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Guidance Note on Scaling up Social Norm Change
(IDS, 2019-04)This is a guidance note on how DFID can support the scale-up of inclusive approaches to complex social change for marginalised and vulnerable groups. It looks at how to scale up approaches to shift social norms that underpin ... -
Guidance Note on Scaling up Social Norm Change: Risk Management and Monitoring (Brief 04)
(IDS, 2019-04)This paper is one of four companion Briefs to the main guidance note on scaling up social norm change. The fourth brief focuses on Risk management and monitoring. This Brief looks in further detail at a selection of the ... -
Guidance Note on Scaling up Social Norm Change: Resourcing and Value for Money (Brief 03)
(IDS, 2019-04)This paper is one of four companion Briefs to the main guidance note on scaling up social norm change. The third brief focuses on resourcing and value for money. There is little available evidence on the costing and value ... -
Guidance Note on Scaling up Social Norm Change: Types of Scale Up (Brief 02)
(IDS, 2019-04)This paper is one of four companion Briefs to the main guidance note on scaling up social norm change. The second brief focuses on the types of scale-up: horizontal, vertical, functional, organisational, and evidence and ... -
Guidance Note on Scaling up Social Norm Change: Concepts and Resources (Brief 01)
(IDS, 2019-04)This paper is one of four companion Briefs to the main guidance note on scaling up social norm change. The first brief focuses on the concept and resources on social norms, social norms intervention, and scale-up. This ... -
Interventions to Reduce Forced Marriage
(IDS, 2019-11-15)This review drew largely on academic papers as well as reports by international development organisations. Evidence and hence lessons on how to combat forced marriage are limited and sometimes contradictory. Overall, the ... -
Youth Employment Needs in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-10-31)There has been increased interest in youth issues in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, especially related to employment. Nigeria is expected to grow to over 440 million people by 2050, becoming the third most populated ... -
Cash Transfer Programmes in High Inflation Contexts
(IDS, 2019-10-31)The use of Cash Transfers (CTs) in developing regions arose as the understanding grew that some other types of aid programmes were not effectively attaining their goals. For instance, emergency food aid was responding to ... -
Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Response – Best Practice
(IDS, 2019-11-05)This review looks at the alignment of humanitarian response in refugee crises with national social protection systems. It examines the experience of three countries dealing with protracted refugee situations: Turkey, Lebanon ... -
The Effects of Rapid Demographic Changes on Water, Energy, and Transport Infrastructure in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-11-07)Nigeria has historically under-invested in its infrastructure. The infrastructure deficit cuts across all sectors, but it is most severe for access to water and sanitation. Although Nigeria is expected to improve levels ... -
Examination Malpractice in Low-Income Contexts
(IDS, 2019-11-08)This non-standard helpdesk report found that there was little research evidence detailing the types of examination malpractice and even fewer studies focusing on effective strategies to mitigate these issues. Due to the ... -
Sustainable Funding Models for Development Programmes in Transboundary River Basins
(IDS, 2019-10-21)Often, the investments made, and funds committed to the water sector fall short of actual financing needs. These financial inadequacies are particularly prevalent in the field of transboundary water (TBW) development ... -
e-Procurement: Lessons from Interventions and Approaches from Emerging Economies of Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
(IDS, 2019-10-14)This review focuses on lessons and examples of eProcurement in the western Balkans and former soviet states in Eastern Europe. There is good evidence in terms of the benefits of successful implementation, however the ... -
Climate Change in Nigeria: Impacts and Responses
(IDS, 2019-10-10)Nigeria’s climate has been changing, evident in: increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; land degradation; more frequent extreme weather events; affected ... -
G7 Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)
(IDS, 2019-10-25)There is no one specific definition of health systems strengthening (HSS). Also, no one method exists for HSS that can be applied to all countries (Reich & Takemi, 2019). This rapid review focuses on methods used in HSS ... -
Challenges Religious Minorities Face in Accessing Humanitarian Assistance
(IDS, 2019-10-14)This rapid literature review, surveys evidence regarding the challenges specific religious minorities face in accessing humanitarian assistance. This review acknowledges that there remains a paucity of research on the ... -
G7 Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
(IDS, 2019-10-11)Universal Health Coverage (UHC) cannot be delivered by the health sector alone. It requires the highest political support (The Global Governance Project, 2019). This rapid review focuses on what the Group of Seven (G7) ... -
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in Institutional Reform: Lessons Learned
(IDS, 2019-10-01)This review highlights the lessons learned from a number of UK-funded reform programmes with TA elements (reviews with insights from USAID and Danida, Norad and Sida were also included in the final section). Some of these ... -
Review of Tax Incentives and Their Impacts in Asia
(IDS, 2019-09-30)This rapid literature review summarises the existing evidence on tax incentives and their consequences (i.e. benefits and costs) in Asia. This report provides a review of academic papers, policy briefs, and other reports ... -
Taxation and Accountability: How to Improve the State-Citizen Social Contract Through Taxation
(IDS, 2019-09-30)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on how taxation can be effectively used as an instrument for accountability and responsiveness by governments in Low- ...
