Strengthening Evidence Based Policy: Recent submissions
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The Russian Federation’s International Development Assistance Programme: A State of the Debate Report
(IDS, 2014-08)Russia is unique among emerging donors for being a ‘re-emerging’ donor: the Soviet Union was one of the largest donor countries in the world, and Russia’s period as an aid recipient was relatively brief. Russian development ... -
What Drives Wind and Solar Energy Investment in India and China?
(IDS, 2014-07)This research is motivated by the need to transform the basis of energy systems from fossil fuels to renewable sources. As well as the imperative of climate change, this transformation is needed to create development ... -
Learning from India's Development Cooperation
(IDS, 2014-07)In recent years, India has substantially increased the levels of its development cooperation. It has streamlined its development cooperation activities and put the principles of South-South Cooperation, including respect ... -
Maximisation of Benefits for the Poor of Investments in Renewable Electricity: A Policy Tool for Project Planning
(IDS, 2014-07)Energy poverty is a major development issue: nearly 1.2 billion people, or close to one-fifth of the world’s population, have no access to electricity. Close to 85 per cent of them live in rural areas (Banerjee et al. ... -
South Africa Public Opinion Monitor: Causes of Poverty Survey Results
(IDS, 2014-07)The South Africa Public Opinion Monitor (SAPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 2,526 opinion leaders from across South Africa that aims to provide an ongoing monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social ... -
India Public Opinion Monitor: Causes of Poverty Survey Results
(IDS, 2014-07)The India Public Opinion Monitor (IPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 3,022 opinion leaders from across India that aims to provide an ongoing monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social development of ... -
Brazil Public Opinion Monitor: Causes of Poverty Survey Results
(IDS, 2014-07)The Brazil Public Opinion Monitor (BPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 2,672 opinion leaders from across Brazil that aims to provide an ongoing monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social development of ... -
Strengthening the Poverty Impact of Renewable Electricity Investments: Summary of E-Discussion
(IDS, 2014-07)On 19 and 20 March 2014 IDS convened an e-discussion on ‘strengthening the poverty impact of renewable electricity investments’. The event sought to instigate a global dialogue on what is required to maximise the poverty ... -
Understanding ‘Urban Youth’ and the Challenges they face in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unemployment, Food Insecurity and Violent Crime
(IDS, 2014-06)Much of Africa is urbanising fast and its young population is projected to constitute the largest labour force in the world. While urbanisation can be linked closely with economic development, we also know that it is the ... -
A Mixed-Method Impact Evaluation Design of a Mobile Phone Application for Nutrition Service Delivery in Indonesia
(IDS, 2014-06)Child undernutrition remains one of the most devastating realities in many parts of the world. The use of mobile phone technology may offer innovative opportunities to tackle persistently high levels of child undernutrition. ... -
Sex Workers, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia
(IDS, 2014-06)This case study explores economic, legal and social issues that affect sex workers, with a particular focus on the role of poverty in sex workers’ lives and the potential for poverty alleviation policies and programmes to ... -
The Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2013): Measuring the Political Commitment to Reduce Hunger and Undernutrition in Developing Countries
(IDS, 2014-06)This report presents the Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) 2013. It seeks to: 1. Rank governments on their political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition; 2. Measure what governments achieve and ... -
Cross-border Violence as an External Stress: Policy Responses to Cross-border Dynamics on the Border between Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia
(IDS, 2014-06)One of the key issues identified in the new policy literature on external stress is the incidence of cross-border violence and the current lack of efficient and permanent mechanisms supported by international organisations, ... -
Mapping Value Chains for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Tanzania
(IDS, 2014-06)This report details the findings of an analysis of value chains for several nutrient-dense foods in Tanzania. It rapidly assesses the potential of ten commodities to contribute to reducing undernutrition and identifies ... -
Five Fingers or One Hand? The BRICS in Development Cooperation
(IDS, 2014-06)The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a potential alternative to ... -
Mobile Phones for Real-time Nutrition Surveillance: Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities for Data Presentation and Dissemination
(IDS, 2014-06)Child undernutrition remains devastatingly high in many low- and middle-income countries (Black et al. 2013). Poor nutrition in early childhood (often combined with ill health) has been shown to increase the risk for early ... -
Negotiating Public and Legal Spaces: The Emergence of an LGBT Movement in Vietnam
(IDS, 2014-06)Vietnam’s laws, policies and decrees do not explicitly discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals but their rights are not legally protected and they are socially marginalised. The state ... -
Getting Real About an Illicit ‘External Stressor’: Transnational Cocaine Trafficking through West Africa
(IDS, 2014-06)Concerns over West Africa’s increasingly prominent role as transhipment point of South American cocaine en route to Europe are mounting. Gathering pace in the mid-2000s, large-scale drug trafficking has been associated ... -
Creating Alliances for Renewable Energy Investment: Lessons from China and India
(IDS, 2014-06)‘Alliances’ of public and private actors can play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to sustainable energy systems, and these groupings can be ‘engineered’. Based on research findings from India and China this ... -
Addressing Sexual Violence in and beyond the 'Warzone'
(IDS, 2014-06)Conflict-related sexual violence remains pervasive across the globe, and its widespread use has been reported in Rwanda, Liberia, Northern Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. As world leaders ...