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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 be innovative and responsive to rapidly changing and complex development challenges.
The evidence of what works in the challenging and uncertain contexts in which we work is highly complex. Without this evidence, programmes would not be designed for maximum impact and could be poor value for money. K4D provides an integrated approach to linking organisational learning processes with the use of evidence from research.
K4D is implemented by a consortium of leading knowledge institutions based in the UK, led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), with the University of Birmingham, International Development Department (IDD); Education Development Trust; Itad; the University of Leeds, Nuffield Centre for International Health & Development; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM); and the University of Manchester, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI).
For more information about the K4D programme, please contact mailto:info@k4d.info
Recent Submissions
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Emerging Issues in East Africa for Girls’ Education in East Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-21)Despite progress on girls’ education in the past 25 years, many girls in East Africa are still facing profound education challenges. When combined with gender norms, poverty, location, and disability, girls are likely to ... -
K4D’s Work Around Climate Change and Related Issues
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10)This report provides an illustrative overview of K4D’s work from October 2016 until May 2021 connected to climate change. Given the breadth of K4D reports that touch on climate change (or related issues), this report has ... -
Approaches to Combatting Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-08)The purpose of this rapid review is to lay out some of the general approaches used by both business and government to tackle ‘modern slavery’ in international business supply chains, and locate evidence of their ... -
Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary No.22
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01)This is the 21st 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. ... -
Analysing Intersecting Social Inequalities in Crisis Settings
(Institute of Development Studies., 2022-01-05)Analysis of intersecting social inequalities is key to effective, inclusive interventions in crisis settings. Gender equality and social inclusion analytical frameworks provide key research questions and participatory ... -
Education, Conflict, and Stability in South Sudan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07)This Emerging Issues Report explores the relationship between education, conflict, and (in)stability in South Sudan, drawing on a wide range of academic, policy, and programming literature. There is a growing body of ... -
Incorporating Gender Perspective in Peace Operations since 2018
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-11-22)This rapid literature review collates evidence from academic, policy focussed and grey literature on progress on incorporating gender perspectives in peace operations since 2018, including the deployment of female peacekeepers, ... -
Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary No.21
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-12)This is the 21st 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. ... -
Measuring Carbon Emissions From Low carbon Cities in Rapidly Urbanising Countries – Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09-15)Climate change and urbanisation are inextricably linked. With the acceleration of urbanisation in many developing countries, urban areas play a major role in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. This is true ... -
Taxation and Public Financial Management of Mining Revenue in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10-08)This rapid review provides a summary of the evidence on the taxation and public financial management of mining revenues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is a very complex topic, with a large and growing ... -
Policies and Practices that Link Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Protection from Sexual Exploitation (PSEA)
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09-21)This report show that largely protection from sexual exploitation (PSEA) is incorporated into accountability for affected population (AAP) policy and practice. In 2014 the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) merged two ... -
Armed Groups and Mining
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09-07)The relationship between armed groups and mining is complex. Reports of armed interference in mining are provided by the United Nations (UN) Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and reported in the ... -
Global Evidence on the Prevalence and Impact of Online Gender-based Violence (OGBV)
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10-08)This rapid review updates a previous report (Fraser and Martineau-Searle, 2018) with evidence from 2018 onwards. It finds an evidence base on online gender-based violence (OGBV) covering a wider range of countries than the ... -
Alternative Systems for Managing Financial Transactions in Humanitarian Crises
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-04-13)Restrictions on the banking sector are having a growing adverse impact on the flow of funds to humanitarian agencies and assisting communities affected by humanitarian crises has also become much more difficult and ... -
Digital Service Taxes and Their Application
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-15)Many developing economies have seen a rise in e-commerce activity within their borders, and a decline in income from traditional industries as a result of COVID-19, meaning the digital economy offers a potentially unexploited ... -
Lessons Learned from Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Programmes that Operate in Fragile or Conflict Affected Settings
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10-09)This rapid review synthesises the literature on how community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programmes could be adapted in settings of conflict and fragility. It identifies multiple factors affecting the ... -
The Drivers of Acute Food Insecurity and the Risk of Famine
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-11-09)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on the drivers of acute food insecurity and famines with a focus on key FCDO-partner countries. This review builds further ... -
Drivers of Compliance with International Human Rights Treaties
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-08-25)Are international human rights treaties associated with better rights performance? The appetite for a conclusive answer has driven a number of large scale quantitative studies that have broadly shown little or no effect, ... -
Effectiveness of Sustainable Marine Economy Interventions
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-29)Large development intervention programmes termed ‘marine economy’ or ‘blue economy’ are in their early stages and do not yet have results on effectiveness. Reports on the effectiveness of activities which could be considered ... -
Humanitarian Evidence Summary No.20
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-11-08)This is the 20th 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. ...
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