades has revolutionised the way that businesses perform and compete globally. Governments around the ... -
Reframing Gender Justice in an Unequal, Volatile World: IDS’ Directions for Future Research on Gender and Sexuality in Development
(IDS, 2017-03)At a time of major changes in global politics and trends, and major shifts in international development following the establishment of the global Sustainable Development Goals in Agenda 2030, the Gender and Sexuality cluster ... -
Reframing Gender Justice in an Unequal, Volatile World: IDS’ Directions for Future Research on Gender and Sexuality in Development
(IDS, 2017-03)We here aim to outline priority directions for future research on gender and sexuality in development, which are needed to advance our understanding of gender and sexuality in an increasingly unequal, polarised and volatile ... -
Connecting Unpaid and Paid Care Work to Progress Gender Equality
(IDS, 2017-03)Globally, paid care work, such as care for children or the elderly is a fast-growing sector of the market economy. Yet, it remains undervalued by governments and citizens in both monetary and societal terms which has ... -
Inclusive Urbanisation and Cities in the Twenty-First Century
(IDS, 2017-02)In academic and policy discourse, urbanisation and cities are currently receiving a great deal of attention, and rightly so. Both have been central to the enormous transformation the world has been going through during ... -
Evaluation and Impact Investing: A Review of Methodologies to Assess Social Impact
(IDS, 2017-02)This report highlights the paradox within impact investing: the prioritisation of ‘social impact’ without prioritising ‘impact evidence’. The growth of metrics, ratings and certification-based approaches has sought to ... -
Equality, Security and Sustainability: In Search of Virtuous Circles
(IDS, 2017-02)Many people and institutions are conducting research on inequality, security, or environmental sustainability. Some are looking at two of these issues together. None, to our knowledge, are examining all three simultaneously, ... -
Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy Outputs: April 2015 – December 2016
(IDS, 2017-02)This is the third and final brochure describing the outputs of the Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy programme. Over 57 months this programme generated and synthesised policy-relevant evidence, and contributed to policy ... -
China–UK–Africa Trilateral Cooperation on Trade and Investment: Prospects and Challenges for Partnership for Africa’s Development
(IDS, 2017-01)This study was conducted in the context of the China–UK Cooperation on African Trade and Investment for Poverty Reduction. It focuses on the evolution of bilateral relations between China and the UK towards trilateral ... -
What are the Challenges and Opportunities for Multi-level Advocacy for Nutrition?
(IDS, 2017-01)Over the last decade, policy advocacy has made critical contributions towards the development of nutrition policies, laws and strategies in many countries with high burdens of malnutrition. Translating and safeguarding ... -
Where is the Money? Donor Funding for Conflict and Violence Prevention in Eastern Africa
(IDS, 2017-01)In 2014, Kenya and Uganda were two of the top three recipients of official development assistance in Africa. The funding focused on education, health care, infrastructure, entrepreneurship development, HIV/AIDS treatment, ... -
Failing Young People? Addressing the Supply-side Bias and Individualisation in Youth Employment Programming
(IDS, 2016-12)International development actors increasingly focus on youth employment as a key development challenge. The recognition of high rates of unemployment, underemployment and job insecurity among young people around the world ... -
Creating Safe and Inclusive Cities that Leave No One Behind
(IDS, 2016-12)Half of humanity now lives in urban areas, and a growing number of cities are leading the way in generating global GDP. However, cities have increasingly become key loci of violence over the last 50 years, which particularly ... -
State–Business Relations Beyond Growth: Bringing in Development
(IDS, 2016-12)The signatories of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have called on a wide range of businesses ‘to apply their creativity and innovation’ to address sustainable development challenges. Yet the role of business ... -
Interrogating an Engaged Excellence Approach to Research
(IDS, 2016-12)In recent years several debates have emerged about how to make academic research more ‘engaged’. The motivation for these debates has varied from a recognition that engagement can help increase the impact of research, to ... -
The BRICS in International Development: The New Landscape
(IDS, 2016-04)This Evidence Report provides a summary account of the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in shaping the current global development landscape. It first looks at the origin of the BRICS as a ... -
Gauging Demand for Evidence and Accountability in Impact Investing by using Twitter Social Network Analysis: A Methodology
(IDS, 2016-11)This report explains the methodology used to analyse the demand for evidence and accountability within the impact investment market. Social network analysis (SNA), qualitative interviews and ego network analysis were used ... -
‘Leave No One Behind’: The Post-2015 Universality Agenda and Youth Employment
(IDS, 2016-11)This report aims to present a clear road map for implementing the new universal agenda of the UN in terms of youth employment. It examines what this might mean for the global youth employment agenda, specifically focusing ...