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Seeing Change in Urban Informal Settlements with Social Network Analysis
(SAGE journals, 2021-04-01)This paper examines the changes to social networks of people living in seven informal settlements in Raipur, India, who, in line with the “Indian Alliance” model of community organizing, worked with NGO partners to form ... -
Understanding Drivers of Private-sector Compliance to Large-scale Food Fortification: A Case Study on Edible Oil Value Chains in Bangladesh
(Elsevier, 2021-07-18)Micronutrient deficiency is a pertinent global challenge that affects billions of people and has deleterious health effects. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a cost- effective way to tackle micronutrient deficiency ... -
Closing England's Maths Attainment Gap through One-to-One Tutoring – Global Solutions
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-22)In the aftermath of COVID-related school closures in the UK, students lost two months of learning, but the loss among the 1.7 million disadvantaged students has been much larger at seven months. This disadvantaged gap is ... -
Insights into Smallholder Capacity for Agricultural Commercialisation: Evidence from Four African Contexts
(Springer Link, 2021-07-13)Over the last 15 years, the agricultural economics and development literature has amply highlighted success stories of smallholder farmers in developing countries, illustrating their increased engagement and integration ... -
Mapping of Children Engaged in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Supply Chain of the Leather Industry in Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-15)This mapping of children in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in the leather sector of Bangladesh was conducted in May–August 2020. WFCL are not always obvious and, without better understanding of where, why and how ... -
Epic Narratives of the Green Revolution in Brazil, China, and India
(Spinger, 2021-06-24)The Green Revolution is often seen as epitomising the dawn of scientific and technological advancement and modernity in the agricultural sector across developing countries, a process that unfolded from the 1940s through ... -
Designing a Participatory Programme at Scale: Phases 1 and 2 of the CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-08)CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) is a large-scale Participatory Action Research programme which aims to identify, evidence, and promote effective multi-stakeholder action ... -
Silent Cities, Silenced Histories: Subaltern Experiences of Everyday Urban Violence During COVID-19
(The British Academy, 2021-06-22)The public health containment measures in response to COVID-19 have precipitated a significant epistemic and ontological shift in ‘bottom-up’ and ‘action-oriented’ approaches in development studies research. ‘Lockdown’ ... -
Kerala’s Grass-roots-led Pandemic Response: Deciphering the Strength of Decentralisation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-18)This paper presents an analysis of the role of decentralised institutions to understand the learning and challenges of the grass-roots-led pandemic response of Kerala. The study is based on interviews with experts and ... -
Whose Debt is it Anyway? A Sustainable Route Out of the Crisis for Low-income Countries
(2021-06)The public debt of low-income countries is increasing significantly, with the ratio of public debt service costs to government tax revenue likely to exceed 30% in a third of low-income countries. This could reduce their ... -
Bonded: Life Stories from Agricultural Communities in South-Eastern Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-17)In the Terai region of South-Eastern Nepal, there persists a form of agricultural bonded labour called Harwa-Charwa, rooted in agricultural feudal social relations. The Terai has a long and dynamic political history with ... -
Demanding Power: Contentious Politics and Electricity in Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-03)This paper explores Pakistan’s electricity supply crisis that lasted from 2007 to 2015, and the ensuing contention that shaped public discourse and political events in the country. During this period, which witnessed ... -
Understanding Regulatory Cultures: The Case of Water Regulatory Reforms in India
(Wiley, 2021-05-27)This article uses the concept of regulatory cultures to understand the (dis)embedding of “independent” water regulation in India. It analyzes the specific case of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority and ... -
China–Africa Economic Zones as Catalysts for Industrialisation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-27)Chinese-sponsored Economic and Trade Cooperation Zones offer African countries opportunities for new sources of investment, employment, skills transfer and technology transfer that promote industrialisation. For more than ... -
Accountability Bargains in Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-27)Poor and marginalised citizens rarely engage directly with the state to solve their governance issues in fragile, conflict and violence-affected settings, as these settings are characterised by the confrontational nature ... -
Avenir imaginé : insuffisances du soutien aux jeunes en milieu rural en Côte d’Ivoire
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-24)Le manque à des débouchés professionnels pour les jeunes est une préoccupation majeure en Afrique, et a un impact sur de nombreux domaines stratégiques. En Côte d’Ivoire, la situation est difficile en raison des crises ... -
Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-24)How do young people across Africa engage with the rural economy? And what are the implications for how they build livelihoods and futures for themselves, and for rural areas and policy? These questions are closely linked ... -
Imagined Futures: Gaps in Support for Rural Youth in Côte d’Ivoire
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-24)Lack of employment opportunities for young people is a major concern across Africa, and involves many policy areas. In Côte d’Ivoire, the situation is challenging because of political and economic crises that have beset ... -
Youth, Land and Rural Livelihoods in Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-24)Rural economic transformations in Africa are generating new opportunities to engage with agricultural value chains. However, many young people are said to be locked out of such opportunities because of limited access to ... -
Are Young People in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Caught in Waithood?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-24)The idea that large numbers of young people in sub-Saharan Africa are stuck in waithood – trapped between childhood and adulthood – dominates international development policy discourse. The belief is that because there are ...