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

Action on Children’s Harmful Work in African Agriculture [13]
Brazil [63]
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 ...
Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) [35]
Covid Collective [6]
Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa [14]
ESRC STEPS Centre [222]

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
Future Agricultures Consortium [187]
Future Health Systems [92]
IDS Bulletin [2784]
IDS PhD Research [62]
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 ...
International Centre for Tax and Development [316]
Journal Articles - External [258]

Journal articles written by IDS staff.
K4D [949]

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]
ORIE [0]
Pakistan [72]
Pathways of Women's Empowerment [27]
Strengthening Evidence Based Policy [344]
Test Collection [0]
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.
The Governance of Service Delivery [13]

Collections in this community

Action for Empowerment and Accountability Programme [95]
Balancing unpaid work and paid work [20]

Explores the successes, challenges and lessons for Women’s Economic Empowerment programmes and policies
BASIC Research [1]
Bellagio Initiative [31]
BRIDGE [5]
Child Labour [17]
Citizen Engagement Programme (CEP) [7]
Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management [18]
Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) [21]
Disability Inclusion – IDS Collection [57]
EMERGE [20]
Global Challenges [0]
Global Uncertainties: Security in an Africa of Networked, Multi-Level Governance [9]
Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme (HIEP) Impact Project [14]
Human Wellbeing and Development [1]
IDS Alumni Newsletter [21]
IDS Research [1411]
Independent evaluation on Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya [2]
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) [98]
Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility [30]
Making All Voices Count [134]
Mobilising Quality for Scaling Up Nutrition [5]
Nutrition Research in Northern Nigeria [29]
Participation in Economic Advancement Collection [25]
Policy Alternatives for Livestock Development in Mongolia [19]
Poverty, Politics, and Participatory Methodologies in SDC [17]
Social Protection and Food Security and Nutrition (Irish Aid and IDS Programme Partnership) [11]
Social Science in Humanitarian Action [94]
Test Collection Mapper [2]
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 Lawrence Haddad IDS Collection [5]
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.
The Sanitation Learning Hub [100]
Transitions to Agroecological Food Systems [7]

Recent Submissions

How Does Participatory Action Research Generate Innovation? Findings from a Rapid Realist Review

Snijder, Mieke; Apgar, J. Marina (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-23)

This Emerging Evidence Report shares evidence of how, for whom, and under what circumstances, Participatory Action Research (PAR) leads to innovative actions. A rapid realist review was undertaken to develop programme ...
Review of the Evidence Landscape on the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Interventions Among the Rohingya Refugees to Enhance Healthcare Seeking Behaviours in Cox's Bazar

Yonally, Emilie; Butler, Nadia; Ripoll, Santiago; Tulloch, Olivia (SSHAP, 2021-07-22)

This report is the first output in a body of work undertaken to identify operationally feasible suggestions to improve risk communication and community engagement efforts (RCCE) with displaced Rohingya people in Cox’s ...
Closing England's Maths Attainment Gap through One-to-One Tutoring – Global Solutions

Gupta, Sweta; Abouaziza, Mohamed (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-22)

In the aftermath of COVID-related school closures in the UK, students lost two months of learning, but the loss among the 1.7 million disadvantaged students has been much larger at seven months. This disadvantaged gap is ...
Mainstreaming Institutional Resilience and Systems Strengthening in Donor Policies and Programming

Haider, Huma (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-17)

This rapid review synthesises evidence on key aspects of mainstreaming institutional resilience and systems strengthening in donor policies and programming in FCAS (Fragile and Conflict-affect States) contexts, particularly ...
Donor Support for the Human Rights of LGBT+

Bolton, Laura (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-14)

This rapid review synthesises evidence on the bilateral and multilateral donors promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBT+ people on a global scale. It focusses on those donors that have policies, implementation ...
Insights into Smallholder Capacity for Agricultural Commercialisation: Evidence from Four African Contexts

Saha, Amrita; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Thompson, John (Springer Link, 2021-07-13)

Over the last 15 years, the agricultural economics and development literature has amply highlighted success stories of smallholder farmers in developing countries, illustrating their increased engagement and integration ...
Documentation of Survivors of Gender-based Violence (GBV)

Idris, Iffat (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-16)

This review is largely based on grey literature, in particular policy documents and reports by international development organizations. While there was substantial literature on approaches and principles to GBV documentation, ...
Increasing Birth Registration for Children of Marginalised Groups in Pakistan

Idris, Iffat (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-16)

This review looks at approaches to promote birth registration among marginalised groups, in order to inform programming in Pakistan. It draws on a mixture of academic and grey literature, in particular reports by international ...
Tax Treaty Aggressiveness: Who is Undermining Taxing Rights in Africa?

