Strengthening Evidence Based Policy: Recent submissions
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Reducing Violence in a Time of Global Uncertainty: Insights from the Institute of Development Studies Addressing and Mitigating Violence Programme
(IDS, 2016-06)This Evidence Report details key insights from the Institute of Development Studies Addressing and Mitigating Violence programme, which involved detailed political analysis of dynamics of violence as well as efforts to ... -
Reducing Violence in a Time of Global Uncertainty
(IDS, 2016-06)The new Sustainable Development Goal to reduce armed violence is a welcome commitment but the prescriptive nature of its approach is problematic – there is ‘no one size fits all’. Rather, focus needs to be on how violence ... -
Can China’s Bold New Plans Make the Difference in Pakistan?
(IDS, 2016-06)Ever since the 1955 Bandung Conference of Afro-Asian states, China has been active in civil engineering projects around the world, especially in Africa, as a sign of its commitment to the world emerging from colonialism. ... -
A New Era for China’s Renewable Energy Development? External Shocks, Internal Struggles and Policy Changes
(IDS, 2016-06)As the world’s largest greenhouse gas (GHG) polluter, China’s annual emissions accounted for almost 30 per cent of the world’s total emissions in 2014 – more than the United States (15 per cent) and the European Union (10 ... -
Avenues for Donors to Promote Sexuality and Gender Justice
(IDS, 2016-06)Donor agencies agree that addressing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI) is not only an important human rights issue but is also integral to efforts to alleviate poverty and ... -
Foresight Methods: A Guide to Easily Accessible Toolkits
(IDS, 2016-06)This Evidence Report provides an introduction to a number of easily accessible toolkits relating to the use of Foresight and Futures approaches and methods in development-oriented research and planning. Section 2 of this ... -
Impact of Community-led Total Sanitation on Women’s Health in Urban Slums: A Case Study from Kalyani Municipality
(IDS, 2016-06)This Evidence Report seeks to understand the health and other impacts of slum women’s access to sanitation through the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach. It also examines the process through which open defecation ... -
Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development: Training Course on International Development and Global Health Strategy
(IDS, 2016-06)The Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development delivers intensive training courses for government officials and development professionals to explore the theories, policies and practices of international development ... -
Understanding the BRICS Evolving Influence and Role in Global Governance and Development
(IDS, 2016-05)The BRICS Summit process was inaugurated in 2009 as a signal that the global governance system of the future would need to be constituted to reflect a politically diverse, multipolar world. At this same moment, the ... -
The Role of Cities and Urbanisation in Achieving Development Goals
(IDS, 2016-05)The world is in the midst of a long and uneven urban transition, with the great majority of urbanisation and urban population growth now occurring in parts of Asia and Africa. Urbanisation has profound effects on local ... -
Testing TwitterWeave: An Application of the New IDS Web Tool for Tracking Research
(IDS, 2016-05)Understanding how people engage with research is a key issue for researchers, donors and anyone concerned with research impact, but observing this type of engagement is not easy. However, thanks to today’s widespread use ... -
Migration, Mobility and Marginalisation: Consequences for Sexual and Gender Minorities
(IDS, 2016-05)As a strategy to avoid discrimination, violence and economic marginalisation, sexual and gender non-conforming people often turn to migration as a route to achieve independence and build social capital. Recent studies by ... -
The Global Importance of Including Mental Health Carers in Policy
(IDS, 2016-05)Globally, there is growing awareness of the need to prioritise mental health as a development issue, with a historic step achieved by the inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Less understood is ... -
How Can We Use Markets to Reach the Poor With Nutritious Foods?
(IDS, 2016-05)To effectively reach poor people, nutritious food must be affordable, available in the market, safe, and must contain the nutrients which it claims to have. Ensuring that nutritious food can reach the most vulnerable cannot ... -
Rising Powers, Lowering Emissions?
(IDS, 2016-05)The importance of ensuring that African countries can meet their rising energy needs in a low-carbon way that also benefits the poor, is widely accepted. The so-called ‘rising powers’, such as China, Brazil and India are ... -
What Role Does the European Union Play in International Development?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-17)As a body of 28 member states and with a combined GDP of close to US$20tn, greater than that of the US, the actions of the European Union (EU) have the potential to impact heavily – either negatively or positively – on ... -
Edible Insects and the Future of Food
(IDS, 2016-04)Some experts think that edible insects could be a good option for sustainable protein production and consumption, and one of the keys to global food security in a world of nine billion people or more. We used the methods ... -
Cost and Returns of Renewable Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparison of Kenya and Ghana
(IDS, 2016-04)The allocation of finance for the provision of green electricity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should be informed by two questions. Which generation technologies are financially viable? And which generation technologies are ... -
Reflections from a Realist Evaluation in Progress: Scaling Ladders and Stitching Theory
(IDS, 2016-04)Realist evaluation provides valuable insights into how and why programmes lead to change, and can generate transferable lessons to help practitioners roll out or scale up an intervention. However, as yet there are few ... -
What Can the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Learn from Other Development Banks?
(IDS, 2016-04)Global development has reached a critical turning point. In addition to achieving middle-income status, several recipient countries are now also becoming donors and lenders to other developing countries. China in ...