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Social and Behaviour Change Communication Interventions in Mozambique
(IDS, 2019-12-19)Social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) is the use of communication to change behaviours by positively influencing knowledge, attitudes and social norms at the individual and community level. Approaches to SBCC ... -
Social Dimensions of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak and Response: Meeting Report
(SSHAP, 2020-01)Report of Roundtable at the Wellcome Trust, London, 3rd February 2020. Roundtable objectives: To discuss appropriate social science and humanities inputs that can improve understanding of the outbreak in global terms, ... -
Inclusive Development: Beyond Need, Not Creed
(IDS, 2020)This paper explores the extent to which development, in its frames of reference, policy and practice, is sensitive and responsive to religious inequalities. The research enquiry is guided by the question “to what extent ... -
Governance Diaries: An Approach to Governance Research from the Ground Up
(IDS, 2020-02-14)Research on empowerment and accountability tends to focus on collective action and its potential for empowering citizens undertaking the action and on achieving state accountability. In fragile, conflict and violence-affected ... -
Donor Responses and Tools for Responding to Shrinking Space for Civil Society: a Desk Study
(Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), 2019-11)This report summarises and analyses donor responses to the closure of civic space around the world. It is part of a wider effort within the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to enable joint learning to ... -
Adaptive Management in SDC: Challenges and Opportunities
(Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), 2020-01)Adaptive management (AM) is a programme management approach that helps international development organisations to become more learning-oriented and more effective in addressing complex development challenges. AM practices ... -
Randomized Control Trials and Qualitative Assessments: What Do They Tell Us About the Immediate and Long-Term Assessments of Productive Safety Nets for Women in Extreme Poverty in West Bengal?
(London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of International Development, 2020-01)This paper is intended to show the strengths, weaknesses and potential complementarities of different methodological approaches to impact assessment. It reports on the approach and findings reported by a randomized control ... -
Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)The global drive to provide universal access to sustainable and modern energy by 2030 is creating numerous opportunities for energy users and suppliers. However, men and women do not benefit equally from these opportunities. ... -
Notes on Contributors: Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)This is the notes of contributors from IDS Bulletin 51.1, 'Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All'. -
Eleven Recommendations for Working on Empowerment and Accountability in Fragile, Conflict or Violence-Affected Settings
(IDS, 2020-02-11)There has been growing concern about the challenges faced by donors and development organisations working in contexts that are increasingly fragile, highly volatile and insecure. In such conditions, the first instinct of ... -
Introduction: Gender and Energy – Opportunities for All
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)The global drive to provide universal access to sustainable and modern energy by 2030 is creating numerous opportunities for energy users and suppliers. However, men and women do not benefit equally from these opportunities. ... -
Global Trends Impacting Gender Equality in Energy Access
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)Achieving a just and equitable transition to a sustainable energy system will rest on efforts to address gender inequality. Women in developing countries are impacted by energy poverty in far greater numbers than men, and ... -
Strengthening the Women’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem within the Energy Sector
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)As women are increasingly engaged in clean energy value chains globally, it is crucial to understand what business models, practices, and enabling conditions can support the dual goals of scaling energy access and empowering ... -
Gender and Entrepreneurship in the Renewable Energy Sector of Rwanda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)Until recently, women have not been seen as having the potential for entrepreneurial success. Yet women’s engagement in the energy sector could substantially improve energy access for those most underserved. This article ... -
Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Distribution of Energy Technologies: Lessons from ENERGIA’s WEE Programme
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)In the energy access space, women’s entrepreneurship has gained momentum in the last few years. ENERGIA, International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, has been implementing the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) ... -
ENERGIA’s Gender and Energy Research Programme: Findings and Experience from Research for Policy
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)It has long been understood that energy is a key contributing input to reaching development goals, but little is known about the extent to which energy supply benefits men and women equally, and how interventions could ... -
Glossary: Gender and Energy – Opportunities for All
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-11)This is the glossary for IDS Bulletin 51.1, 'Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All'. -
Participation in Economic Advancement: The Experience of the Brazilian Network of Community Banks (BNCB)
(IDS, 2020-02)This case study was designed to investigate how people in poor communities in Brazil are taking action to improve their local economies and how participation is important to achieve that. In a context of economic marginalisation ... -
Corporate Tax Negotiations at the OECD: What's at Stake for Developing Countries in 2020?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-02-05)We could be in the midst of the biggest change to the way multinational companies are taxed in decades. In January 2019, over 130 developed and developing countries committed to ‘go beyond’ some of the fundamental principles ... -
Improving SMEs’ Access to Finance Through Capital Markets and Innovative Financing Instruments: Some Evidence from Developing Countries
(IDS, 2020-01-17)This report maps some of the key and alternative types of financing instruments supporting SMEs’ access to finance and access to financial services. It also provides some evidence on the implications of firm size (i.e. ...
