K4D: Recent submissions
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Donor Programming in Albania in Other (Non-justice and Security) Sectors Relevant to Organised Crime
(IDS, 2019-12-06)This helpdesk report provides an overview of sectors relevant to the existence and prevalence of organised crime in Albania; and a mapping of donor work in these sectors. While the programmes and projects discussed are not ... -
Donor Mapping in the Western Balkans: Security and Justice Work Linked to Serious and Organised Crime
(IDS, 2019-11-27)This rapid literature review has found a variety of donors working on security and justice assistance in the Western Balkans. The most significant donors include European Union (EU) bodies and the United Nations Office of ... -
Conditionality and Other Approaches to Secure Women’s Rights Provisions in Peace Processes
(IDS, 2019-11-28)This rapid literature review found no examples of the use of aid conditionality specifically to ensure inclusion of women’s rights provisions in peace process outcomes, but did identify other effective approaches, notably ... -
Promoting Inclusive Growth and Better Trade Relations with Indonesia
(IDS, 2019-03-08)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on the political economy of Indonesia, concerning recent inclusive growth efforts in Indonesia. It can be concluded that ... -
Mental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals
(Mental Health Innovation Network and IDS., 2020-01-20)While many development professionals recognise the need to do more for mental health, they do not always know where to begin. This topic guide is intended as a primer for development professionals interested in learning ... -
Education and Stability: Synopsis Paper
(IDS, 2019-12)DFID are aware that there are strong connections between education and stability which have implications for programming in different country contexts. Fiftyseven percent of the total DFID ODA spend, and 93% of bilateral ... -
Social Protection Topic Guide
(IDS, 2019-10)This guide provides an overview of social protection concepts, approaches, issues, debates and evidence, and a selection of key references and signposting to further resources. It primarily focuses on longer-term developmental ... -
Lessons from Stabilisation, Statebuilding, and Development Programming in South Sudan
(IDS, 2019-11-20)This rapid literature review collates lessons from major evaluations and learning reviews from development, state-building and stabilisation programming in South Sudan since independence in 2011. Key findings include: a) ... -
Merit-based Recruitment in the Public Sector: Effectiveness and Challenges
(IDS, 2019-11-20)In recent years, countries in the Western Balkans have taken various measures, such as reforming and adopting legislation, to increase the scope of merit-based recruitment procedures (Meyer-Sahling et al., 2019). There is ... -
The Value of Theory of Change in Large-Scale Projects and Complex Interventions
(IDS, 2019-11-19)This rapid literature review concentrates on the role that theory of change plays at the programmatic level, and if there are examples that illustrate how theory of change can be used to pull together nested theories of ... -
The ‘Youth Bulge’ and Political Unrest in Iraq: A Political Economy Approach
(IDS, 2019-11-11)This report reviews existing research on the relationship between the ‘youth bulge’ and political unrest in order to understand when and why young Iraqis resort to violence or disruption. There is some disagreement in the ... -
Political Will of African Governments to Address Climate Change
(IDS, 2019-11-20)In the past ten to fifteen years, there has been a ‘striking rise in discussions of politics and power in development policy circles’ (Laws & Marquette, 2018, p. 1) across all sectors, including calls for ‘greater attention ... -
Determinants of Sovereign Debt Default: Some Evidence from FCAS and MENA Countries
(IDS, 2019-11-14)Debt vulnerabilities have amplified in recent years in many developing countries – including many fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) and those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Debt defaults in ... -
Family Planning Lessons with a Focus on MENA Countries
(IDS, 2019-11-15)This report aimed to look at lessons on family planning programming focussing on Iran in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and recent attempts in Egypt. Journal articles and grey literature were drawn on. A brief search on ... -
Legislation, Policies and Social Exclusion in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-11-18)In Nigeria, there are several pieces of legislation, and a selection of policies that, if implemented, will impact on social exclusion and which aim to increase excluded people’s access to services. There are also examples ... -
Overview of Social Exclusion in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-11-18)The concepts of poverty and social exclusion are intertwined but distinct from each other; not all members of socially disadvantaged groups are economically disadvantaged. However, social exclusion increases poverty by ... -
Evidence on Social Inclusion Programming in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-11-08)This rapid review has found evidence of a number of lessons from past social inclusion programming in Nigeria. Inclusion programming is understood as programmes that aim to include excluded groups in the employment market ... -
Engaging New Governments on Development Priorities
(IDS, 2019-11-29)This rapid literature review considers donor engagement with newly elected governments in aid recipient countries. It sought to focus on the immediate period after a new administration is elected and takes office. However, ... -
Support for Civil Society Engagement in Peace Processes
(IDS, 2019-06-10)This review looks at the effectiveness of interventions specifically aimed at supporting civil society groups to participate in peace processes. Unfortunately, a number of major challenges were faced. One, donor support ... -
Urban Expansion in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-10-29)This rapid literature review, surveys the available literature on urban expansion in Nigerian cities/towns over the coming decades. It presents information on population growth, geographic expansion and urban density to ...
