Publications

Understanding the Complex Knowledge Economy Toward Antimicrobial Stewardship in West Bengal, India

Knowledge dissemination and awareness raising is a common strategy for fostering antimicrobial stewardship and tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, empirical evidence suggests that the dissemination of technical/biomedical information about AMR, alone, is insufficient to improve...

Ayako Ebata & 5 others

Food safety certification in urban food markets: the willingness to pay

This paper estimates consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for meat certified to be safe for human consumption in Peru Citizens in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly concerned about the safety of food they consume. Across LMICs, urban markets remain the most important source...

Ayako Ebata & 2 others

Is Poverty Underestimated Because Males and Females Report Food Security and Food Expenses Differently?

BASIC Research Research Briefing 4

Does the gender of household survey respondents affect the accuracy of reported food consumption? Findings from a randomisation-based survey of beneficiary households in the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia suggest that it might – with implications for the targeting of such programmes.

Cross-Border Dynamics Between Burundi and Tanzania in the Context of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks, 2025

SSHAP Briefing

This brief summarises key considerations regarding cross-border dynamics between the Republic of Burundi and the United Republic of Tanzania in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks in Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda. On 13 January 2025, the World Health Organization...

Understanding Digital Rights: Definitions, Conceptions, and Myths

Digital Explainer

This Explainer introduces digital rights, how they are defined and where they come from. It explores three conceptions and common myths.

Tony Roberts

Key Considerations: Using Social and Behavioural Science to Inform the Use of Vaccines During Health Emergencies

SSHAP Briefing

This brief synthesises social and behavioural science (SBS) research on the use of vaccines during health emergencies in sub-Saharan Africa, including vaccines undergoing clinical trials (‘experimental vaccines’). There are outbreaks of mpox, Marburg virus disease and Ebola (Sudan virus...

Megan Schmidt-Sane & 3 others

Towards Transformative Change: Grass-roots Innovations for Food Security During Crises in Brighton & Hove, UK

IDS Working Paper 617

This Working Paper analyses the emergence and evolution of three community-led initiatives focused on food insecurity, with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis as the backdrop.

An Inclusive Lens on Aid for Trade

IDS Policy Briefing 218

In a rapidly evolving global trade and development landscape, addressing trade-related challenges through aid for trade (AfT) remains highly relevant. This Policy Briefing provides a framing for an inclusive lens on AfT to enable more inclusive policy and programming.

Amrita Saha & 2 others

Poverty Dynamics and Social ‍Assistance Amidst Intersecting Crises in Nigeria

BASIC Research Working Paper 35

This paper investigates the role of crises (e.g. armed conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, Covid‑19, and economic crises) in driving negative poverty trajectories in Nigeria, alongside the extent to which social assistance may be fit for purpose to respond to intersecting crises.

Vidya Diwakar & 4 others

Missing the forest for the trees: Ekiti State’s quest for forestry revenue and its impact on forest managers

Many countries’ forests are over-exploited and mismanaged, including through ineffective taxation. This is the case across Nigeria, where forest management has been decentralised to individual states. In this paper we assess the forestry tax regime in Ekiti State, where forests represent...

Giovanni Occhiali

Michael Falade

The Handbook of Iraqi People’s Heritage

Book

Iraq is a land of rich and diverse cultural heritage, shaped by thousands of years of history. However, many groups and communities are marginalised on religious, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural grounds in Iraq. It is the heritage of such marginalised groups that is most at risk of disappearance.

Mariz Tadros & 6 others

The Welfare Effects of Trade Preferences Removal: Evidence for UK–India Trade

IDS Working Paper 616

This paper examines the welfare effects of the unilateral trade preferences scheme of the Generalized System of Preferences for UK–India trade on households in India. The design of unilateral trade preference schemes has been linked to significant uncertainty about preferential market access.

Amrita Saha