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Climate Change Adaptation Through Humanitarian Aid? Promises, Perils and Potentials of the ‘New Humanitarianism’
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)A major reform of the humanitarian sector is currently under way, focusing increasingly on the prevention of crises rather than on providing relief once crises have occurred. This article examines whether and how this new ... -
Scalable and Sustainable: How to Build Anticipatory Capacity into Social Protection Systems
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Climate shocks contribute to a significant share of the humanitarian burden, and are a key factor in increasing poverty and food insecurity. Social protection is increasingly recognised as an instrument to help build ... -
Climate Change and Disasters: Institutional Complexities and Actors’ Priorities for Mitigation, Adaptation and Response
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Over the last decade, Pakistan has faced several major disasters, involving both natural hazards and conflict. These crises prompted tremendous national and international response, and triggered the Government of Pakistan ... -
Social Vulnerability and Local Adaptation in Humanitarian Response: The Case of Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)This article looks at the experiences of two areas hit hard by the 2010 mega-floods in Pakistan, one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Sindh. It examines how different humanitarian actors understand climatic changes, risk ... -
The Power of ‘Know-Who’: Adaptation to Climate Change in a Changing Humanitarian Landscape in Isiolo, Kenya
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)This article examines adaptation to climate change in view of changing humanitarian approaches in Isiolo County, Kenya. While humanitarian actors are increasingly integrating climate change in their international and ... -
Social Protection or Humanitarian Assistance: Contested Input Subsidies and Climate Adaptation in Malawi
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)The purpose of this article is to assess factors that contributed to the apparent success of the Farm Input Support Programme (FISP) in the period 2005–15, and discuss the lessons that can be learned from this experience ... -
Rethinking Food Aid in a Chronically Food-Insecure Region: Effects of Food Aid on Local Power Relations and Vulnerability Patterns in Northwestern Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)The impacts of repeated food aid programmes on households’ livelihood strategies and capacity to adapt to stressors such as climate change were investigated in the chronically food-insecure district of Humla in Nepal, ... -
What Does Climate Change Adaptation Mean for Humanitarian Assistance? Guiding Principles for Policymakers and Practitioners
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Vulnerability to climate change is the result of complex interactions of various social, political, economic and environmental conditions. Humanitarian actions, while often having short-term and ‘neutral’ intentions, ... -
Glossary: Courting Catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin 48.4, 'Courting Catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate'. -
Africa’s Youth Employment Challenge: New Perspectives
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Who are the youth and what is the problem? Are entrepreneurship and self-employment the solution? And what about youth aspirations? Such questions are addressed in this issue of the IDS Bulletin, drawing from the literature ... -
Contributors: Africa’s Youth Employment Challenge: New Perspectives
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 48.3, 'Africa’s Youth Employment Challenge: New Perspectives’. -
Introduction: New Perspectives on Africa’s Youth Employment Challenge
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)This article frames and introduces the ten other contributions to this collection. First, the dominant narrative around Africa’s youth employment challenge is set out, as are four key points of debate and discussion that ... -
Youth Employment in Developing Economies: Evidence on Policies and Interventions
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Based on a synthesis of the existing academic and policy literature, this article undertakes a situational analysis of youth employment in developing countries. The article analyses existing interventions across sectors ... -
The Politics of Youth Employment and Policy Processes in Ethiopia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Policy processes are inherently shaped by political contexts. One way of identifying the impact of politics on policy processes is by examining how policy narratives and framings evolve through time. This article examines ... -
The Side-Hustle: Diversified Livelihoods of Kenyan Educated Young Farmers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Side-hustling – the engagement in diverse income-earning activities – has become a common phenomenon among Kenyan educated youth who are increasingly faced with formal employment uncertainties. In this article, I examine ... -
Gambling, Dancing, Sex Work: Notions of Youth Employment in Uganda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Using the case of Uganda, this article explains how previously displaced youth conceptualise employment compared to what is formally understood as employment by national and cultural institutions. Using key informant ... -
Navigating Precarious Employment: Social Networks Among Migrant Youth in Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)This article is concerned with the precarious employment situations of migrant youth and the supportive role of social networks. It draws on interviews conducted with 30 young migrants in Accra, Ghana. The empirical ... -
Youth Participation in Smallholder Livestock Production and Marketing
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Agriculture is a leading source of employment for rural populations in Kenya. Through a mixed methods approach, this study sought to investigate youth participation in smallholder livestock production and marketing in ... -
Non-Farm Enterprises and the Rural Youth Employment Challenge in Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)Non-farm enterprises have generally been perceived as a silver bullet solution for rural unemployment. This article therefore provides some insights on their potential to resolve the youth unemployment challenge in rural ... -
Does Kenya’s Youth Enterprise Development Fund Serve Young People?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-05-22)This article analyses issues surrounding a state-supported self‑employment and entrepreneurship programme in Kenya, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF). Analysis of secondary data in addition to youth interviews ...