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Annual review
The IDS Annual Review 2018 provides an overview of our values, work and approach, together with reflections from our Director on how far we have come and where we are heading.
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Working Paper
Social Protection and Humanitarian Response: What is the Scope for Integration?
Published by IDS
Given the rise in humanitarian emergencies triggered by climate-related risks and conflict, often in contexts of chronic poverty and vulnerability, the international community is calling for the better integration of short-term humanitarian assistance and longer-term development interventions.
1 October 2018
Working Paper
The Role of Cash Transfers in Social Protection, Humanitarian Response and Shock-Responsive Social Protection
Published by IDS
Cash transfers have expanded rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world in the past decade. The contexts in which they are implemented have also diversified; while cash transfers were mostly adopted initially as central elements of social protection systems, they have become increasingly popular as a core component of humanitarian response.
1 October 2018
Publication
Revenue Sharing in Mining in Africa: Empirical Proxies and Determinants of Government Take
Published by IDS
Revenues from mining constitute a significant development opportunity, particularly in income-poor but resource-rich countries in Africa. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the extent to which such countries have benefitted from the recent global mineral boom from 2003-2013. This paper finds existing approaches to testing rent theory to be a complicated basis for the assessment of resource revenue sharing between government and companies.
19 September 2018
Publication
INGOs Relocating to the Global South
Published by IDS
Under the localisation agenda of integrating more local actors in the humanitarian and development ecosystem, some INGOs are looking to adapt their discourse and structures. Relocating their headquarters to the Global South is one of the most visible manifestations of this change. However, the...
14 September 2018