Institute of Development Studies Research Repository
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The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Research Repository is an active repository of digital publications by IDS members and research partners. The Repository consists of a number of curated communities and collections.
The Institute of Development Studies is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change. We work with governments, philanthropic foundations, academic institutions and civil society organisations to transform approaches to progressive social, political and economic change. Our world-class research, learning and teaching brings an understanding of people's lived experiences to policy and practice that can respond to unprecedented environmental, social, political, economic and technological disruptions globally. Find out more about IDS at www.ids.ac.uk
Sub-communities within this community
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Brazil [65]
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Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (DRC) [346]
The Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (Citizenship DRC) has worked with universities, research institutes and nongovernmental organisations in more than 25 countries to explore ... -
CLEAR Bangladesh [14]
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Covid Collective [100]
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ESRC STEPS Centre [225]
The ESRC STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement centre uniting development studies with science and technology studies -
IDS Bulletin [2868]
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IDS PhD Research [62]
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Impact Initiative [778]
The Impact Initiative for international development research aims to increase the uptake and impact of research from two research programmes jointly funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and ... -
Journal Articles - External [404]
Journal articles written by IDS staff. -
K4D [1137]
K4D supports learning and the use of evidence to improve the impact of development policy and programmes. The programme is designed to assist the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other partners to ... -
Migrating out of Poverty [163]
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Pakistan [79]
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Test Collection [0]
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The African Universities' Research Approaches (AURA) programme [171]
AURA, a two-year programme, funded by UK AID, was implemented from November 2014 to September 2016.
Collections in this community
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Balancing unpaid work and paid work [20]
Explores the successes, challenges and lessons for Women’s Economic Empowerment programmes and policies -
BASIC Research [31]
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Bellagio Initiative [31]
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BRIDGE [11]
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Child Labour [27]
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EMERGE [20]
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IDS eBooks [2]
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IDS Research [1619]
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Making All Voices Count [134]
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MUVA [4]
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The Dudley Seers Archive [56]
This collection contains published and unpublished writings of development economist Dudley Seers, Professorial Fellow and Director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex 1967–72. -
The Reginald H. Green Archive [399]
This collection contains the published and unpublished writings of development economist Reginald H. Green, whose work on African economic issues spans four decades. -
The Robert Chambers Archive [415]
A complete bibliography of Robert Chambers spanning four decades of research on participatory development.
Recent Submissions
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Uncertainty in the Drylands: Rethinking In/formal Insurance from Pastoral East Africa
(Sage Journals, 2023-05-26)Amidst climatic and economic volatility, agricultural development and climate adaptation policies have increasingly turned to weather microinsurance to manage uncertainties, particularly in dryland pastoral and agricultural ... -
Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development
(Practical Action Publishing, 2023-05-31)This book explores the connection between pastoralism, uncertainty, and development. It makes the case that recognizing how pastoralists make productive use of variability and embrace uncertainty ... -
When Complex is as Simple as it Gets: Guide for Recasting Policy and Management in the Anthropocene
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-06)Many readers recognise and understand that complex is about as simple as it gets for major policy and management. This guide is for those unwilling in the Anthropocene to shrink back into the older platitudes about ‘keep ... -
Technology and Tax: Adoption and Impacts of E-services in Rwanda
(2023-05)Many low-income countries are increasingly digitising their tax services, which can bring a range of benefits, from reducing compliance costs and improving record-keeping, to limiting opportunities for corruption and ... -
Digital Merchant Payments as a Medium of Tax Compliance
(© Institute of Development Studies 2023, 2023-05)Digital merchant payments – transactions between traders, or between traders and customers using digital means of payment – can promote tax compliance by providing access to safer, quicker formal payments for consumers, ... -
Taxing Mobile Money in Kenya: Impact on Financial Inclusion
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)Many people argue that mobile money has the potential to increase financial inclusion and improve the livelihoods of poor people in Africa. However, while many African governments impose specific taxes on mobile money ... -
Towards Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-01)The Covid-19 pandemic has re-emphasised the need to ensure equitable access to safe, effective and affordable health services. The very rapid shift to the use of smartphone apps and telephone consultations (telemedicine) ... -
Applying the ‘Candidacy’ Model to Understand Access to Key Nutrition, Food & Health Services in LMIC Contexts: a Qualitative Study in Odisha, India
(Springer, 2023-04-04)In order to make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger – we must acquire a better understanding of what continues to hamper achieving food security, particularly in contexts where progress has been ... -
Confronting Uncertainties in Pastoral Areas: Transforming Development from Control to Care
(Berghahn, 2023-06-01)Pastoralists must continuously confront uncertainties, responding to high levels of variability and volatility where the future is unknown. Yet mainstream modernising development in pastoral areas aims to create stability ... -
Health Workforce Interventions in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs)
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-07)The clearest overall message from across the literature is that designing human resources for health (HRH) initiatives should begin by understanding the needs of a health system or population rather than choosing a specific ... -
Between God, the People, and the State: Citizen Conceptions of Zakat
(2023-05)The global pool for zakat – one of the five pillars of Islam mandating an annual payment typically equivalent to 2.5 per cent of an individual’s productive wealth – is estimated to make up between USD 200 billion and ... -
The Politics of Taxation and Tax Reform in Times of Crisis: Covid-19 and Attitudes Towards Taxation in Sierra Leone
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)The Covid-19 pandemic has had significant fiscal implications around the world. A key question facing governments is whether and how the pandemic has shaped taxpayer attitudes and what that means for the prospects for tax ... -
People’s Agenda for Pandemic Preparedness
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)In May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency. Now that the world is in this new period of living with the coronavirus, it is an important time to gather knowledge ... -
Strengthening Health Information Surveillance: Implementing Community-Based Surveillance in Sudan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)This case study explores the 2018–22 implementation of a national community-based surveillance (CBS) programme in Sudan. The programme was designed to meet critical needs of the existing health surveillance system. It aimed ... -
Key Considerations: Community-Based Surveillance in Public Health
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)Recent large-scale epidemics and pandemics have demonstrated the importance of engaging communities as partners in preventing, detecting and responding to public health emergencies. Community-based surveillance (CBS), which ... -
Perceiving Bad Apples Versus Rotten Trees: Evidence From the Exposure of Politician Misbehavior in Colombia
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2022-10)This paper studies the effects of disclosing information about politician misbehavior on trust in public institutions. I use news bulletins from the main anti-corruption agency in Colombia announcing disciplinary prosecutions ... -
Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
(2023-05)This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Sudan Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-12-01)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Somalia) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. It summarises the principal elements of social ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Somalia Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. In a context of weak central political authority ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Kenya Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Somalia and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. Kenya’s social protection system has matured ...
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