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Socio-Cultural Considerations for Vaccine Introduction and Community Engagement
(Anthrologica, 2018-05)This brief summarises key socio-cultural issues related to the introduction of vaccine (rVSV‐ZEBOV) to the DRC in relation to the Ebola outbreak, May 2018. A deeper dive should be undertaken, but given the imminent ... -
Ethical and Methodological Challenges in Large Qualitative Participatory Studies
(SAGE, 2018-12)Participatory research studies utilizing qualitative data drawn from large, diverse samples appear increasingly common in the social sciences, particularly in international development. This reflects demand for participatory ... -
Supporting Sustainable Refugee Return in Protracted Situations
(IDS, 2017-12)Every refugee statistic represents a life uprooted and on hold. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates that by the end of 2016, a total of 22.5 million refugees had been forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, ... -
Tax in Development: Towards a Strategic Aid Approach
(IDS, 2018-05-15)Raising a higher share of the value added in an economy for the public purpose is associated with state building, modern economic growth and development. From 2002-3 to date, low- and lower-middle income countries raised ... -
Does Intimate Partner Violence Decline as Women’s Empowerment Becomes Normative? Perspectives of Bangladeshi Women.
(Elsevier, 2018-01)Studies addressing the relationship between women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV) have yielded conflicting findings. Some suggest that women’s economic and social empowerment is associated with an increased ...
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