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Insight's feature: What's politics got to do with it?
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013This is a feature article in an IFPRI Insights: Magazine of the International Food Policy Research Institute.DocumentImplementing energy subsidy reforms: evidence from developing countries
World Bank, 2013This report aims to provide the emerging lessons from a representative sample of 20 country case studies that could help policy makers to address implementation challenges, including overcoming political economy and affordability constraints, by looking at complementary instruments to compensate vulnerable groups for energy price increases.DocumentAnnotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizenship formation: towards increased state capacity and legitimacy?
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012Policymakers and academics agree that an effective state is the foundation for inclusive development, whilst also recognising the critical role of non-state actors in the delivery of goods and services to poor people.DocumentThe politics of what works in service delivery: an evidence-based review
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. The paper focuses particularly on eight relatively successful cases of delivery in a range of country contexts and sectors where independent evaluations demonstrate improved outcomes.DocumentMethods in governance research: a review of research approaches
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2013The literature relating to the relationship between governance and inclusive growth does not appear to have reached convergence towards a preferred methodological approach. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different social science research method approaches in the analysis of governance in developing countries.DocumentRethinking Social Protection Using a Gender Lens
Overseas Development Institute, 2010The role of gender in social protection is complex, shaping the types of risks tackled, how they are tackled, public buy-in and programme implementation practices. However, the extent to which gender has been integrated into social protection approaches has been uneven at best.DocumentRethinking Social Protection Using a Gender Lens
Overseas Development Institute, 2010The role of gender in social protection is complex, shaping the types of risks tackled, how they are tackled, public buy-in and programme implementation practices. However, the extent to which gender has been integrated into social protection approaches has been uneven at best.DocumentWhere the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory research sessions involving 2,000 individuals. The results reveal that migration is an important risk management strategy for vulnerable households.DocumentClinical social franchising: an annual compendium of programs, 2009
University of California, Los Angeles, 2009Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, social franchising organisations engage private medical practitioners to add new services to the range of services they already offer.OrganisationCross-Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions offers volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania and Thailand, where volunteers work side-by-siPages
