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Taking Community-Led Total Sanitation to scale: movement, spread and adaptation
A. Deak / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008When a process leads to positive change, it is desirable to instigate that process elsewhere. This paper proposes that ‘going to scale’ though, is multi-dimensional and complex. It examines the issues through Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): an innovation in participatory methodology, as well as a unique approach to sanitation.DocumentThe vulnerability of ‘self-help’: women and microfinance in south India
K. Kalpana / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008This IDS working paper looks at the role of self-help groups (SHGs) in providing microfinance in India. The author finds state institutions also play a big role, directly and by promoting and financing self-help groups.The research finds there are relationships between SHGs and institutions that are not symmetrical. It also finds:DocumentIntroduction: new directions for African agriculture
I. Scoones, S. Devereux, L. Haddad / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005Most of Africa’s poor are rural, and most rely largely on agriculture for their livelihoods. It is therefore widely agreed that “getting agriculture moving” must be part of the solution to the seemingly intractable problem of African poverty.DocumentBRIDGE Occasional paper: Gender and Climate Change: Mapping the Linkages - A Scoping Study on Knowledge and Gaps
A. Brody, J. Demetriades, E. Esplen / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses.DocumentVulnerability and social protection in Malawi
S. Devereux, B. Baulch, I. Macauslan, A. Phiri, R. Sabates-Wheeler / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006Vulnerability appears to be rising for many Malawians, whose exposure to livelihood shocks is increasing while their ability to cope is decreasing.DocumentWho counts? The quiet revolution of participation and numbers
R. Chambers, / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Aimed at researchers and those who fund or sponsor research, this paper attempts to bring up-to-date a review and overview of the state of the research field. It particularly challenges the normal reflex that for numbers, one must have questionnaires.DocumentPoverty research: methodologies, mindsets and multidimensionality
R. Chambers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007This paper explores linkages between methodologies, mindsets, concepts and perceptions in research on poverty. Three streams, syndromes or paradigms are described; non-contextual and quantitative, qualitative and contextual, and thirdly, participatory and interactive.Key lessons learnt include:DocumentBRIDGE Report 70: Key Sexuality Resources in Chinese
Y. Huang / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008How do young Chinese women perceive their bodies and their sexuality? How do male sex workers construct and act out their masculinity in contemporary China? Can women in Taiwan express their sexual desires and lead sexually liberated lives? What changes have taken place in the sexual lives of Chinese university students over the last ten years?DocumentWhose Sexualities Count: Poverty, Participation and Sexual Rights
H. Armas / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007This paper asks: what do sexuality, sexual rights and sexual pleasure have to do with citizenship, participation and rights?