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Vulnerabilities in urban protracted displacement: exploring the roles of space and time
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2018This Operational Practice Paper explores how better understandings of the ways in which the functioning of cities as systems interacts with the vulnerabilities, exposure to risks and ultimately, wellbeing of vulnerable communities can inform more effective humanitarian and development practice.DocumentAutomation, women, and the future of work
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Will women benefit from the rapid automation and digitisation that is set to change the world of work as we know it? How can we ensure that women’s economic interests are brought into focus, and that debates on the future of work are not about the changing relationship between man and machine, but between people and machine?DocumentValue chains for nutrition in South Asia: who delivers, how, and to whom?
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2018There is currently much talk of the private sector role in nutrition, and whether the state can ‘shape’ the market to deliver better nutritional outcomes. This issue of the IDS Bulletin presents research findings in this area, developed by the consortium of research partners under the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme.DocumentOur voices are strong: Lessons from women’s, girls’ and trans people’s self-led organisations
Mama Cash, 2017Based on interviews with fifteen of Mama Cash’s grantee-partners, the new report Our Voices Are Strong shows that the power of women, girls and trans people at the helm of self-led organisations lies in their use of direct, personal experience to push for greater inclusion and justice in their communities.DocumentThe urbanisation-construction- migration nexus in 5 cities in south Asia
LSE Research Online, 2015This briefing note is the outcome of a DFID-SARH commissioned research project (March 2014 – October 2015) on the “Urbanisation-Construction-Migration NeDocumentProceedings of The Regional Policy Workshop on Adaptation Outlook for the Hindu Kush Himalaya, 2–3 February 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The HICAP regional workshop on ‘Adaptation Outlook for the Hindu Kush Himalaya’ brought together experts, policymakers, researchers and practitioners working on climate change policies in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) countries.DocumentConnecting agriculture to better nutrition in South Asia: Innovation as a process of socio-technical change
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia, 2017In South Asia, undernutrition remains a widespread problem, in spite of strong economic growth in countries such as India, which continues to struggle with stubbornly high rates of maternal malnutrition and child stunting. This paper explores the potential for different kinds of innovation to strengthen the connections between agriculture and nutrition in South Asia.DocumentScaling Up Impact on Nutrition: What Will It Take?
Advances in Nutrition, 2017Despite consensus on actions to improve nutrition globally, less is known about how to operationalize the right mix of actions—nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive—equitably, at scale, in different contexts. This review draws on a large scaling-up literature search and 4 case studies of large-scale nutrition programs with proven impact to synthesize critical elements for impact at scale.DocumentIBCIM economic corridor: facilitating sub-regional development
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2017The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation’s (BCIM) Economic Corridor (EC) initiative, a complex entanglement between security, economic and national interest, exemplifies Foreign Secretary Jaishankar's statement.DocumentUnderstanding, enabling and building effective leadership in nutrition
Transform Nutrition, 2015Transform Nutrition’s work on leaders in nutrition explores how effective leaders understand the systems which both shape and constrain their action; and are able to translate this understanding into action which spans the boundaries of sectors and disciplinary knowledge. Researchers within the Transform Nutrition consortium carried out a study of 89 individualPages
