OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Intelligent Government: How Research Can Help Increase Tax Compliance
(IDS, 2019-05-22)How can governments and tax authorities best encourage taxpayers to be compliant, i.e. to be more honest in declaring information about their tax obligations and paying what is due? Unfortunately, one common response, ... -
Hidden Inequalities: Tax Challenges of Market Women in Enugu and Kaduna States, Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-05-22)This paper presents the findings of a study on gender-based taxation differences among market traders in two Nigerian states. At a high level, no significant differences were found between female and male traders in the ... -
Destabilisation of Sustainable Energy Transformations: Analysing Natural Gas Lock-in in the case of Germany
(STEPS Centre, 2019)In recent years, natural gas has seen increased support in the context of climate change mitigation. Described as a ‘bridge fuel’ it is seen as aiding in the low-carbon energy transformation process. This is puzzling, given ... -
Key Considerations: Bushmeat in the Border Areas of South Sudan and DRC
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-05-22)In the context of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), May 2019, this brief summarises key considerations about bushmeat (meat derived from wild animals for human consumption) in the context ... -
Politics, Factions and Violence: Listening to Local Voices on Ebola. Local Media Update 3 (February-April 2019)
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-05-21)This brief summarises local media and messages circulating via social media outlets including WhatsApp and local radio and press outlets in the Beni and Butembo areas of North Kivu, DRC between February and April 2019. It ... -
Study of CDC's Mobilisation of Private Investment
(ITAD, 2019-01-23)This Inception Report describes our proposed approach to the longitudinal evaluation of CDC’s ability to mobilise private investment. The primary aims of the evaluation are to understand: 1. The drivers of direct mobilisation, ... -
Small Business Use of the Integrated Tax Administration System in Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-05-15)Our research explores the factors that drive the ways in which small business owners perceive and use the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) in Nigeria. We surveyed nearly 500 small businesses. We apply logistic ... -
Power and Powerlessness in an Appalachian Valley – Revisited
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2019-05-07)With the rise of Trump support in rural Appalachia – the coal mining, mountainous region in the heartland of the eastern United States – media and other commentators have rushed to explain this conservative politics in ... -
Implications of Not Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Needs in Conflict Situations
(IDS, 2019-04-30)This review examines the potential implications of not addressing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) needs resulting from conflict throughout the life course, including on longer term mental and physical health, ... -
Women's Political Participation in a Pakistani Metropolis: Navigating Gendered Household and Political Spaces
(The Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives, 2019-04)The male–female gap in voter turnout in the 2018 Pakistani general elections stood at 9.1 per cent, with 11 million fewer women exercising their right to vote than men. This report shows that the largest city in each of ... -
No Time to Waste: Tackling the Plastic Pollution Crisis Before it’s Too Late
(Tearfund, 2019-05-14)Plastic pollution is destroying our natural environment and harming the poorest people on the planet. For every person born since the 1950s, one tonne of plastic has been produced and less than a tenth of this has been ... -
The role of UN Humanitarian Forums Involving Conflict Parties in Conflict Situations
(IDS, 2019-04-26)This query studies the role of regular UN humanitarian forums that involve conflict parties in conflict situations to discuss humanitarian issues of concern. It focuses on forums that are held outside of any political ... -
Evidence on Family Planning Use in Young People of Tanzania
(IDS, 2019-04-12)Adolescents (aged 10–19 years) and youth (aged 15–24 years) face a multitude of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) risks that, if not managed, will have consequences that follow them into adulthood. The United Republic ... -
Turnover-Based Presumptive Taxation and Taxpayers' Perceptions in Ethiopia
(IDS, 2019-05-10)This paper focuses on the perceptions of a turnover-based presumptive tax system in Ethiopia. It mainly focuses on taxpayers’ perceptions of fairness, simplicity and administrative capacity. In this study, fairness has ... -
Small Town Water Supply Infrastructure Costs
(IDS, 2019-04)The growth in urban populations has facilitated an increase in demand for urban water supply. This report examines the costs of construction for urban water supply in small/medium towns (population 10 000 to 40 000) in ... -
Legal Pathways’ Effects on Irregular Migration
(IDS, 2019-04-05)This report synthesises evidence on the effects of the availability of legal pathways on irregular migration. Regular migration pathways include labour mobility regimes, sponsorship programmes for high skilled workers, ... -
Public Sector Reform and Capacity Building in Small Island Developing States
(IDS, 2019-05-08)This rapid literature review summarises the evidence on public sector reform and capacity building initiatives in SIDS. Overall, the evidence indicates that the success of public sector reforms and capacity building ... -
Advocacy Coalitions and the Transfer of Nutrition Policy to Zambia
(Oxford Academic, 2019-03-26)Stunted growth in children and multisectoral action to address it are dominant ideas in the international nutrition community today, and this study finds that these ideas are increasingly evident over time in nutrition ... -
Nutrition Transition in Zambia: Changing Food Supply, Food Prices, Household Consumption, Diet and Nutrition Outcomes
(Springer, 2019-02-21)The nutrition transition literature has generally drawn on epidemiologic and demographic changes to make its argument, because in many cases broader data are not available on the drivers of nutrition change. Going further, ... -
Lessons Learned from Education Programmes' Contribution to Peace and Stability
(IDS, 2019-04-08)Whilst education is most often viewed as central to peace-building, it is important to note that it has two faces. Education can be a strong tool in exacerbating violent conflict whilst on the positive side facilitate peace ...
