OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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Africa Groundwater Atlas Home
(Wikipedia, 2019)The Africa Groundwater Atlas is an online resource that provides an introduction to the groundwater resources of 52 African countries, and a gateway to further information. It was developed through the Unlocking the Potential ... -
Money Flows: What Is Holding Back Investment In Agroecological Research For Africa?
(Biovision, 2020)The rapidly evolving threats to food and farming systems — from climate shocks to pest stresses — make it more crucial than ever to ensure a continuous flow of knowledge and innovation. Agricultural research for development ... -
IDS Annual Review 2020-21
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10-08)This has been an extraordinary year for the Institute. The Covid-19 pandemic and its health, social, economic and political impacts have created massive disruptions, transforming how people live and organisations function ... -
There and Back Again: The Making of Uganda’s Mobile Money Tax
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07)Mobile money is widely seen as a powerful tool for enhancing financial inclusion and, potentially, improving the economic well-being of the poor. As the mobile money sector, and its turnover, have grown, certain governments ... -
Effectiveness of Cash-plus Programmes on Early Childhood Outcomes Compared to Cash Transfers Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Low- and Middle-income Countries
(PLOS, 2021-09-28)Background: To strengthen the impact of cash transfers, these interventions have begun to be packaged as cash-plus programmes, combining cash with additional transfers, interventions, or services. The intervention’s ... -
Can Tax Agents Support Tax Compliance in Low-Income Countries? A Review of the Literature and some Preliminary Evidence from Uganda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10)Since the late 1970s, many countries have based their tax systems on self-assessment – taxpayers are expected to evaluate their liabilities autonomously, and voluntarily remit their tax due. If the tax system is perceived ... -
The Drivers of Medium-Scale Farms and the Emerging Synergies and Contradictions Among Socially-Differentiated Farmers in Northern Ghana
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-10-01)Since the turn of the century, agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has been undergoing rapid transformation. Ghana is experiencing an agrarian revolution with increasing farmland sizes, increased mechanisation of production ... -
Rethinking Formalisation: A Conceptual Critique and Research Agenda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10)The concept of ‘formalisation’ has been ubiquitous in development discourse and policymaking in the early twenty-first century. It has underpinned policy interventions and proposals from tax registration to property ... -
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in the Northern Savannah of Ghana: Farmland Invasion or an Inclusive Commercialised Agricultural Revolution?
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-10-01)Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing rapid transformation involving major changes in farmland ownership and farm scales from small to medium farms, with the widespread use of mechanisation and agro-inputs. ... -
An Exploration of the Association Between Fuel Subsidies and Fuel Riots
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-10)Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international data set on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes ... -
Politics, Power and Social Differentiation in African Agricultural Value Chains: The Effects of COVID-19
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-10-01)Since the structural adjustment policies of the 1980s, policymaking at a national and continental level has increasingly turned to agricultural commercialisation as the foundation for Africa’s long-term nutrition and food ... -
Explaining the Weakness of Associational Life in Oil Palm Growing Communities in Southwestern Ghana
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-10-01)As the second most important industrial crop in Ghana, oil palm holds the potential of improving farmers’ livelihoods and alleviating rural poverty. For smallholder farmers, collective action through farmer-based organisations ... -
Sunflower Commercialisation in Singida Region: Pathways for Livelihood Improvement
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-09-01)Sunflower commercialisation in Singida Region, Tanzania has been successful. The successes include increased oilseed production, expanding processing capacity and declining rural poverty. Policies and efforts by development ... -
Making Sanitation and Hygiene a Human Security Issue: The case of Nyamagabe District, Rwanda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09)This case study was developed to inform subsequent research and analysis of local government leadership and prioritisation of sanitation and hygiene (S&H) in East Africa. Consolidated learning from across the three countries ... -
How Sanitation and Hygiene Champions Emerged in Siaya County
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09)This case study was developed to inform subsequent research and analysis of local government leadership and prioritisation of sanitation and hygiene (S&H) in East Africa. Consolidated learning from across the three countries ... -
A Holistic Approach to Accelerated Attainment of Open-Defecation Free Status in Moyo District
(The Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09)This case study was developed to inform subsequent research and analysis of local government leadership and prioritisation of sanitation and hygiene (S&H) in East Africa. Consolidated learning from across the three countries ... -
Commercial Tobacco Production and Climate Change Adaptation in Mazowe, Zimbabwe
(APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium, 2021-09-01)There has been an increasingly well-documented, rapid rise in tobacco production over the last couple of decades in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, despite growing public health concerns about lung cancer and nicotine’s addictive ... -
Rural Youth in Southern Nigeria: Fractured Lives and Ambitious Futures
(SAGE, 2021)This article draws on recent research (2017–20) into the livelihoods and imagined futures of rural youth in four communities in southern Nigeria. The research involved observations, sex-segregated focus group discussions ... -
Lessons learnt from humanitarian negotiations with the Taliban, 1996-2001
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-09-17)This rapid literature review finds that humanitarian actors responded in a variety of ways to Taliban actions limiting principled aid in the country during the period of their rule (1996-2001). The report is focused on the ... -
Memorialab: Dialogue, Memory and Social Healing in the Basque Country: A Methodological Note
(Sage Publishing, 2021-09-06)This SAGE Handbook presents contemporary, cutting-edge approaches to participatory research and inquiry. It has been designed for the community of researchers, professionals and activists engaged in interventions and action ...
