Publications

Reframing Socio–environmental Relations in Coastal Mumbai and Kutch, India

In this article, we explore how local livelihoods and socio–environmental relations can be reframed through co-productive knowledge practices and legal activism. We start by tracing the emergence of colonial declensionist views of environments in India as ‘productive’ and ‘normal’,...

Lyla Mehta

Synne Movik

Rapid evidence synthesis: Mpox community protection

SSHAP Evidence Synthesis

This note presents a rapid synthesis of evidence related to community protection in countries affected by the mpox clade 1b outbreak.

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in Zimbabwe

This case study explores the World Food Programme’s (WFP) role in supporting social protection in Zimbabwe over the last decade. It assesses how WFP has supported the building blocks of Zimbabwe’s national social protection system, focusing on non-contributory social assistance as the...

Roz Price & 2 others

Environmental Crisis and Sustainable Development in South America

South America has compelling reasons to address the climate and environmental crisis. First, the region is highly vulnerable to its impacts due to its economic reliance on natural resources and the susceptibility of its population. Addressing these vulnerabilities is crucial for the well-being...

Anabel Marín

Meeting report: The impact of global aid funding cuts on people and programmes in South Sudan

SSHAP Roundtable Report

Low-income countries are reeling from the sudden and wide-ranging cuts to U.S. government foreign assistance, as well as from announcements that several European donor governments are also reducing their contributions. Among the worst affected is South Sudan, a country which is experiencing...

Leben Nelson Moro

Jennifer Palmer

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in Bangladesh

This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in Bangladesh over the last decade. It assesses how WFP has supported the building blocks of Bangladesh’s social protection system and delineates lessons learned, particularly in the context of the...

Niranjan J. Nampoothiri & 2 others

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in the Philippines

This case study reviews WFP’s support to the national social protection system in the Philippines since 2018, in particular to the government’s flagship nutrition-sensitive social protection programme Walang Gutom. It also examines WFP’s efforts aimed at improving the...

Rebecca Mitchell & 2 others

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in Ecuador

This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in Ecuador over the past decade. It assesses how WFP has supported the strengthening of Ecuador’s national social protection system, with a particular focus on non-contributory social assistance which aims...

Laurie Spicer

Financing Social Protection in Protracted Crises

BASIC Research Working Paper 41

This research examines the challenges and prospects of financing social protection in protracted crisis countries (PCCs), where political instability and complex emergencies intersect with under-resourced systems.

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in Haiti

This case study reviews the role of the World Food Programme (WFP) in supporting social protection in Haiti over the last decade. It assesses how WFP has supported the building blocks of Haiti’s national social protection system, focusing on the development of a national social protection...

Carolina Holland-Szyp & 2 others

Key considerations: Home-based care for mpox in Central and East Africa

SSHAP Briefing

In September 2023, an outbreak of mpox caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade Ib was reported in Kamituga, a mining region in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More cases of mpox started to be reported across the country and in neighbouring countries in the east, including...

Key considerations: Mpox response in urban informal settlements

SSHAP Briefing

The World Health Organization declared the second mpox public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in August 2024. Cases of mpox have been reported in both endemic and non-endemic countries in diverse settings in Central and East Africa. In urban areas, there is sustained...

Megan Schmidt-Sane

Annie Wilkinson