Publications

Publication

Advancing sustainable consumption and production in cities – A transdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement framework to address consumption-based emissions and impacts

Urban consumption patterns and lifestyles are increasingly important for the sustainability of cities today and in the future. However, considerations of consumption issues, social norms, behaviour and lifestyles within current urban sustainability research and practices are limited.

Patrick Schröder & 9 others

Report

Contribution Analysis and Estimating the Size of Effects: Can We Reconcile the Possible with the Impossible?

CDI Practice Paper 20

While contribution analysis provides a step-by-step approach to verify whether and why an intervention is a contributory factor to development impact, most contribution analysis studies do not quantify the ‘share of contribution’ that can be attributed to a particular support intervention....

Giel Ton & 6 others

Publication

Impact of Financial Inclusion in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review of Reviews

A Campbell Systematic Review 2019:2

Financial inclusion programmes seek to increase access to financial services such as credit, savings, insurance and money transfers and so allow poor and low-income households in low- and middle-income countries to enhance their welfare, grasp opportunities, mitigate shocks, and ultimately...

Philip Mader

Maren Duvendack

Brief

Targeting the Ultra-Poor: Lessons from Fonkoze’s Graduation Programme in Haiti

The ultra-poor are defined as the poorest sub-group of those in extreme poverty. They make up over half of the estimated 797 million people living in extreme poverty globally (RESULTS Educational Fund and Uplift 2017) and have particularly complex vulnerabilities and needs. The ‘graduation’...

Martin Greeley

Brief

Assessing the Strength of Different Violence Monitoring Systems in Crises

IDS Policy Briefing 160

Violence monitoring systems can play a vital role in tracking, managing, and responding to violence. Such systems typically rely on one or a combination of strategies for data collection, including old and new media monitoring. In spite of the widespread use of violence monitoring systems there...

Working Paper

Comparing ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Media for Violence Monitoring and Crisis Response in Kenya

IDS Working Paper 520

Social media and digital technologies are changing the way information about political violence is collected, disseminated, analysed and understood. Effective early warning and crisis response increasingly depends on the availability of timely, reliable reports of violence, and a growing body of...

Brief

How Should Uganda’s National Youth Policy Be Redesigned?

IDS Policy Briefing 161

In Uganda 25.5 per cent of the young population are either unemployed or underemployed. The agricultural sector is the country’s economic backbone with capacity to provide jobs for young people. Uganda’s National Youth Policy (NYP) launched in 2001 to support young people in developing...

Report

Navigating the Pathways from Exclusion to Accountability: From Understanding Intersecting Inequalities to Building Accountable Relationships

Inclusion of the most marginalised people through addressing discriminatory dynamics is central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research report considers how the intersection of spatial, economic and identity-based factors drive poverty and marginalisation.

Joanna Howard & 2 others

Brief

Community Scorecards: engaging community and bringing in positive changes to health service delivery at community clinics in rural Bangladesh

Community clinics, a flagship programme of the Government of Bangladesh, are health facilities set up to deliver primary health care, family planning and nutrition services to rural people at the grassroots level. Currently there are 13,500 community clinics (CC) in Bangladesh, aimed to cover...

Brief

Reshaping Ethiopia’s Higher Education Curriculum to Tackle Youth Unemployment

IDS Policy Briefing 157

Ethiopia has seen remarkable economic growth in the past decade, and there has been high demand for construction work to keep up with the pace of change. As part of the country’s Growth and Transformation Plans (GTPs) unprecedented efforts have been made to grow the university sector,...

Brief

Stimulating Agribusiness Entrepreneurship to Solve Youth Unemployment in Kenya

IDS Policy Briefing 158

More than one million Kenyan youth enter the labour market every year, yet many young people struggle to find jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors. Currently, the transition rate from secondary to further education is very low and means many young people are leaving school with only...

Brief

Water and Sanitation challenges and impact on health in informal settlements

Access to water is one of the major challenges faced by residents of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and informal settlements are no exception to this problem. Communities’ sources and access to water vary by location. The rapid urbanisation and over population is part of the reasons for the water...