Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Mark Davies has practical and research experience working in social protection, food security, livelihoods, poverty and vulnerability. He has worked extensively in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, working within bilateral agencies, multi lateral organisations, in close partnership with government and NGOs. Mark has in-depth knowledge of the policies, institutions and processes that influence both social protection policy and programming, including, knowledge of cash transfers, institutional structures required in establishing social protection programmes, political implications, monitoring and evaluations requirements and systems, potential impacts of programmes at community level. Recent research and advisory activities include:

• Developing a Social Protection Training Programme for UNICEF staff
• an evaluation of DFID Social Transfer Programmes
• support and advice to the Government of Malawi in the development of a National Social Protection Framework

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Adaptive Social Protection
• Lessons from Social Protection Programme Implementation
• Lessons Learnt on Scaling Up Child Sensitive Social Protection Within Eastern and Southern Africa Programmes
• Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Programme

Thematic Expertise

Climate Change; Social Protection; Adaptive Social Protection.

Selected Publications »»

• Jackson, C. Butters, S. Byambaa, E. Davies, M. and Perkins, N. (2012) 'Lessons from Social Protection Programme Implementation in Kenya, Zambia and Mongolia (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary of IDS Research Report 69, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M. (2011) 'Designing Social Protection as an Effective and Sustainable Investment', IDS In-Focus Policy Briefing 17, Brighton: IDS
• Jackson, C., Butters, S. Byambaa, E. Davies, M. and Perkins, N. (2011) 'Lessons from Social Protection: Programme Implementation in Kenya, Zambia and Mongolia', IDS Research Report 69, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M and McGregor, J.A. (2009) 'Social Protection: Responding to a Global Crisis', IDS BUlletin 40.5, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M. and McGregor, J.A. (2009) 'Social Protection Responses to the Financial Crisis: What do we know?', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 7.4, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M. and Leavy, J. (2009) 'Connecting Social Protection and Climate Change Adaptation', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 2.3, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M. (2009) 'DFID Social Transfers Evaluation Summary Report', IDS Research Summary of IDS Research Report 60, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M., Barrientos, A., Devereux, S., Hickey,S, Sabates-Wheeler, R, Guenther, B. and Macauslan, I. (2009) 'DFID Social Transfers Evaluation Summary Report', IDS Research Report 60, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Mitchell, T. and Tanner, T. (2009) 'Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 320, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Mitchell, T., Tanner, T. (2008) 'Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth', IDS Working Paper 320, Brighton: IDS
• Mitchell, T., Sabates-Wheeler, R., Devereux, S., Tanner, T, Davies, M. and Leavy, J. (2008) 'Rural disaster risk-poverty interface'
• Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Mitchell, T. and Tanner, T. (2008) 'Adaptive Social Protection Synergies for Poverty Reduction', IDS Bulletin 39.4:105-112, Brighton: IDS
• Davies, M, Leavy, J, Mitchell, T and Tanner, T (2008) 'Social Protection and Climate Change Adaptation'
• Davies, M., Oswald, K., Mitchell, T. and Tanner, T. (2008) 'Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection'