OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Shifts in Innovation Power to Brazil and India: Insights from the Auto and Software Industries
(Institute of Development Studies, 2012-02)The global innovation map is changing. Until a few years ago innovation activities were concentrated in the US, Europe and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation ... -
Rent Management – The Heart of Green Industrial Policy
(Institute of Development Studies, 2013-04)At the heart of green industrial policy is rent management: government creating and withdrawing opportunities for highly profitable investment. This paper asks what the key factors are for rent management to succeed. Drawing ... -
Presumptive Income Tax Assessment of SME's in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(IDS, 2019-04-26)At their most general, presumptive taxes seek to use indirect means to assess the liability of a specific taxpayer, which differ from the usual rules based on taxpayer accounts. Many countries use some form of presumptive ... -
Rwanda – DRC Cross Border Dynamics, April 2019
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-04)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. It is the second ... -
Closing Civic Space and Inclusive Development in Ethiopia
(IDS, 2019-04)This paper presents findings from a case study exploring the prospects for measuring the impacts of restricted civic space on development in Ethiopia. It is part of a larger inquiry into the phenomenon of restrictions on ... -
What is Uncertainty and Why Does it Matter?
(STEPS, 2019)Uncertainty defines our times. Whether it is in relation to climate change, disease outbreaks, financial volatility, natural disasters or political settlements, every media headline seems to assert that things are uncertain, ... -
Empowering Women Politicians in Pakistan: Views from Within
(IDS, 2019-04-16)Women parliamentarians and local legislators in Pakistan still face a significant uphill battle to establish or deepen their political careers, despite recent gains such as the Election Law 2017 which mandated parties to ... -
Digital Access is not Binary: The 5'A's of Technology Access in the Philippines
(Wiley, 2019-02-08)Online political participation has been presented as a possible solution to declininglevels of trust in traditional politics. However, the most marginalised communities areoften the least connected and participate least ... -
Impacts After One Year of “Healing Classroom” on Children's Reading and Math Skills in DRC: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-14)his article examines the effects of one year of exposure to “Learning to Read in a Healing Classroom” (LRHC) on the reading and math skills of second- to fourth-grade children in the low-income and conflict-affected ... -
Promoting Children's Learning and Development in Conflict-Affected Countries: Testing Change Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016)
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02)Improving children's learning and development in conflict-affected countries is critically important for breaking the intergenerational transmission of violence and poverty. Yet there is currently a stunning lack of rigorous ... -
Local Government Property Tax Administration and Collaboration with Central Government: Case Studies from Kenya
(IDS, 2019-04-12)Property taxes are an important revenue source for subnational governments. Across sub-Saharan Africa collection of property taxes is made up of several distinct processes, some situated at the national level, and some at ... -
Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health in Mozambique: A Historical Overview
(IDS, 2019-04-12)Inequity in access and utilisation of health-care services contribute to bad health outcomes, particularly among high risk groups such women and children. Since the declaration of independence in Mozambique in 1975, the ... -
Can Pay-As-You-Go, Digitally Enabled Business Models Support Sustainability Transformations in Developing Countries? Outstanding Questions and a Theoretical Basis for Future Research
(MDPI, 2019-03-26)This paper examines the rapidly emerging and rapidly changing phenomenon of pay-as-you-go (PAYG), digitally enabled business models, which have had significant early success in providing poor people with access to ... -
The Knowledge Nexus and Transdisciplinarity
(Routledge, 2019-04-24)Recent decades have witnessed the emergence of various movements concentrating on interconnections among nature, society and technology – and the disciplines that deal with them – whether under the broad title of ... -
Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy
(Routledge, 2019-04-25)In this book we address three separate yet overlapping thematic concepts and domains of knowledge, practice and discourse: sustainable lifestyles, livelihoods and the circular economy. Each of these concepts offer ... -
Supporting the Essence of Small and Medium-Sized UK Charities
(IDS, 2019-03-29)Small and medium-sized charities (SMCs) in the UK are recognised for their distinct approach to community work which values relationships, provides more personalised care, and holds a holistic understanding of development. ... -
Learning with Small and Medium-Sized CSOs
(IDS, 2019-02-15)Small and medium-sized Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are often in a privileged position to participate in a type of community development that is based on relationships and in tune with community needs. Yet, small and ... -
A Review of Options that Have Been Used to Structure Donor-Funded Technical Assistance Facilities to Support Investments and Investment Environment
(IDS, 2019-03)Donor funded technical assistance (TA) in support of investment climate and investments tend to be focused on two delivery mechanisms: through Trust Funds with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and through private ... -
IDS Postgraduate Prospectus 2019
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-04-11)Postgraduate studies have been central to IDS since its foundation in 1966 as the UK’s specialist institution for teaching and research on international development. Our teaching and learning is shaped by our distinctive ... -
Assessing the Impacts of Changing Civic Space on Development Outcomes: A Methodological Discussion
(IDS, 2018-08-18)This paper explores the methodological options for assessing or measuring the impacts of closing civic space on development. It summarises a review of literature on the forms and spread of efforts to restrict civic space, ...