Millán-Narotzky, Lucas; García-Bernado, Javier; Diakité, Maïmouna; Meinzer, Markus (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07)

Tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies rely heavily on tax treaties. Multinational companies can relocate financial activities across countries to ensure the applicability of the most beneficial tax treaties. ...
Covid-19, Gender and Intersectionality

Birchall, Jenny (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05)

This document lists and summarises published resources on Covid-19, gender and intersectionality. It includes evidence, news, tools and guidance about how various factors – including race, ethnicity, age, disability, ...
Community Leave No One Behind: Lessons from a Pilot

Iyer, R; Shulka, J.P.; Verma, A. (The Sanitation Learning Hub, 2021-07)

In 2020, WSSCC’s India Support Unit (now UNOPS) piloted a new participatory approach called Community Leave No One Behind (CLNOB) to support the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase II. The pilot took place in five ...
Mapping of Children Engaged in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Supply Chain of the Leather Industry in Bangladesh

Maksud, A K M; Reaz Hossain, Khandaker; Sayed, Sayma; Arulanantham, Amit (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-15)

This mapping of children in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in the leather sector of Bangladesh was conducted in May–August 2020. WFCL are not always obvious and, without better understanding of where, why and how ...
Research to Policy Influencing - Lessons from APRA on Efficiency, Effectiveness and Sustainability

Whiteside, Martin (APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-07-01)

This paper presents some of the learning on efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability generated by an accompanied learning process; which supported the latter part of a six-year research programme on agricultural ...
The Political Economy of the Maize Value Chain in Nigeria

Amaza, Paul; Mailumo, Sunday; Silong, Asenath (APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-07-01)

The aim of this case study is to understand the underlying political economy dynamics of the maize value chain in Nigeria, with a focus on how this can contribute to comprehending the drivers and constraints of agricultural ...
Maintaining Basic State Functions and Service Delivery During Escalating Crises

Herbert, Siân (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-17)

This rapid literature review explores how to maintain essential state functions and basic service delivery during escalating conflict situations. It draws on literature and ideas from various overlapping agendas including ...
The Influence of Sunflower Commercialisation and Diversity on Women's Empowerment: The Case of Iramba and Mkalama Districts, Singida Region

Mosha, Devotha B.; Jeckoniah, John; Isinika, Aida; Boniface, Gideon (APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-06-01)

There is a growing body of literature that argues that normally women derive little benefit from cash crops. Some of the barriers leading to women having less benefit from cash crop value chains include cultural norms and ...
Basket of Options: Unpacking the Concept

Ronner, Esther; Sumberg, James; Glover, Dominic; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Almekinders, Conny; Haussmann, Bettina; Kuyper, Thomas; Posthumus, Helena; Ebanyat, Peter; Giller, Ken (SAGE, 2021-07-07)

How to stimulate technological change to enhance agricultural productivity and reduce poverty remains an area of vigorous debate. In the face of heterogeneity among farm households and rural areas, one proposition is to ...
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – What are They and What are the Barriers and Enablers to Their Use?

Price, Roz (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-05)

This rapid review examines literature around Nature-based Solutions (NbS), what are NbS, the pros and cons of NbS, design and implementation issues (including governance, indigenous knowledge), finance and the enabling ...
Social Inequalities and Famine and Severe Food Insecurity Risk

Carter, Becky; Kelly, Luke (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-30)

This rapid review summarises the evidence on the ways in which social inequalities and discrimination affect the risk of famine or severe food insecurity. Looking at the risk at the national and sub-national level, gender ...
Characteristics of Global Health Diplomacy

Kelly, Luke (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-18)

This rapid review focuses on Global Health Diplomacy and defines it as a method of interaction between the different stakeholders of the public health sector in a bid to promote representation, cooperation, promotion of ...