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Humanitarian Evidence Summary No.17
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-08-10)This is the 17th 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. ... -
Environmental Challenges of Digital Transformation in Developing Countries
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-19)This rapid review synthesises the literature on the environmental risks of four different aspects of digital transformation in developing countries: ICT adoption, digitally-enabled energy efficiency, ride-hailing apps, and ... -
Guidance Note on Supporting a Demographic Transition in SSA
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07)This guidance note is about how donors, can support a demographic transition in sub- Saharan Africa. The demographic transition is the evolution from high to low mortality and fertility rates, with associated changes in ... -
Attitudes to Water Usage in Jordan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-12)The author undertakes a literature review of attitudes to water usage in Jordan. One survey was identified which assessed attitudes towards water conservation, sampling 2000 residents in three regions in Jordan (Irbid, ... -
Interventions to Address Discrimination against LGBTQi Persons
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-03)This annotated bibliography synthesises evidence on interventions to limit discrimination and abuse against people who are LGBTQi. In general, development agencies have strong commitments to LGBTQi rights in their strategy ... -
Mainstreaming Institutional Resilience and Systems Strengthening in Donor Policies and Programming
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-17)This rapid review synthesises evidence on key aspects of mainstreaming institutional resilience and systems strengthening in donor policies and programming in FCAS (Fragile and Conflict-affect States) contexts, particularly ... -
Donor Support for the Human Rights of LGBT+
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-14)This rapid review synthesises evidence on the bilateral and multilateral donors promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBT+ people on a global scale. It focusses on those donors that have policies, implementation ... -
Documentation of Survivors of Gender-based Violence (GBV)
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-16)This review is largely based on grey literature, in particular policy documents and reports by international development organizations. While there was substantial literature on approaches and principles to GBV documentation, ... -
Increasing Birth Registration for Children of Marginalised Groups in Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-16)This review looks at approaches to promote birth registration among marginalised groups, in order to inform programming in Pakistan. It draws on a mixture of academic and grey literature, in particular reports by international ... -
Maintaining Basic State Functions and Service Delivery During Escalating Crises
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-17)This rapid literature review explores how to maintain essential state functions and basic service delivery during escalating conflict situations. It draws on literature and ideas from various overlapping agendas including ... -
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – What are They and What are the Barriers and Enablers to Their Use?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-05)This rapid review examines literature around Nature-based Solutions (NbS), what are NbS, the pros and cons of NbS, design and implementation issues (including governance, indigenous knowledge), finance and the enabling ... -
Social Inequalities and Famine and Severe Food Insecurity Risk
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-30)This rapid review summarises the evidence on the ways in which social inequalities and discrimination affect the risk of famine or severe food insecurity. Looking at the risk at the national and sub-national level, gender ... -
Characteristics of Global Health Diplomacy
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-18)This rapid review focuses on Global Health Diplomacy and defines it as a method of interaction between the different stakeholders of the public health sector in a bid to promote representation, cooperation, promotion of ... -
Inclusion of Marginalised Groups in Sensitive Programming in Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-04-14)This rapid review focuses on the different variations of discrimination against marginalized groups, with a focus on the effect of intersecting and overlapping inequalities and the different experiences and outcomes they ... -
Humanitarian Evidence Summary No.16
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-29)This is the 16th 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. ... -
Interaction Between Food Prices and Political Instability
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-21)This report reviews the literature on links between international food prices and political instability (including protests, riots and social unrest). The literature on food prices and protests, riots, unrest, or violent ... -
Evidence and Lessons Learned Regarding the Effect of Equitable Quality Education on ‘Open Society’
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05)The purpose of this review is to assist FCDO in understanding the evidence of impact and any valuable lessons regarding the effect equitable quality education can have on ‘open society’. The search revealed that there is ... -
Transition to Federal Health and Education Governance
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-28)This report looks at transition from central to federal responsibilities for health and education in Nepal and Indonesia. Federalism is a complex process and it was outside of the scope of this review to investigate the ... -
Role of Faith and Belief in Environmental Engagement and Action in MENA Region
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-19)This helpdesk report provides a critical review of the literature on the role of faith and religious values in environmental engagement and action. Contemporary studies have examined the relationship between religion and ... -
Tools and Methodologies for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for FCDO Programme Planning
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-25)This report provides a review of the tools and methodologies for the calculation of greenhouse emissions for development projects in sectors such as water supply and sanitation, infrastructure, finance and governance ...
