Institute of Development Studies Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Presumptive Taxation and Equity: Evidence from the Ethiopian Informal Sector
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)Presumptive tax has become a popular way of taxing businesses operating in the informal sector across middle- and low-income countries. However, evidence on the unintended effects of presumptive tax systems is scant and ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Social Protection and Different Forms of Social Assistance
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)The Covid-19 pandemic led to widespread disruption of livelihoods and loss of income and exposed and reinforced existing inequalities (Rohwerder 2020). In response, almost all countries implemented some form of social ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Pandemic Preparedness
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)It is likely the next pandemic will come within a decade, so preparedness is of vital importance. Much has been learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and from this the world can limit pandemic risks and learn to respond ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Managing Multiple, Intersecting Crises
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)The world is facing the prospect of more frequent complex, uncertain, and harmful compound shocks, which are happening simultaneously or in rapid succession (Martinez-Diaz and Sidner 2021). Crises can come in many forms. ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Informality and the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)People living in poor and densely populated informal settlements struggled due to a lack of space, water, resources, and services, and were reliant on informal work which was severely affected by Covid-19 containment ... -
Patriarchal (Dis)orders: Backlash as Crisis Management
(The University of Chicago, 2023-11-20)Amid a rising tide of misogyny and gender violence across the world, terms like “patriarchal backlash” have increased in use to describe similar trends in different settings. Yet, backlash remains contested as a concept, ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Decision-Making, Accountability and Empowerment
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)The unpredictable, fast-moving and high-risk decision-making environment during the Covid-19 pandemic challenged policymakers around the globe. The shortcomings of global and national collective action and ... -
Using Machine Learning to Create a Property Tax Roll: Evidence from the City of Kananga, D.R. Congo
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)Developing countries often lack the financial resources to provide public goods. Property taxation has been identified as a promising source of local revenue, because it is relatively efficient, captures growth in real ... -
অনিশ্চয়তা, এলাকাভিত্তিক বৈষম্য, এবং অপর্যাপ্ত সাহায্য: কোভিড-১৯ পরবর্তী বাংলাদেশের শহরে বসবাসরত দরিদ্রদের অভিজ্ঞতা
(BRAC Institute of Governance & Development, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in poverty in Bangladesh, particularly in urban areas. Rising food prices and high inflation rates further compounded the existing socioeconomic uncertainty. Social ... -
Information Preparedness and Community Engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11-23)El Niño can be viewed as a multi-hazard event, and considerations for information needs cut across different populations and risks, including direct weather-related hazards, reduced agricultural production, greater food ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Equity, Inclusion and Exclusion of Those Most Effected by the Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)The Covid-19 pandemic exposed and worsened already existing inequalities, increased extreme poverty and food insecurity, led to human rights violations, and negatively affected progress towards the achievement ... -
Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Data, Knowledge and Information
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023)Co-production [of knowledge] is a sharing of power, with stakeholders and researchers working together to develop the agenda, design and implement the research, and interpret, disseminate, and implement the ... -
The Feedback State: Listening and Responding to Bangladesh’s Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Manusher Jonno Foundation, 2023-08-30)The report examines the effectiveness of the Bangladesh government’s response to citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mechanisms of feedback. The study focuses on the country’s ongoing health, social, and economic ... -
Precarity, Area-Based Discrimination, and Limited Support: Experiences of Urban Poverty After COVID-19 in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance & Development, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in poverty in Bangladesh, particularly in urban areas. Rising food prices and high inflation rates further compounded the existing socioeconomic uncertainty. Social ... -
Zambia Poverty Dynamics Research
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)The policy agenda proposed here builds on good measures already taken by the Government of Zambia in education, social protection, debt relief and macroeconomic management, and addresses the challenges that remain in ... -
Strengthening Social Accountability for Meaningful Youth Engagement in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11-15)Following its research which highlighted the key role played by young people in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) developed and delivered ... -
Rigour, Timeliness, and Trade-offs in Research: Experience From India’s Swachh Bharat Mission
(Routledge, 2023-10)This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started ... -
Report on Development of Children with Disabilities’ and Parents’ Wellbeing and Inclusion Checklist Tool 2023 - Phase 2
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)This report describes participatory research undertaken in 2023 as part of the UK-aid funded Disability Inclusive Development programme. Under this programme, Task Order 27 developed a model of disability-inclusive education ... -
Digitalisation and Subnational Tax Administration in Nigeria
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)There has recently been an expansion in the use of digital financial services and digital IDs by tax authorities. However, the extent to which such technologies are being adopted and data from them used strategically to ... -
Insights for Influence: Understanding Impact Pathways in Crisis Response
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11-10)The Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) programme was a three-year initiative funded by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) that brought together 20 projects from across the global South to ...
