OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Carrot or stick? : redistributive transfers versus policing in contexts of civil unrest
(IDS, 2011)Recurrent episodes of civil unrest significantly reduce the potential for economic growth and poverty reduction. Yet the economics literature offers little understanding of what triggers civil unrest in society and how ... -
Education and conflict recovery : the case of Timor Leste
(IDS, 2011)The Timor Leste secession conflict lasted for 25 years. Its last wave of violence in 1999, following the withdrawal of Indonesian troops, generated massive displacement and destruction with widespread consequences for ... -
Poverty, livelihoods and war legacies : the case of post-war rural Kosovo
(IDS, 2011)This paper examines the effects of war on livelihood portfolios and welfare outcomes of rural households in Kosovo using the 2000 Kosovo Living Standards Measurement Survey. We question to what extent the legacy of war ... -
Violent conflict and human capital accumulation
(IDS, 2011)The objective of this paper is to review the available evidence on one important micro-level mechanism linking civil wars and long-term development outcomes, namely the level and access to education of civilian and ... -
AIDS, citizenship and global funding : a Gambian case study
(IDS, 2009)Making sense of an HIV-positive diagnosis is often a struggle. Across Africa this is mediated by a new globalism in public health; the last decade has seen an array of new international initiatives and funding mechanisms. ... -
What next for power analysis? : a review of recent experience with the Powercube and related frameworks
(IDS, 2012)The Working Paper aims to contribute to a growing pool of experience of applying power analysis for improving social activism and organisational practice. Over the last decade, an increasing number of practitioners, ... -
Chronic poverty in rural Ethiopia through the lens of life histories
(IDS, 2012)Studying chronic poverty using retrospective qualitative data (life histories) in conjunction with longitudinal panel data is now widely recognised to provide deeper and more reliable insights (Davis and Baulch, 2009). ... -
MDGs 2.0 : what goals, targets and timeframe?
(IDS, 2012)The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are widely cited as the primary yardstick against which advances in international development efforts are to be judged. At the same time, the Goals will be met or missed by 2015. It ... -
Strategies of feminist bureaucrats : United Nations experiences
(IDS, 2012)This paper explores the challenges and opportunities for feminists working as women’s rights and gender equality specialists in the United Nations as analysed from a practitioner perspective. Part 1 by Joanne Sandler ... -
What Drives Wind and Solar Energy Investment in India and China?
(IDS, 2014-07)This research is motivated by the need to transform the basis of energy systems from fossil fuels to renewable sources. As well as the imperative of climate change, this transformation is needed to create development ... -
Determinants for Performance of Ethiopian Horse Beans Export to Sudan: The Case of Metema-Gelabat Border
(2014-07-30)ABSTRACT The Metema-Gelabat border horse beans export encountered a number of influencing factors that deter its performance. Among others inadequate capital, lack of experience on export trading, inadequate knowledge of ... -
Factors Affecting Forest User’s Participation in Participatory Forest Management; Evidence from Alamata Community Forest, Tigray; Ethiopia
(2014-07-30)Abstract This study attempted to explore factors affecting forest user‟s participation in Participatory Forest Management. The general objective of this study is assessing factors affecting Community Participation in PFM ... -
The governance agenda in long term perspective : globalisation, revenues and the differentiation of states
(IDS, 2011)The governance-and-development agenda that has dominated thinking since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc is fast losing credibility. It continues to be associated with a set of countries, ideas and experiences – the ‘West’ ... -
Competition and cooperation between Europe and China in the wind power sector
(IDS, 2011)This paper uses a value chain lens to examine the prospects for competition and cooperation between Europe and China in the global wind power sector. Drawing on insights from fieldwork conducted in 2010 combined with ... -
Admissible evidence in the court of development evaluation? : the impact of CARE's SHOUHARDO Project on child stunting in Bangladesh
(IDS, 2011)Along with the rise of the development effectiveness movement of the last few decades, experimental impact evaluation methods – randomised controlled trials and quasiexperimental techniques – have emerged as a dominant ... -
Does paid work provide a Pathway to Women's Empowerment? : empirical findings from Bangladesh
(IDS, 2011)The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while ... -
The understanding and practice of development in China and the European Union
(IDS, 2011)The role of China in international development rose to prominence from around 2005 as it became clear that a new wave of Chinese actors was engaging in public and private activities in the global South. This has implications ... -
Stopping child poverty in its tracks : the role for social protection in Vietnam
(IDS, 2011)A specific focus on children has been called for within the development and social protection debates, for moral, economic, rights and social justice reasons. This paper explores the role for social protection in reducing ... -
Social protection and socioeconomic security in Nepal
(IDS, 2011)Nepal, with a population of 27.6 million people, is a ‘least developed country’ in many ways. The country is characterised by significant socioeconomic insecurity, comprising structurallygenerated income poverty, a ... -
Does better local governance improve district growth performance in Indonesia
(IDS, 2011)A large literature suggests that countries with better governance have higher growth rates. We explore whether this is also true at the sub-national level in Indonesia. We exploit a new dataset of firm perceptions of the ...
