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For the community, by the community: building resilience through infrastructure in rural India
Acclimatise, 2019The Resilience Shift wants to share good work by others, in this case, a technical assistance project supported by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). This case study tells the story of what good practice looks like for resilient infrastructure.Blog PostCommunity Development Banks: is there a recipe for success?
02 Mar 2020: In development, initiatives are often implemented with the underlying question of how it can be adapted and replicated.DocumentFuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: a micro-economic analysis
International Centre for Tax and Development, 2020Fuel subsidies in Nigeria are enormous. At last estimate, the state subsidises petrol to the tune of US$3.9 billion – almost double the entire health budget.DocumentModelling improvements to property tax collection: the case of Addis Ababa
International Centre for Tax and Development, 2020Efforts to reform property tax systems in African cities tend to focus more on how to value properties for purposes of tax assessment than on how to better collect taxes due. The same is true of the literature on property tax reform.Blog PostCitizens’ participation in economic governance: evidence from Ghana
13 Feb 2020: Fiscal indiscipline, particularly in election years, has been a recurring annoyance in Ghana.DocumentThe labor market reintegration of returned refugees in Afghanistan
Springerlink, 2020Even though Afghanistan remains one of the top origin countries of refugees around the world, a considerable number of refugees have also returned over the last three decades.DocumentThe welfare effects of social assistance programmes for women in India
Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, 2020The literature has established that the alarming female poverty rate in India is a crucial factor contributing to ‘missing elderly women’.DocumentExporting out of China or out of Africa? Automation versus relocation in the global clothing industry
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2020The Discussion Paper examines the opportunities that the rising industrial wages in China will bring for Africa. China has been the industrial workbench of the global economy for decades. However, its competitive advantages are waning, particularly for labour-intensive assembly activities in the clothing, shoe, electronics and toy industries.DocumentGreen economy, degradation narratives, and land-use conflicts in Tanzania
Science Direct, 2020The implementation of the green economy in Tanzania is currently re-arranging space in significant ways. The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) has been presented by the government as well as investors and aid donors as a model for the green economy in Africa combining investments in large-scale farming with environmental conservation.NewsTransform your use of evidence for policy and practice
11 Feb 2020: There is increasing pressure on all of us to make better use of evidence in decision-making whether we work in research, government or NGOs. Colleagues in the IDS Knowledge Impact and Policy Team have been working for some years to help programme managers, policy advisors, evaluators, researchers and communications staff, gain the skills and competencies required to operate effectively at the interface between policy and research.Pages