Publications

Bridging the Gap between Vocational Training and Employment

IDS Policy Briefing 229

Vocational and technical education is often praised because of its promotion of youth employment, its integration with local labour markets, and its contribution to national development. In West Africa, however, formal technical schooling is often not well integrated with employment markets,...

Cati Coe

School Meals Programmes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Evidence and Lessons from Mali on Contributions to Peace and Social Cohesion

This country insight report, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Mali and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Bandiagara and Mopti. Building on...

School Meals Programmes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Evidence and Lessons from Somalia on Contributions to Peace and Social Cohesion

This country insight report, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Somalia and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Galkayo. Building on the 2025...

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler & 3 others

Rapid Evidence Review: School-Based Transmission of Orthoebolaviruses

This report was finalised on 29 September 2026. A search for relevant evidence was conducted on 18 September 2026. School-based transmission of orthoebolaviruses was examined in one article written on the 2022 Uganda outbreak and was not found to be a statistically significant risk factor. A...

Inclusive and Clean Energy for SMEs in Rural Bolivia

CEDCA Stories of Change 2

Bolivia has achieved high rates of electricity access, yet rural and semi-rural producers still face major barriers to securing reliable, affordable energy for productive use. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agrifood sector play a central role in ensuring national food security...

Fulfilling the Rights to Food and Nutrition through Equity-driven Evidence: A Case Study of the Union Against Hunger in South Africa

FEC Working Paper 009

The Union Against Hunger (UAH), launched in 2025, advocates for the constitutional rights to access sufficient food and basic nutrition in South Africa using ‘evidence-based activism’. By combining explicit knowledge (quantitative statistics) with tacit knowledge (lived experiences) it...

Stephen Devereux

Busiso Moyo

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...