Publications

How ATIP Delivery Partners Bridged Gaps in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Systems in Africa

This booklet synthesises learning from the process to show how ATIP addressed gaps in each of seven science, technology and innovation (STI) system dimensions.

Jo Carpenter

Kirthi V Rao

Cards for Innovation Systems Strengthening

This toolkit was produced by the African Technology and Innovation Partnerships (ATIP) programme which is funded by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Jo Carpenter

Kirthi V Rao

From Resource Stability to Livelihood Security: Pathways Toward Sustainable and Equitable Aquaculture in Coastal Northern Vietnam

SEA Policy Brief

Coastal communities face multiple challenges: climate-related shocks that undermine aquaculture productivity; arduous working conditions that can cause both short- and long-term health problems; and growing competition for land with other sectors such as industrial manufacturing, which threatens...

MHRN Roundtable Report: Social and Behavioural Science Priorities for Ebola Clinical Trials in DRC

A large outbreak of the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) was first identified in the Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May 2026. This marked the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak overall and only the third known outbreak of this virus since its identification in Uganda in...

Megan Schmidt-Sane

Luisa Enria

Supporting Frontline Workers Delivering Services in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings

Research Briefing

This research briefing identifies how frontline workers delivering health, education, and social protection services in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) can be better supported. It synthesises evidence from six major research programmes that undertook studies across Africa, Asia,...

Becky Carter & 2 others

Key Considerations: Cross-Border Dynamics Between South Sudan and DRC in the Context of the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Outbreak

Multi-Hazard Research Network Brief

This brief updates previous analyses from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP),5–7 and builds on consultations with co-authors and reviewers, web searches and reviews of newspaper coverage to highlight key socioeconomic and political considerations in the South...

Key Considerations: Cross-Border Dynamics Between Uganda and DRC in the Context of the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Outbreak

Multi-Hazard Research Network Brief

The aim of this brief is to synthesise existing social and behavioural science (SBS) evidence from the current and previous outbreaks on key socioeconomic and political dynamics in the Uganda-DRC borderlands.

A Week in the Life of an HAI Community Facilitator

12 community facilitators, working with Juba Foundation, Trócaire and ACF on the Humanitarian Access Initiative (HAI) operate across six districts of southern Somalia: Wajid, Luuq, Dollow, Afmadow, Jamame and Kismayo. Their number is expected to increase to 30 across 16 districts by the end of...

Financing Social Protection in Countries Experiencing Protracted Crises: 2024 Data Update

BASIC Research Briefing 9

This briefing presents updated analysis of international financing for social protection in countries experiencing protracted crises, drawing on 2024 data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Incremental Radicalism: Turning Science, Technology and Innovation Investments into System Transformation

ATIP Learning Deep Dive 3

This Learning Deep Dive brings together insights from the FCDO African Technology and Innovation Partnership Programme (ATIP) shared by delivery partners and grantees as well as wider stakeholders during a final learning event facilitated by the Institute of Development Studies in the...

Sophie Bisset & 10 others

Civic Space for Countering the Anti-gender Backlash: A Literature Review

Countering Backlash Working Paper 16

Gender justice movements are increasingly having to contend with repressive and authoritarian terrains. This repression extended and deepened following the Covid-19 pandemic, which was used as an excuse by many states to roll back democratic freedoms. This literature review maps changes in civic...

Samreen Mushtaq

Rosemary McGee

Holding the Line: Defending Civic Space to Counter the Gender Backlash

Countering Backlash Policy Briefing 2

Three intersecting global tendencies limit gender justice activists’ room for manoeuvre: gender backlash, changes in civic space, and democratic backsliding. As evidenced by the Countering Backlash programme among others, gender backlash is happening in a context where feminists face...

Rosemary McGee