Working Paper

Was There a Famine in Gaza in 2024?

IDS Working Paper 613

This paper reviews the evidence and concludes that, whether or not a ‘technical’ famine occurred, Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza caused avoidable hunger and starvation deaths, and almost certainly constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity.

Brief

SSHAP West Africa Hub: Addressing the Kush Epidemic in Sierra Leone

SSHAP Briefing

Sierra Leone has seen a sharp rise in the use of ‘kush’ – a relatively new drug formed through mixing several constituent drugs, including opioids, which is proving highly addictive and is having serious negative health and social consequences. In April 2024, the government declared a...

Working Paper

Social Assistance and Coping With Crises in Borno, Nigeria

BASIC Research Working Paper 31

This paper examines the relationship between social assistance, violent conflict, and intersecting crises, and considers how social assistance can help offset erosive forms of coping that could otherwise drive poverty and food insecurity.

Brief

Global Clean Energy Policy and the Inclusion of Women and Youth

CEDCA Clean Energy Brief 1

This Clean Energy Brief assesses the available evidence, opportunities, and challenges for the inclusion of women and youth, through micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), for global clean energy policy innovations. In this context, policy innovations are understood to be the...