K4D: Recent submissions
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Mapping of Climate Smart Programming in Refugee Hosting Districts in Uganda
(IDS, 2020-02-18)This non-standard helpdesk report maps out current climate-smart programming in Uganda’s refugee settlement regions, with a focus on water source protection, waste management, agroforestry, agriculture and energy. The main ... -
Social and Behaviour Change Communication Interventions in Mozambique
(IDS, 2019-12-19)Social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) is the use of communication to change behaviours by positively influencing knowledge, attitudes and social norms at the individual and community level. Approaches to SBCC ... -
Improving SMEs’ Access to Finance Through Capital Markets and Innovative Financing Instruments: Some Evidence from Developing Countries
(IDS, 2020-01-17)This report maps some of the key and alternative types of financing instruments supporting SMEs’ access to finance and access to financial services. It also provides some evidence on the implications of firm size (i.e. ... -
Reform of Consociationalism Arrangements in Deeply Divided Societies
(IDS, 2020-01-13)Consociationalism arrangements, a form of power-sharing, have been used in violently divided societies as a means to end wars and build peace. However, many deeply divided countries have struggled to implement their ... -
The Impact of Public Finance Management (PFM) Reforms on Education in Tanzania
(IDS, 2020-01-17)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on how Public Finance Management (PFM) needs and reforms have affected the education sector in Tanzania, in particular ... -
The Political Eeconomy of the Primary Education System in Tanzania
(IDS, 2020-01-17)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on the available evidence on the political economy of the primary education system in Tanzania. The review has a specific ... -
Gender Parity in Education in Ethiopia
(IDS, 2019-12-23)This report synthesises evidence on the trends in the gender gap in primary and secondary school, particularly for the emerging regions: Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambela, and Somali in 2000 to 2019. This report was completed ... -
Learning to Implement and Scale Up Responsible and Inclusive Business Practices
(IDS, 2020-01-20)The literature reviewed for this report indicates that multinational businesses seeking to implement or scale up responsible and inclusive business practices learn best or most frequently through partnerships and peer-to-peer ... -
Overview of Inclusive Business Approaches: Addressing Challenges Facing Poor and Vulnerable Communities
(IDS, 2019-12-30)This rapid evidence review looks at reports issued by different development agencies, government bureaus and some academic publications – regarding inclusive innovation policies that target poor and vulnerable groups across ... -
Incentivising Responsible Business
(IDS, 2019-12-20)This report summarises evidence of the effectiveness of each of the following influences for incentivising businesses to adopt more responsible practices: 1). Customer pressure, 2). Transparency and reporting schemes, 3). ... -
Integrated Approaches to Refugee Management in Uganda
(IDS, 2020-01-24)Uganda has been a global leader in implementing an integrated approach to refugee management in which refugees enjoy essentially the same rights and access to jobs and services as locals. This approach has benefited both ... -
Fossils Fuels and Job Creation in Africa
(IDS, 2019-11-15)Fossil fuel development, including oil, gas and coal, can provide or support employment in a number of different ways1. Estimates for Africa’s extractive sector as a whole put it as employing less than 1% of Africa’s ... -
Lessons learned from Linking Social Protection to Tax Revenue
(IDS, 2019-12-11)Social protection and taxation have emerged as two of the key policy instruments available to governments in the pursuit of the Financing for Development (FFD) goals and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is a ... -
Illicit Financial Flows in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia)
(IDS, 2019-06-25)This review provides a summary of the evidence on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia). Large estimates of the value of IFFs have raised awareness of the issue on the ... -
Sub-Saharan African Experience of Conducting National Health Equity Assessments
(IDS, 2019-12-05)The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) has called for ‘health equity impact assessments' of all economic agreements, market regulation, and public policies, and for related ... -
Aid and Non-state Armed Groups
(IDS, 2019-12-23)This rapid literature review collates lessons related to aid (conditionality) and non-state armed groups (NSAGs). This is a companion paper to Herbert (2019) which looks more broadly at lessons from the use of aid ... -
Lessons From the Use of Aid Conditionality in Peace Processes
(IDS, 2019-12-17)This rapid literature review collates lessons from the literature on peace conditionality. This is a companion paper to Herbert (2019)1 which looks more specifically at lessons related to aid (conditionality) and non-state ... -
The Implication of Government Change to Technical Assistance
(IDS, 2019-11-29)The biggest risk to the effectiveness of ongoing Technical Assistance (TA) programmes (as a result of a change in government) is a change in priority or policy by the incoming administration. Indeed, periods of transition ... -
The Effectiveness of Technical Assistance in Middle Income Countries
(IDS, 2019-11-29)The broad literature on Technical Assistance (TA) in Middle Income Countries (MICs) notes that such programs were largely unsatisfactory, particularly in comparison with the scale of TA spending. The evidence suggests that ... -
Coordination of Security and Justice Work in the Western Balkans
(IDS, 2019-12-06)In the 1990s, security threats in the Western Balkans were analysed primarily through national lenses, with neighbouring states perceiving each other as their main threats. Since then, there has been a transition toward ...