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Nutrition
How to design agriculture and food-related policies, programmes and interventions to improve nutrition.
Nutrition
In much of South Asia, women make up a majority of the agricultural workforce, but what effect does working in agriculture have on the nutrition of these women and their children?
Taxation
Resources to enhance the exchange of tax knowledge in Nigeria
Taxation
Research focusing on challenges in increasing property tax revenues in Africa
Latest documents
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Rethinking impact: Applying the gender lens
Impact Initiative, 2019This booklet profiles the research and impact funded by the ESRC-DFID Strategic Partnership which explicitly focuses on gender inequality, but also projects where the gender dynamics emerged during the course of the work.DocumentRemote but productive: Practical lessons from productive uses of energy in Tanzania
K. Johnstone, K. Rai, F. Mushi / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2019Energy Change Lab works with pioneers and changemakers in Tanzania to build sustainable, people-centred energy systems. Our productive uses of energy (PUE) programme helps rural communities increase their incomes and productivity.DocumentHuman mobility in the context of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and basic recommendations for development cooperation
B. Schraven, S. Adaawen, C. Rademacher-Schulz, N. Segadlo / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2019This paper provides an overview of what is actually known about the relationship between climate change and human mobility in West, East and Southern Africa – the most affected regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Although there is a general lack of data on “climate migration”, trends can be deduced from the growing number of case studies and research projects.DocumentPUMA: Solidarity economy in Pumarejo, Spain
M. Cannon, J. Thorpe, S. Emili / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019The Community Exchange Scheme in the Pumarejo neighbourhood of Seville is one of many examples of solidarity economies rooted in alternative forms of exchange. Based on an alternative social currency, the Puma, the scheme supports collective decision-making, localised consumption, and the redeployment of under-utilised skills and competencies.DocumentNational Street Vendor Association: Lobbying for a national urban street vendor policy in India
M. Cannon, J. Thorpe, S. Emili, D. te Lintelo / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019The National Street Vendor Association (NASVI) in India is an association of Indian street vendor organisations working to protect the rights of vendors across the country through sustainable macro-level policy interventions. Engineered and promoted by NASVI, the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act was passed by the Parliament of India in 2014.DocumentParticipatory guarantee systems in Tanzania: Locally focused quality assurance systems
M. Cannon, J. Thorpe, S. Emili / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGSs) are alternative certification schemes for organic products, built on trust and social networks, and intended for local markets. In contrast to third party export-oriented certification schemes, farmers working with PGSs are directly involved in the implementation of the system.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.
What's new
20th June 2019
The latest issue of the IDS Bulletin, Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development aims to identify how partnerships focused on the production of policy-engaged research seek to achieve societal impact and explores the chall
9th May 2019
With the global rise of inequality and conflict and the acute challenges facing the most socially and politically excluded, civil society organisations, charities and development agencies are increasingly concerned with how to effectively broker the knowledge of marginalised communities.
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.