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Uncertainty in the Drylands: Rethinking In/formal Insurance from Pastoral East Africa
(Sage Journals, 2023-05-26)Amidst climatic and economic volatility, agricultural development and climate adaptation policies have increasingly turned to weather microinsurance to manage uncertainties, particularly in dryland pastoral and agricultural ... -
Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development
(Practical Action Publishing, 2023-05-31)This book explores the connection between pastoralism, uncertainty, and development. It makes the case that recognizing how pastoralists make productive use of variability and embrace uncertainty ... -
When Complex is as Simple as it Gets: Guide for Recasting Policy and Management in the Anthropocene
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-06)Many readers recognise and understand that complex is about as simple as it gets for major policy and management. This guide is for those unwilling in the Anthropocene to shrink back into the older platitudes about ‘keep ... -
Towards Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-01)The Covid-19 pandemic has re-emphasised the need to ensure equitable access to safe, effective and affordable health services. The very rapid shift to the use of smartphone apps and telephone consultations (telemedicine) ... -
Confronting Uncertainties in Pastoral Areas: Transforming Development from Control to Care
(Berghahn, 2023-06-01)Pastoralists must continuously confront uncertainties, responding to high levels of variability and volatility where the future is unknown. Yet mainstream modernising development in pastoral areas aims to create stability ... -
Perceiving Bad Apples Versus Rotten Trees: Evidence From the Exposure of Politician Misbehavior in Colombia
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2022-10)This paper studies the effects of disclosing information about politician misbehavior on trust in public institutions. I use news bulletins from the main anti-corruption agency in Colombia announcing disciplinary prosecutions ... -
Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
(2023-05)This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Sudan Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-12-01)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Somalia) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. It summarises the principal elements of social ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Somalia Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. In a context of weak central political authority ... -
Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Kenya Country Report
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Somalia and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. Kenya’s social protection system has matured ... -
Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau: From Learning to Doing
(UNU-WIDER, 2022)This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document ... -
Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente a la reincorporación, Nota de política
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2020-08-01)Esta Nota de Política analiza las actitudes de los exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente al proceso de reincorporación en su primera etapa, usando los datos del Registro Nacional de Reincorporación (RNR) realizado entre ... -
Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente a la reincorporación
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2020)En agosto del 2019 se cumplieron dos años de la reincorporación de las Farc-EP. Este proceso es uno de los principales desafíos de la implementación del Acuerdo Final firmado entre el Estado colombiano y la organización ... -
Participación de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP en programas de reincorporación: Evidencia tras 3 anos de atenciones
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2022-10)Este capítulo describe las trayectorias de atención en el proceso de reincorporación de las Farc-EP. Analizamos una base de datos única de la Agencia de Reincorporación y Normalización (ARN) con información mensual de las ... -
¿Cómo va la implementación del Acuerdo Final? Evidencia deuna encuesta remota con exintegrantes de las Farc-EP
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2022)Después de más de seis anos de la firma del Acuerdo Final y más de cinco anos del comienzo de la reincorporación de las Farc-EP, este proceso sigue siendo un reto fundamental para el éxito de la implementación del Acuerdo ... -
Children’s Work in African Agriculture: The Harmful and the Harmless
(Bristol University Press, 2023-04-28)Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their family’s own small plots and some is forced and/or harmful. This book examines ... -
Ensuring an Effective Social Protection Response in Conflict-Affected Settings: Findings from the Horn of Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-09)The interaction between social protection and conflict is an emerging area of study with particular relevance to the Horn of Africa, where conflict and political instability are habitual risks and where social protection ... -
A Whole System Approach to Childhood Obesity: How a Supportive Environment was Created in the City of Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
(Springer, 2023-04-19)Childhood obesity is a growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are multifaceted, spanning individual, societal, environmental, and political spheres. This makes ... -
Milk Markets in Agropastoral Areas of Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-03)This briefing suggests how markets in artisanal milk products may contribute to agropastoralist livelihoods in semi-arid Africa. In some of these areas, milk plays important nutritional and cultural roles, but production ... -
Milk Markets in Agropastoralist Areas of Africa – A Photoset
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-03)The photos displayed in this document were taken in Kenya and Ghana as part of the research project Connecting Agropastoral Food Culture Research to Livestock Commercialisation Policy. They accompany the project Policy ...
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