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    • Thinking and Working Politically on Transboundary Issues 

      Birch, Izzy (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01-18)
      There is growing consensus that political factors are a key determinant of development impact. The practice of Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) is built around three interconnected principles: (i) strong political ...

    • Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.28 

      Herbert, Siân (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01-15)
      The fortnightly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on ...

    • COVID-19 Health Evidence Summary No.108 

      Millington, Kerry; Reddin, Samantha (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01-18)
      This weekly COVID-19 health evidence summary (HES) is based on 3.5 hours of desk-based research. The summary is not intended to be a comprehensive summary of available evidence on COVID-19 but aims to make original documents ...

    • Linking Business Environment Reform with Gender and Inclusion: A Study of Business Licensing Reform in Indonesia 

      Saha, Amrita; Thorpe, Jodie; Macdonald, Keir; Megersa, Kelbesa (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01)
      Business environment reform (BER) targets inadequate business regulations. It is intended to remove constraints to business investment, enabling growth and job creation, and create opportunities for international business ...

    • Financial Incentives to Reduce Female Infanticide, Child Marriage and Promote Girl’s Education: Institutional and Monitoring Mechanisms 

      Birch, Izzy (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-18)
      The focus of this paper is on the complementary mechanisms and interventions likely to increase the effectiveness and impact of conditional cash transfer (CCT) schemes in South Asia that aim to reduce female infanticide ...

    • Financial Incentives to Reduce Female Infanticide, Child Marriage and Promote Girl’s Education: Impact 

      Haider, Huma (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-11)
      This review examines evidence on the key design features and impact of programmes that use Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) or baby bonds to reduce female infanticide, child marriage and promote girl’s education. Conditional ...

    • Criminal Activity and Deforestation in Latin America 

      Bolton, Laura (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-08)
      This review examines evidence on criminal deforestation activity in Latin America (particularly, but not exclusively the Amazon) and draws from the literature on the lessons learned in combatting criminal deforestation ...

    • COVID-19 Health Evidence Summary No.107 

      Millington, Kerry; Reddin, Samantha (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01-11)
      This weekly COVID-19 health evidence summary (HES) is based on 3.5 hours of desk-based research. The summary is not intended to be a comprehensive summary of available evidence on COVID-19 but aims to make original documents ...

    • Humanitarian Evidence Summary No.10 

      Kelly, Luke (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-01-06)
      This is the 10th monthly Humanitarian Evidence Summary (HUMES) to signpost FCDO and other UK government departments to the latest relevant evidence and discourse on humanitarian action to inform and support their response. ...

    • Women’s Employment in North Africa 

      Boustati, Alma (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-02)
      Despite increased educational parity between the genders and declining fertility rates, female labour force participation rates in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia remain low and even declining. This phenomenon is a ...

    • Urban Flood Risk Management in Africa 

      Lucas, Brian (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-01)
      This review synthesises evidence on the main types of floods and causes of flooding in urban areas in Africa, and what factors increase flood risk in African cities (and particularly in Nigeria). It draws on lessons learned ...

    • COVID 19 and the Rights of Belief Minorities 

      Kelly, Luke (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-06)
      This rapid literature review finds evidence of covid-19 having the effect of undermining the rights of religious and belief minorities in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Nigeria, but limited evidence on the situation ...

    • Parliamentary Strengthening to Improve Accountability and Responsiveness in Pakistan 

      Lenhardt, Amanda (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-18)
      This report summarises findings from a rapid review of the literature on parliamentary strengthening and evidence on the effectiveness of different types of programme interventions. The report draws on findings from diverse ...

    • Gender-sensitive Security and Justice Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA and South Asia 

      Birchall, Jenny (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-18)
      This rapid review presents a selection of the available literature on gender, security and justice, focusing on learning from interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and north Africa (MENA) and South Asia. A ...

    • Supporting Survivors of Conflict Related Sexual Violence 

      Enfield, Sue (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-21)
      This report is based on a rapid review of published academic literature. This highlights a dominant focus on conflict related sexual violence in Africa with less readily accessible information from conflicts in Asia and ...

    • Data and Evidence on Global Rollback of Women and Girls’ Rights Since 2016 

      Birchall, Jenny (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-07)
      In 2019, an evidence review commissioned by the gender equality team at the UK Department for International Development (DFID), looking at global rollback on women’s rights, identified a range of evidence to show that these ...

    • Rollback on Gender Equality and Women and Girls’ Rights in International Fora Since 2016 

      Birchall, Jenny (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2020-12-07)
      Several studies document an increased backlash around women’s rights and feminism in international fora – particularly in United Nations (UN) spaces – since 2016. A growing number of studies highlight that not only has ...

    • COVID-19 Health Evidence Summary No.106 

      Millington, Kerry; Reddin, Samantha (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-14)
      This weekly COVID-19 health evidence summary (HES) is based on 3.5 hours of desk-based research. The summary is not intended to be a comprehensive summary of available evidence on COVID-19 but aims to make original documents ...

    • Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.27 

      Herbert, Siân (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-11)
      This fortnightly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on ...

    • Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment in Malawi: Lessons from other Southern African States 

      Richards, Robin (Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-07)
      This rapid review focusses on what the government of Malawi can learn from the implementation of indigenisation, economic empowerment and affirmative action policies in other countries. The review specifically looks at the ...