Institute of Development Studies

IDS Research Summaries

The IDS Research Summary series are short two-page summaries available for recent all IDS Working Papers and other publications published since January. The most recent one is listed below. All others can be accessed through each year of publication date.

2011 issues

2010 issues

2009 issues

Mapping Police Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Research Summary)

IDS Research Summary Issue: 71

This paper examines the roles, responsibilities and interactions between the various formal and informal institutions and stakeholders involved in the management of police services in the DRC.




Lessons from Social Protection Programme Implementation in Kenya, Zambia and Mongolia (Research Summary)

IDS Research Summary Issue: 69

This Research Report (conducted by the Centre for Social Protection at IDS with UNICEF) examines how social protection programming can interrupt the intergenerational transfer of poverty (IGT) through investments in human capital (education, health and nutrition), aiming to capture best practice and enhance lesson learning within a multilateral organisation (UNICEF).