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The last golden land? Chinese private companies go to Africa
J. Gu / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012A new dynamic presence is spreading rapidly and widely across Africa: that of Chinese private enterprises. For these firms, Africa is ‘the last golden land’ of economic opportunity.DocumentFirm behaviour and the introduction of new exports: evidence from Brazil
X. Cirera, A. Marín, R. Markwald / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012One of the main objectives of economic development policy is to achieve export diversification. This paper contributes to understanding the process of export diversification by analysing firm level determinants in Brazil during the period 2000–2009.DocumentAn African success story: Ghana's cocoa marketing system
T. Williams / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009Ghana’s cocoa marketing system has performed impressively over the past decade. Cocoa production has reached record high levels. Farmers receive a relatively large share of export earnings. Product quality is world renowned, and it regularly exceeds the most stringent international standards. Exports are handled professionally and efficiently. International loans are repaid reliably.DocumentWhat do national poverty lines tell us about global poverty?
U. Gentilinia, A. Sumner / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012The basic question about ‘how many poor people are there in the world?’ generally assumes that poverty is measured according to international poverty lines (IPLs). Yet, an equally relevant question could be ‘how many poor people are there in the world, based on how poverty isDocumentNegotiating new relationships: how the Ethiopian state is involving China and Brazil in agriculture and rural development
D. Alemu, I. Scoones / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013This article provides an overview of Brazilian and Chinese agricultural development cooperation activities in Ethiopia.DocumentEngaging men for effective activism against sexual and gender based violence
C Mueller, T Shahrokh / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016Men are becoming ever more visible as integral partners in tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), holding themselves, peers and powerholders accountable for maintaining harmful gender norms that perpetuate violence.DocumentEngaging men for effective activism against sexual and gender based violence
C Mueller, T Shahrokh / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016Men are becoming ever more visible as integral partners in tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), holding themselves, peers and powerholders accountable for maintaining harmful gender norms that perpetuate violence.DocumentCan digital jobs solve Africa's unemployment crisis
B. Ramalingam, J. Sumberg (ed) / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016In Africa more than two hundred million people are aged between 15 and 24, and this number is likely to double in the next 30 years. As these young people look to enter the workforce many will face unsafe, insecure, part-time, poorly paid work or unemployment.Document‘Show me the Evidence’: Mobilisation, Citizenship and Risk in Indian Asbestos Issues
L. Waldman / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009This paper examines asbestos issues, mobilisation and citizenship in India. It shows how asbestos has been considered as a tool for Indian economic growth and modernisation and explores the scientific debates around its ‘safe’ use.DocumentDeliberating democracy: scenes from a Brazilian municipal health council
A Cornwall / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Brazil’s participatory policy councils may have gained less international attention than Participatory Budgeting. Yet the thousands of sectoral participatory policy councils that have come into being since the early 1990s, with their hundreds of thousands of civil society representatives, are as significant a democratic innovation.Pages