Strengthening Evidence Based Policy: Recent submissions
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Impact, Innovation and Learning: Towards a Research and Practice Agenda for the Future – Event Report
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)This report brings together notes and highlights from the International Workshop organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton on 26–27 March 2013. The event served as a launch platform for the Centre ... -
Unemployment, Service Provision and Violence Reduction Policies in Urban Maharashtra
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)With almost 40 per cent of its urban population living in slums, the state of Maharashtra faces a severe problem of inadequate housing and urban planning. The acute inequalities that characterise current Maharashtra’s urban ... -
Addressing and Mitigating Violence: Uptake Strategy
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)The overarching purpose of the Addressing and Mitigating Violence theme (AMV) is to generate useful analysis to tackle policy dilemmas relating to ‘newer’ forms of violence and organised crime. An important goal of ... -
The Climate Change – Migration – Urbanisation Nexus: Workshop Report
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)The concept of the ‘Climate Change – Migration – Urbanisation’ nexus emerged from the recognition that climate change, migration, and urbanisation are closely and intimately linked together, and can potentially become ... -
Database of Collective Actors Involving Men Tackling Gender-Based Violence in Public Space in Post-Mubarak Egypt
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)There is a growing literature on the importance of engaging men and boys in interventions on gender-based violence, and the benefits that this engagement brings. The work on collective action in the face of gender-based ... -
Development, Discourse and Law: Transgender and Same-Sex Sexualities in Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)This report presents research conducted in Nepal between November 2012 and January 2013 aimed at exploring the legal, social and economic context pertaining to sexual and gender minority rights. The research explored recent ... -
Real Time Monitoring Technologies for Pro-Poor Access to Electricity
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)Existing literature strongly and consistently reports the high upfront cost of energy technology hardware as one of the main demand-side barriers to increased use of modern energy services by the poor. Existing literature ... -
Policy Network Agenda Johannesburg, 20 March 2013: IDS Rising Powers in International Development Advisory Council Discussion
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)This document presents a summary of a discussion held on 20 March 2013 between five members of the Advisory Council of the IDS Rising Powers in International Development (RPID) programme and three IDS RPID staff members ... -
Battling with Increased Gender-Based Violence in Egypt’s Transition: Report on the Scoping Workshop held in Cairo, November 2012
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)This report is about a scoping workshop held by the Institute of Development Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA). The aims were to bring together activists to identify the ... -
Impact Evaluation when N=1
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)A common presumption holds that when there is only one unit of observation, such as in the case of a national-level policy or a small scale intervention, causality cannot be established and impact evaluation methods do not ... -
A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Public Policies Related to Care: A Thematic Review
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)Unpaid care work is directly linked to the economic empowerment of women and girls. There is a large and robust body of evidence about the extent of unpaid care work that women and girls do, and its contributions to both ... -
Implementing Development Evaluations Under Severe Resource Constraints
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)Most agency evaluations are very short both on resources and in duration, with no proper opportunity to assess impact in a valid manner. The methodology for these evaluations is based on interviews, a review of available ... -
A Progressive Constitution Meets Lived Reality: Sexuality and the Law in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)This paper examines two cases of homophobic hate crime in post-apartheid South Africa. The paper illuminates how activists have used the legal system to address the violence faced by many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ... -
Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year One
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)The IDS Accountable Grant is a large and complex four-year grant working across seven Policy Themes, 20 sub-themes, 68 activity domains and over 300 Level 2 Outputs. The scale and diversity of activity under the grant, ... -
Nigeria's Post-1999 Political Settlement and Violence Mitigation in the Niger Delta
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)Almost fifteen years after transitioning to civilian-electoral rule, Nigeria is still wrestling with the legacy of a protracted period of military government and the ‘resource curse’ associated with its huge oil wealth. ... -
What is Business and Development? An Annotated Bibliography
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-05)This annotated bibliography provides an exhaustive collection of resources on the topic of Business and Development. It includes sections on Private Sector Investment for Development (encouraging business investment in ... -
Understanding and Tackling Violence Outside of Armed Conflict Settings
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06-03)Understanding and tackling violence that occurs outside of armed conflict settings is essential to improving the wellbeing of some of the world’s poorest communities. Whilst advances have been made in terms of designing ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Women Living with HIV in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-03)South Africa‟s constitutional and legal framework reflects the country‟s commitment to women‟s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), in line with international commitments. Numerous policies detail the provision ... -
Strengthening Agri-Food Value Chains for Nutrition: Mapping Value Chains for Nutrient-Dense Foods in Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-03)This report details the findings of value chain mapping of nutrient-dense foods in Ghana. By providing evidence on value chains, the report assesses the potential of a number of products to contribute to reducing undernutrition ... -
Building Relationships in Development Cooperation: Traditional Donors and Rising Powers
(IDS, 2013-05)Staff working in development agencies from traditional donor countries in the North need to be aware of the ways in which their actions are understood by their counterparts in the rising powers. IDS research reveals ...