Institute of Development Studies Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Recovery and Reconstruction Lessons for Ukraine
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01-22)The rapid evidence review provides insights into global lessons applicable to Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction. It emphasises the need for a holistic approach, considering various concepts like relief, recovery, ... -
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Humanitarian Diplomacy Definitions and Approaches
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05)This rapid evidence review explores humanitarian diplomacy, acknowledging its varied definitions and approaches amidst a growing literature. It reveals the complexity of assessing success across different contexts and ... -
Battery-operated Auto Rickshaws
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-02)This rapid evidence review collates available evidence on whether battery-operated auto rickshaws in south Asia can run profitably on solar power. The evidence on this subject is nascent, context specific and influenced ... -
Young People, Livelihood Building and the Transformation of African Agriculture: A Reality Check
(Elsevier, 2024-04-16)Over a ten-year period, we, together with colleagues, have used qualitative and quantitative analysis to explore the dominant narratives and ‘conventional wisdom’ about young people and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
The Environmental Impacts of Illicit Drug Production
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)This rapid evidence review compiles findings on the environmental impacts of illicit drug production, focusing on water and soil pollution, ecosystem health, land use change, and waste management. It highlights the complexity ... -
Key Considerations: Alleviating Chronic Food Insecurity in South Sudan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-16)The Republic of South Sudan has experienced chronic food insecurity for decades and particularly in the last five years. This chronic food insecurity is a result of a combination of factors, including protracted conflicts, ... -
Informal Economy Perspectives on the Prevalence of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Industry
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05-16)The CLARISSA programme aims to understand the dynamics that are central to running a business in the informal economy in Bangladesh’s leather industry and explore how and why worst forms of child labour become a feature ... -
Key Considerations: Effective Vaccine Rollout and Uptake in Sierra Leone
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-15)Sierra Leone received its first shipment of 550,000 malaria vaccines in December 2023, marking a milestone for public health in a country that sees over two million hospital visits for malaria annually.1 Over the last 20 ... -
Data Portraits: Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout in Informal Settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-10)The joint issues of access to, and uptake of, Covid-19 vaccines are still very much alive in the global South. While the pandemic’s health effects for low‑income urban communities have not been insignificant, the results ... -
Lessons from Post-war Reconstruction Programmes
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01)This rapid evidence review explores lessons learned from post-war reconstruction programs, focusing on case studies from Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip, with an emphasis on the Middle East and North Africa ... -
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The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation
(Springer, Cham, 2024-02-23)This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective ... -
The Politics of Covid Responses in African Cities: Lilongwe
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-08)This paper analyses the politics of the Covid-19 response in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city. It describes public policy measures centred around treatment, prevention and mitigation of the pandemic, and then explains how ... -
Internationalisation of Education: Focus on Central Asia and Eastern Neighbourhood
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05)This rapid evidence review focuses on the internationalization of education, particularly in Central Asia and the Eastern Neighbourhood. It examines how education influences development outcomes, emphasising higher education's ... -
Participation Rates in HE and TVET and Socio-economic Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-12)This rapid evidence review examines women's participation rates in Higher Education (HE) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) across the Middle East North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast ... -
Workplace Safety
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024)The Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) programme uses Action Research (AR) to understand the dynamics which drive the worst forms of child labour (WFCL), and to generate ... -
Qualitative Analysis of 405 Life Stories from Children Working in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-05)The CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) programme is a five-year, action research consortium generating evidence-informed, innovative solutions by children to avoid hazardous, ... -
Social Protection in Nigeria: Analysing Capacities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03-09)This report describes findings of an analysis of capacities to deliver social protection in Nigeria. It focuses specifically on generating findings that will be useful to situations of protracted crisis, such as displacement ...
