K4D: Recent submissions
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Effectiveness of Minimum Quality Standards for Primary Education in Low and Lower Middle-Income Countries
(IDS, 2019-02-28)Minimum quality standards for education are common in low and lower middle-income countries. However, the scope and use of these standards are determined by the country’s level of development. Therefore, some countries ... -
Inequity and Leave No One Behind: Approaches to Maternal and Newborn Healthcare
(IDS, 2019-02-27)Several approaches have been tried to genuinely leave no one behind in access to maternal and newborn health care (MNH) and the related Reproductive Health (RH) services. Successful ones include individual governmental ... -
Serious and Organized Crime in Jordan
(IDS, 2019-02-28)This review presents findings on the prevalence and nature of serious and organized crime in Jordan, and efforts to combat this. The extremely limited literature on the topic indicates that Jordan has low levels of serious ... -
An Overview of Evidence Regarding the Impact of Impact Bonds as Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Education in Development Contexts
(IDS, 2019-02-25)This report provides a summary overview of the evidence regarding the impact of impact bonds (including Social Impact Bonds and Development Impact Bonds) in their application as innovative financing mechanisms for supporting ... -
Achieving Complex Development Goals Along China’s Digital Silk Road
(IDS, 2019-03-08)This report is divided into four main parts. Section 2 summarises the general literature on ICTs and the SDGs to illustrate both synergies and potential trade-offs between accelerating ICT adoption and achieving complex ... -
The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative Investment in Digital Connectivity and Information and Communication Technologies on Achieving the SDGs
(IDS, 2019-03-08)The lion’s share of the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)” investment in infrastructure from the Chinese investors has gone to the energy and transportation sectors, and only a very small share to the information and ... -
Gender as a Causal Factor in Conflict
(IDS, 2019-02-28)This rapid review synthesises evidence on gender as a causal factor in different inter and intra state conflicts. It focuses on evidence from the year 2000 onwards, identifying specific case examples and describing how ... -
Advantages and Value of Funding NGOs in the Global South
(IDS, 2019-02-26)This rapid literature review examines the advantages or added value of providing donor funding directly to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) or Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) based in the global south, rather than ... -
National Dialogues: Lessons Learned and Success Factors
(IDS, 2019-02-12)This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy and knowledge institutions sources on lessons learned about making national dialogue processes for peacebuilding most effective. The review focuses on ... -
Stunting, Wasting, and Education in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-02-11)Globally, the number of primary school children with nutritional deficiencies is high. This rapid review focuses on children with such deficiencies (namely stunting and wasting), and how it affects them throughout their ... -
Opposition Political Party Approaches and International Assistance Against Democratic Backsliding
(IDS, 2019-02-08)This quick review synthesises the literature from academic, policy and knowledge institutions sources on the approaches that opposition political parties use to increase democratic spaces when operating in non-democratic ... -
Social Safety Nets in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
(IDS, 2018-11-09)This rapid review synthesises evidence on social safety net in fragile and conflict-affected states and how they have been supported by national governments and the international community. First section will discuss about ... -
Mainstreaming Climate and Environmental Considerations into Existing Development Programmes
(IDS, 2019-02-05)This rapid review synthesises evidence on mainstreaming climate and environmental consideration into existing development programmes. The first section in this review briefly explores the complexities around mainstreaming ... -
An Overview of Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Education in Development Contexts
(IDS, 2019-02-06)Traditionally, financing for social development in development settings has utilised bonds and guarantees. These mechanisms focused primarily on resource mobilization by leveraging the balance sheets of international finance ... -
Donor Policies on Inclusion
(IDS, 2019-01-31)This rapid review synthesises the literature from government documents of G7 countries on inclusion in development since the launch of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Documents were found using ... -
E-governance Innovations in India
(IDS, 2019-01-29)This review looked for examples of e-governance innovations in India in the following sectors: healthcare services, agricultural productivity, clean water, sanitation & hygiene, clean energy, FinTech and waste management. ... -
Period Poverty Impact on the Economic Empowerment of Women
(IDS, 2019-01-23)The aim of this review was to present the recent evidence on the period poverty (lack of access to sanitary products, WASH facilities, dignity, and information about menstruation) impact on the economic empowerment of ... -
Managing Transitions from Mother Tongue Instruction to English as the Medium Instruction
(IDS, 2019-01-21)International evidence is clear that there is no best practice in transitioning from mother tongue to English as the medium of instruction in low and middle-income countries. Many studies found in the development of this ... -
Economic Impact of Farming Cooperatives in East Africa
(IDS, 2019-02-05)This report identified evidence on the economic impacts of agricultural cooperatives in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The report begins with a discussion on the impact on productivity, income and welfare. ... -
Livestock and Conflict in South Sudan
(IDS, 2018-10-29)This review drew largely on a mixture of academic and grey literature to assess the relationship between livestock and conflict in South Sudan. Livestock are massively important in South Sudan. The sector is the main source ...