K4D: Recent submissions
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Data and Evidence on Global Rollback of Women and Girls’ Rights Since 2016
(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
(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 ... -
Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment in Malawi: Lessons from other Southern African States
(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 ... -
Private Sector markets for climate adaptation and resilience products and services
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)This rapid review draws from academic resources, resources from knowledge institutes, and grey literature which yields a balance of information on discussion of the climate adaptation market (policy issues, private sector ... -
Humanitarian evidence summary No.9
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-08)This is the 9th of a monthly Humanitarian Evidence Summary to signpost the FCDO and other UK government departments to the latest relevant evidence and discourse on humanitarian response to inform and support their response. ... -
The Linkages Between Population Change and Climate Change in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-12)Population ethics, especially in relation to climate change, is a very complicated and sensitive area with ongoing debates, and it is important to bear this in mind during this report. There still remains some foundational ... -
Gender, Countering Violent Extremism and Women, Peace and Security in Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)Kenya ranks 109 out of 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, with a score of 0.671. There are significant inequalities between males and females in education attainment, health outcomes, representation in ... -
Interventions in LICs and LMICs to Improve Air Quality and/or Mitigate its Impacts - Summary
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)This summary is based on a rapid review that surveyed evidence on air quality interventions in low-income (LICs) and lower-middle-income (LMICs) to improve air quality and/or mitigate its impacts. The review found limited ... -
Monitoring Air Quality in Low-Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries - Summary
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)This summary is based on a rapid review that surveyed academic and grey literature on air quality monitoring in low-income (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Air pollution is a global environmental health ... -
Prevalence of Health Impacts Related to Exposure to Poor Air Quality Among Children in LICs and LMICs – Summary
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)This summary is based on a rapid review that provided an assessment of the contemporary health impacts arising from the household (indoor) and ambient (outdoor) air pollution exposure in low-income (LIC) and lower-middle-income ... -
Income-generating Activities (IGAs) and Climate Change Vulnerabilities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-01)Climate change has affected a number of income-generating activities (IGAs) for vulnerable groups, such as low-income urban and peri-urban dwellers, women, youth, and disabled people. Therefore, it is important to understand ... -
Border Disputes and Micro-Conflicts in South and Southeast Asia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-10)This rapid literature review presents the key literature on border disputes and micro-conflicts in South and Southeast Asia. The focus is on recent ideas that are prevalent in literature from post-2010. The literature ... -
Regional Organisations and the Political Economy of Conflict in South and South-East Asia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-20)This rapid literature review finds that the role of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) in the political economy of conflict in South and Southeast Asia is highly disputed. IGOs in the region have relatively few formal ... -
Lessons Learned in Promoting Accountability and Resolution of Natural Resource-based Conflicts in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-23)This report looks at lessons learned around the promotion of accountability and resolution of conflicts over natural resources, with a focus on Africa, specifically Nigeria. This rapid review focuses on water and land ... -
Developmental Impacts of La Nina
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-30)La Niña has a number of both positive and negative developmental impacts. These include impacts on health, livelihoods, infrastructure, water security and economic growth. La Niña is part of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation), ... -
Remote Management Programming and Donor Policy
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-12-01)This rapid literature review finds very little donor-published policy or guidance on remote management programming. However, there has been an expansion in operational guidance produced by other agencies, including in ... -
Humanitarian Learning Resource Guide
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-10)This guide is designed to provide FCDO staff and other interested parties with information about free online courses and materials they can use to develop or refresh their humanitarian technical competencies. It is not an ... -
Reading Pack: Humanitarian Action
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11)The purpose of humanitarian action is to support people affected by armed conflicts and disasters by helping them to save their lives, alleviate their suffering, maintain their dignity, assist their recovery and increase ... -
The Bottom Billion in Africa: Poverty Trends and Forecasts
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-20)This rapid literature review explores poverty trends and forecasts in Africa, incorporating new forecasting stemming from the impacts of COVID-19. It draws in large part on a few rigorous studies published in very recent ... -
Water Infrastructure in Fragile- and Conflict-Affected States
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-11)This rapid review examines evidence on the key vulnerabilities in the water infrastructure system in urban and peri-urban areas in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). It also focuses on the practical measures, ...
