OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Prescriber and Dispenser Perceptions About Antibiotic Use in Acute Uncomplicated Childhood Diarrhea and Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in New Delhi: Qualitative Study
(Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2017-11-01)OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to explore the prescribing practices, knowledge, and attitudes of primary care doctors and community pharmacists, regarding antibiotic use in acute upper respiratory tract infections ... -
Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve Health-Care Provider Practices in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review
(Elsevier Ltd., 2018-10-08)Inadequate health-care provider performance is a major challenge to the delivery of high-quality health care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Health Care Provider Performance Review (HCPPR) is a ... -
Gender and the Formal and Informal Systems of Local Public Finance in Sierra Leone
(IDS, 2018-11-13)This paper considers how men and women in eastern and northern Sierra Leone interact differently with formal and informal revenue collection. It argues that the literature on tax and gender equity needs to be expanded in ... -
Afghanistan: Country Synthesis Brief
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2018-09)Despite agriculture being the mainstay of Afghan society, little attention has been given to its potential to address undernutrition. The Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) research programme ... -
Making Information Disclosure in Extractive Governance Count for Accountability in Mozambique
(Centro De Integridade Publica (CIP), 2018-10)Does information disclosure on corrupt extractive contracts empower citizens and institutions to take social and political action (SPA) to demand government accountability? In Mozambique, there have been some instances ... -
Lessons from the Millennium Villages Evaluation: Where Next for Integrated Development?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)Integrated development projects seem to have largely fallen out of favour since their heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Integrated projects are by their nature often complex and messy – and this has thrown up challenges for ... -
Notes on Contributors: The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 49.4, 'The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development'. -
Foreword: The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)This is the foreword to IDS Bulletin 49.4, 'The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development'. -
Introduction: Lessons from the Millennium Villages Evaluation; Where Next for Integrated Development?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)This IDS Bulletin explores recent evidence on integrated approaches in rural development. Since the 1970s, holistic and multisectoral programming has been based on the synergistic potential of achieving more through a ... -
Integrated Development, Past and Present
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in integrated rural development (IRD) projects, which were a common feature of international development in the 1960s and 1970s. In this article we critically review the ... -
The Cost-Effectiveness of Complex Projects: A Systematic Review of Methodologies
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)Most development interventions are complex, comprising several interacting activities affecting multiple outcomes. Impact evaluations of such interventions are widespread, but the literature offers little guidance on how ... -
Problems of Transfer Pricing and Possibilities for Simplification - Research in Brief
(IDS, 2018-11-09)This ICTD Research in Brief is a two-page summary of ICTD Working paper 81 by Olav Lundstøl. This series is aimed at policy makers, tax administrators, fellow researchers and anyone else who is big on interest and short ... -
Problems of Transfer Pricing and Possibilities for Simplification
(IDS, 2018-11-09)The defects in the rules for allocation of the income of transnational corporations (TNCs) are at the heart of the current crisis in international corporate taxation. This paper explains how these rules emerged and developed, ... -
Why African Tax Authorities Should Employ More Women: Evidence from the Uganda Revenue Authority
(IDS, 2018-11-09)Tax collection has historically – in Africa and in the rest of the world – been very much a male preserve. The situation is changing. Partly because of changes in the ways in which taxes are collected, women are entering ... -
Assessing Value for Money in Integrated Development Programmes – The Case of a Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)Through the use of cost–consequence analysis (CCA), a recent evaluation of a Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in Ghana revealed it to have represented poor value for money (VFM), with comparator projects elsewhere seeming ... -
Abductive Reasoning to Explain Integrated Development: Lessons from the Multi-Method Evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)The use of mixed methods in impact evaluation often focuses on the triangulation of findings or using qualitative data to explain statistical assessments of impact (net effect). In this article, we argue for the benefits ... -
Can Immersion Research Add Value in Understanding Integrated Programme Interventions?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)In the external evaluation of development interventions, beneficiaries are often involved to define priorities, and provide feedback and evaluation. This generally uses ‘invited spaces’ such as facilitated community meetings, ... -
Learning About Integrated Development Using Longitudinal Mixed Methods Programme Evaluation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)Globally, millions of children are living without parental care. Families experience multiple challenges that lead to family–child separation, with financial hardship a common theme. The integration of interventions to ... -
Applying Factorial Designs to Disentangle the Effects of Integrated Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)In this article, we discuss the study design and lessons learned from a full-factorial randomised controlled study conducted with beneficiaries of a youth programme in Pretoria, South Africa. The study assesses whether the ... -
Glossary: The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-09-30)This is the glossary for IDS Bulletin 49.4, 'The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development'.
