Publications

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

Key considerations: Introducing experimental vaccines during health emergencies

SSHAP Briefing

This brief provides an overview of the experimental stages of vaccine development during a disease outbreak and highlights key considerations at each stage from a social science perspective. This brief complements a recent SSHAP publication that synthesised social and behavioural science (SBS)...

Firm-Level Innovation and the Role of Political Capabilities: Evidence for the Pharmaceuticals Industry

IDS Working Paper 622

The global debate on balancing incentives for innovation in the pharmaceutical industry and facilitating competition for greater access to affordable medicines and vaccines has intensified in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Drug discovery and vaccine development are expensive processes...

Amrita Saha & 2 others

Collaborative Practice Pathways Improve Accountability and Governance

IDS Policy Briefing 220

This policy briefing looks at six case studies from the POTENCIAR programme, implemented in Mozambique’s health sector. It highlights lessons for governance programmes and discusses how POTENCIAR’s interventions facilitated knowledge-sharing, participatory planning, institutional...

Ludovico Alcorta & 4 others