Project

Programme Partnership between Irish Aid and IDS on Social Protection and Food Security and Nutrition

The Programme Partnership between Irish Aid and the Institute of Development Studies focuses on two priority themes – social protection and food and nutrition. The collaboration brings together research and capacity development with policy, programmatic and influencing know-how to support action that more effectively reduces poverty and injustice.

Overall aim

To enable development efforts and partners (Irish Aid and KPCs) to be more effective in developing policy and programmes on social protection, food security and nutrition, and other emerging priorities, by bringing together cutting edge evidence and learning.

Areas of Work

Work will involve a flexible combination of four types of activity and output, including:

  • Producing high quality research and evidence
  • Moving evidence into policy and practice through high quality, targeted outputs including publications, events and online communities of practice.
  • Rapid response including briefings and help desk enquiries
  • Learning and capability-building

For further information about the Programme Partnership, please email Oliver Burch

Project details

start date
1 September 2017
end date
31 August 2020
value
£0

Partners

Supported by
Irish Aid

People

Recent work

Working Paper

Effective Social Protection in Conflict: Findings from Sudan

Working Paper

This paper explores the conflict sensitivity of social protection in Sudan in its various forms since the present war started in April 2023, from locally led mutual aid to the social assistance programming of international agencies.

Izzy Birch & 2 others

22 February 2024

Working Paper

Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Sahel: Niger, Mauritania, and Senegal

Working Paper

In the face of shocks that are recurrent, predictable, interrelated, and multi-annual, governments and the international community are increasingly looking to the potential of shock-responsive and adaptive social protection to address multidimensional risk in a sustainable and integrated manner....

26 July 2023

Report

Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Somalia Country Report

In a context of weak central political authority and persistent conflict, Somalia’s fledgling social protection sector continues to lean heavily on humanitarian actors for its delivery. It is also largely externally driven and financed, with consequences for the calibre of sector coherence.

23 May 2023

Report

Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Kenya Country Report

Kenya’s social protection system has matured significantly over the last decade, although its resilience in violent conflict has not been tested given the country’s relative stability. Even so, Kenya has significant vulnerabilities, particularly its high spatial and social inequalities, and...

23 May 2023

Opinion

Conflict and social protection in the Horn of Africa

Conflict and political instability are major drivers of deprivation and displacement across the Horn of Africa. This is exemplified by the unfolding situation in Sudan, where humanitarian need is escalating rapidly as competing factions struggle violently for power. In a region with such high...

10 May 2023