Publications

Young people, livelihood building and the transformation of African agriculture: A reality check

Over a ten-year period, we, together with colleagues, have used qualitative and quantitative analysis to explore the dominant narratives and ‘conventional wisdom’ about young people and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Throughout, we have sought to carefully consider the...

James Sumberg & 5 others

Informal Economy Perspectives on the Prevalence of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Industry

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 8

This research paper explores the findings from semi-structured interviews with business owners operating enterprises involved in leather processing and production across three prominent neighbourhoods and business districts in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Key Considerations: Alleviating Chronic Food Insecurity in South Sudan

SSHAP Briefing

This brief describes the scale of the food insecurity facing populations in South Sudan. It also analyses the causes of food insecurity, responses by government and non-government actors and partners, and offers considerations for these actors to support ending food insecurity, especially via...

Leben Nelson Moro

Tong Deng Anei

Key Considerations: Effective Vaccine Rollout and Uptake in Sierra Leone

SSHAP Briefing

This brief draws on evidence from academic and grey literature, proposing key considerations for ongoing vaccination efforts in Sierra Leone.

Social Protection in Nigeria: Analysing Capacities

BASIC Research Working Paper 23

This report describes findings of an analysis of capacities to deliver social protection in Nigeria. It focuses specifically on generating findings that will be useful to situations of protracted crisis, such as displacement due to conflict or climate shocks.

The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation

Climate Change in Regional Perspective

This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective mechanisms to fund the initiatives of the European Green Deal can be...

Marco Carreras

Stephany Griffith-Jones

Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes

IDS Working Paper 606

Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics have been little studied in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Additionally,...

Niranjan J. Nampoothiri

Digitalisation of State Services in Bangladesh

CLEAR Synthesis Report 1

This report examines digital innovations across essential public services in Bangladesh, particularly those spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Caroline Khene

Kevin Hernandez

The Lion, The Leopard, The Hyena and The Fox

This second report from the XCEPT action research project, Promoting Peaceful Pastoralism, outlines what the pastoralist researchers on the Uganda/Kenya border have learned since the first report was published in October 2023. As with the first report, it presents the pastoralist communities’...

Sustaining Yemeni Capacities for Social Assistance: Lessons from a Decade of War

BASIC Research Working Paper 24

Yemen has sometimes been held up as an impressive example of how existing social protection systems and capacities can be maintained and supported even during a prolonged war. While providing support to meet immediate life-saving needs is the humanitarian priority in Yemen, aid organisations...

Becky Carter & 2 others

Innovations and Challenges in Crisis Contexts: Bangladesh’s Social Protection Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

CLEAR Synthesis Report 2

Many countries around the world introduced new social protection measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Bangladesh, innovations included emergency schemes such as cash support for informal workers and digital methods of delivery. However, for many people, the government safety net...

Kate Pruce

Early Findings from Evaluation of Systemic Action Research in Kangaba, Mali

IDS Working Papers 604 and 605

This paper presents early findings from evaluation research embedded in a community-driven peace-building project implemented in Mali. Called the ‘Vestibule of Peace’, the project uses Systemic Action Research (SAR) to first support diverse members of selected local communities to collect...

Jacqueline Hicks & 3 others