Working Paper

Using Machine Learning to Create a Property Tax Roll: Evidence from the City of Kananga, D.R. Congo

ICTD Working Paper 176

Developing countries often lack the financial resources to provide public goods. Property taxation has been identified as a promising source of local revenue, because it is relatively efficient, captures growth in real estate value, and can be progressive. However, many low-income countries do...

Brief

Information preparedness and community engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region

SSHAP Briefing

El Niño can be viewed as a multi-hazard event, and considerations for information needs cut across different populations and risks, including direct weather-related hazards, reduced agricultural production, greater food insecurity and malnutrition, increased transmission of infectious diseases...

Journal Article

Rigour, Timeliness, and Trade-offs in Research: Experience From India’s Swachh Bharat Mission

This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of Rapid Action Learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million...

Brief

Strengthening Social Accountability for Meaningful Youth Engagement in Africa

Stories of Change

Following its research which highlighted the key role played by young people in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) developed and delivered a training of trainers on social accountability for meaningful youth...