Strengthening Evidence Based Policy: Recent submissions
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Process Tracing: The Potential and Pitfalls for Impact Evaluation in International Development. Summary of a Workshop held on 7 May 2014
(IDS, 2014-12)In international development there is increasing pressure to demonstrate that aid spending is making a difference. In short, that it is having an ‘impact’. During the past decade, there has been a rapid rise in the use of ... -
Toward Effective Violence Mitigation: Transforming Political Settlements
(IDS, 2014-12)Recognising the centrality of violence in the development process (though not subscribing to the notion that conflict and violence are development in reverse), in 2012–14 a group of researchers at the Institute of Development ... -
Non-Communicable Disease and Development: Future Pathways
(IDS, 2014-12)From a biomedical perspective, non-communicable disease (NCD) is not a new problem, particularly in the global North. However, awareness of the increasing burden from these conditions in low- and middle-income countries ... -
Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Relief Efforts
(IDS, 2014-11)The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 15 per cent of the world’s population, or one billion people, have some form of disability. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 80 per ... -
The HANCI Donor Index 2013: Measuring Donors’ Political Commitment to Reduce Hunger and Undernutrition in Developing Countries
(IDS, 2014-11)This report presents the Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) 2013 for donor countries. The HANCI Donor Index has been created to: rank donor governments on their political commitment to tackling hunger and ... -
Workshop Report: Framing Ethics in Impact Evaluation: Where Are We? Which Route Should We Take?
(IDS, 2014-10)This was an interactive workshop – supported by the Institute of Development Studies’ (IDS) Department for International Development (DFID) Accountable Grant and the University of East Anglia (UEA) – with a view to opening ... -
A Review of Tax Experiments: from the Lab to the Field
(IDS, 2014-10)Tax revenue mobilisation is attracting increasing attention among researchers and policymakers in developed and developing countries alike. There is widespread recognition that increasing tax revenues should be at the core ... -
Advisory Council Seminar VI, 7 July 2014: IDS Rising Powers in International Development Advisory Council Discussion
(IDS, 2014-10)This document presents a summary of a discussion held on 7 July 2014 between members of the Advisory Council of the IDS Rising Powers in International Development (RPID) programme and IDS RPID staff members. The discussion ... -
Understanding China’s Approaches to International Development
(IDS, 2014-10)China’s impressive economic growth and increasing development activities overseas, particularly in the African continent, have spurred intense debate and criticism over its role as a rising power in international development. ... -
Assessing Impact in Dynamic and Complex Environments: Systemic Action Research and Participatory Systemic Inquiry
(IDS, 2014-09)This CDI Practice Paper is about the uses of Systemic Action Research (SAR) and Participatory Systemic Inquiry (PSI) for impact assessment (Burns 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013; Wadsworth 2001, 2010). SAR is an action research ... -
Indian Development Cooperation: the State of the Debate
(IDS, 2014-09)India’s recent development cooperation (henceforth DC) activities with the South have provoked global curiosity. Two factors shape this interest. First, the strong growth of some countries like India, China and Brazil has ... -
Using Foresight to Cope with Uncertainty
(IDS, 2014-09)In an increasingly uncertain world where resources are limited, foresight thinking and approaches provide a critical way for governments and communities to understand and plan for the future. Using foresight techniques can ... -
A Review of Strategic Foresight in International Development
(IDS, 2014-09)The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the published and grey literatures relating to the use of foresight-type approaches and techniques in policy-related work in international development. The review is ... -
Senior International Associate Report (Ambuj Sagar): Meeting Multiple Energy Challenges: Lessons from India
(IDS, 2014-08)The Rising Powers in International Development (RPID) programme includes a provision for drawing on the experience of senior policymakers and policy advisers. This ‘Senior International Associates’ scheme is an effective ... -
Business and International Development: Is Systemic Change Part of the Business Approach?
(IDS, 2014-08)Systems thinking has started to appear within the discourse around ‘business and development’, as governments, donors and NGOs are increasingly seeking to leverage private initiatives to have broad impacts on development ... -
Rising Powers in International Development: the State of the Debate in South Africa
(IDS, 2014-08)South Africa occupies an interesting position in the international development debate. On the one hand, as Africa’s most developed, diversified and, until recently, largest economy representing close to one-third of ... -
Policy Options to Enhance Markets for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Tanzania
(IDS, 2014-08)There is an urgent need to reduce alarming rates of undernutrition in Tanzania. This report analyses options for policies and interventions to improve the functioning of markets that deliver nutrient-dense foods. Currently, ... -
Ensuring that Food Fortification will Reach the Poor in Tanzania
(IDS, 2014-08)Tanzania has introduced a mandatory food fortification programme to tackle the country’s high rates of undernutrition. Experience from other countries shows that fortification can add vital micronutrients into commonly ... -
Tackling Urban Violence in Mumbai and Cape Town through Citizen Engagement and Community Action
(IDS, 2014-08)Urban violence is an urgent and growing problem in many cities across the world. It comes in a multitude of forms such as gender-based violence, gangs and drug-related violence, police violence, religious riots, vigilante ... -
Research Methods and Visualisation Tools for Online LGBT Communities
(IDS, 2014-08)Field research among geographically dispersed communities is time-consuming and costly. When people are stigmatised, field research has additional ethical and logistical problems. In many countries lesbian, gay, bisexual ...