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Nutrition
How to design agriculture and food-related policies, programmes and interventions to improve nutrition.
Taxation
Resources to enhance the exchange of tax knowledge in Nigeria
Taxation
Research focusing on challenges in increasing property tax revenues in Africa
Taxation
Resources on topics related to taxation in Ethiopia, ranging from tax policy to tax administration, and from academic papers to practical case studies
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Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children
V. Diwakar Diwakar, E. Lovell, S. Opitz-Stapleton, A. Shepherd, J. Twigg / Overseas Development Institute, 2019This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters and child andDocumentAsian Development Bank Outlook (ADO) 2019: strengthening disaster resilience
Asian Development Bank, 2019Growth in developing Asia is projected to soften to 5.7% in 2019 and 5.6% in 2020. Excluding Asia’s high-income newly industrialized economies, growth is expected to slip from 6.4% in 2018 to 6.2% in 2019 and 6.1% in 2020.DocumentBrutal past shattered present
Foundation for Social Transformation, 2019Incidences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in conflict affected individuals, families and communities are very high. But this issue needs to be addressed when civil society organisations work on conflict transformation and peace building.DocumentFacilitating experience capitalization: a guidebook
L. Eggens, J. Chavez-Tafur / Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2019Since April 2016, CTA implemented the “Capitalizing on Experiences for Greater Impact in Rural Development” project – working together with FAO and IICA, and with the financial support of IFAD. During these three years, this project worked with many organizations in different parts of the world.DocumentEnsuring African women’s access to justice: engendering rights for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
D. Lawson, A. Dubin, L. Mwambene, B. Woldemichael / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2019About half of the people of Sub-Saharan Africa live below the poverty line, and 80 per cent of them are women. Their access to justice is guaranteed by international and domestic laws. But these laws mean little or nothing without government support and adequate funding. This policy note offers recommendations on how to secure access to justice.DocumentTax unrest among market traders: the local side of ActionAid’s international tax justice campaign in Nigeria
K. Sempere / International Centre for Tax and Development, 2018Tax justice has become a popular concept, and a number of international tax justice campaigns have exposed aspects such as the unfairness of tax havens and harmful tax breaks. Yet, the idea of tax justice at the local level is less well-known.Subscribe
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12 December 2018The goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) continues to gather momentum, six years on from its unanimous adoption at the United Nations General Assembly on 12th December 2012. -
8 May 2018This blog originally appeared on the Institute of Development Studies website.
What's new
11th March 2019
At this year’s Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, researchers from the Insitute of Development Studies will highlight the limitations of social protection policies such as cash transfers in relation to improving the lives of women across the world.
12th October 2018
Our friends at the GODAN Action project are pleased to announce a new call for applications for our free Open Data Management Online Course. Book your place now for the last chance to take the course before the end of the year.
9th October 2018
The Knowledge for Development Partnership have recently released the third edition of the Agenda Knowledge for Development.
5th September 2018
Launched on 5th September in Nairobi, a new online hub focusing on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Kenya hopes to connect researchers, practitioners and policymakers.
15th August 2018
Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) have recently announced a new research evaluation tool 'Research Quality Plus (RQ+)' which will give more importance to local context when determining the legitimacy of research.