OpenDocs at Institute of Development Studies: Recent submissions
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West African Market Women Negotiating Productive and Reproductive Roles Through Time
(Tropical Agriculture Association, 2017)Contemporary agricultural policy in West Africa encourages commercialisation of agriculture. West African women, noted for their prominence in agricultural marketing, have responded throughout history to such changes. This ... -
Raising Awareness of Environmental Change in the Maldives
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-08)Island communities in the Maldives are experiencing environmental change on a daily basis due to coastal erosion, the accumulation of waste at sea and on beaches, and the rapid expansion of the built environment. Researchers ... -
Assessing the Relative Importance of Causal Factors
(IDS, 2019-08-14)While contribution analysis provides a basis for making causal claims and understanding how and why change occurs, it does not on its own estimate the relative importance, much less the size, of the causal factors at work. ... -
Evidence on the Indirect Contribution of Humanitarian Activities to Deradicalisation of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE); and the Risks in Linking such Objectives or Activities
(IDS, 2019-06-13)The retreat of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, and groups such as Boko Haram in Nigeria, has led to some interest regarding what indirect contribution humanitarian activities may have on ‘deradicalisation’ or CVE elements. There ... -
Crises in Variegated Capitalism, Co-produced, Hydro-Social Impacts
(ESRC STEPS Centre, 2019-08-12)My PhD fieldwork on Dutch aid in the Mozambican waterscape took me from one crisis-ridden research context, the Netherlands, to another, Mozambique. This working paper asks how seemingly unrelated crises in both countries ... -
Young People and Land in Zimbabwe: Livelihood Challenges After Land Reform
(Routledge, 2019-08-08)This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe’s land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform ... -
Commissions of Inquiry in Plateau State, Nigeria
(IDS, 2019-08)Nigeria’s Plateau State has been the scene of inter-community violence since the 1990s, involving several clashes in the city of Jos that took many lives within a matter of days. Between 1997 and 2014 different Commissions ... -
Developing Subnational Scorecards for Nutrition Accountability in Tanzania
(IDS, 2019-08)Scorecards are an increasingly popular instrument aiming to advance accountability for nutrition. Often devised at national level, growing interest is now emerging in subnational application. This paper presents a protocol ... -
Unmet Needs and Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the G5 Sahel Region
(IDS, 2019-07)This report provides an overview of potential opportunities and gaps in the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger) in relation to the impacts of climate change. The report focuses on four main ... -
Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South: The Politics of Domestic Violence Policy
(Routledge, 2019-03-04)The fact that women have achieved higher levels of political inclusion within low- and middle-income countries has generated much speculation about whether this is reaping broader benefits in tackling gender-based inequalities. ... -
Participatory Video: A Practical Guide to Using Video Creatively in Group Development Work
(Routledge, 1997-05-01)Participatory Video is a comprehensive guide to using video in group development work. Used in a participatory way, video can be a powerful tool, which allows clients to examine the world around them, gain awareness of ... -
Labour Market Reform Options and Dual Labour Market Structure
(IDS, 2019-07-19)The literature identified for this report discusses labour market policy options with some case studies. Success is rarely claimed and difficult to attribute as a mixture of policies tend to be in place and a combination ... -
Moving to Private Sector Led Growth: Lessons from Economic Liberalisation
(IDS, 2019-07-19)Shifting to private sector led growth leads to winners and losers. Understanding which sectors of the economy and society will be affected is critical to ensure supportive policies can be put in place to reduce the costs, ... -
Options for Managing a Sudden Rise in Public Debt
(IDS, 2019-07-22)Debate has raged over whether and when debt reduction is appropriate, particularly in advanced economies. Arguments for lowering public debt are based on the costs and risks generated by high public debt; debt reduction ... -
Impact of an Innovative Tuberculosis Financing and Payment Model on Health Service Utilization by Tuberculosis Patients in China: Do the Poor Fare Better than the Rich?
(BMC, 2019-06-11)Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is closely associated with poverty in China, and poor patients face more barriers to treatment. Using an insurance-based approach, the China-Gates TB program Phase II was implemented between ... -
ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Pensioner Poverty
(Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative, 2019-07)Longer lives not only deliver social benefits but are also crucial from an economic perspective. If supported, longevity can yield productivity gains in terms of a larger, experienced labour force, as well as in contributions ... -
Cross Border Dynamics: Burundi-DRC (Updated August 2019)
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-08-05)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. It is the third ... -
Street-Level Diplomacy and Local Enforcement for Meat Safety in Northern Tanzania: Kowledge, Pragmatism and Trust
(BMC, 2019-07-03)With increasing demand for red meat in Tanzania comes heightened potential for zoonotic infections in animals and humans that disproportionately affect poor communities. A range of frontline government employees work to ... -
Effectiveness and Legitimacy of State Institutions in Egypt
(IDS, 2019-06-21)This rapid literature review focuses on the legitimacy of the state in Egypt after the 2013 military coup, with a focus on three issues: corruption, security and justice institutions, and local governance and civil society ... -
Innovation Transfer Programmes and Quantifiable Development Outcomes
(IDS, 2019-06-21)Following the successful pilot programme on innovation transfer, Global INVENT, DFID India commissioned a rapid review to look for and report upon 19 key development outcome indicators in its target countries within Africa ...
