World Development 128
Value Added Tax (VAT) has emerged as one of the main modes of raising tax revenue worldwide, but has significantly underperformed as a revenue source in African countries. To improve compliance, Tanzania has introduced Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs), which automatically transmit information...
1 April 2020
Journal of the British Academy;(s2), 133–161
It is widely understood that poverty undermines early childhood development (ECD). In turn, poor ECD reinforces intergenerational transmission of poverty. Comprehensive economic strengthening and social protection programmes, such as ‘graduation programmes’, may offer a ‘double boon’:...
25 March 2020
IDS Policy Briefing 169
The World Bank provides one of the world’s largest sources of international development funding, in 2019 committing US$62.3bn in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to governments and private businesses.
19 March 2020
Research on pastoralism at IDS spans 50 years, since Jeremy Swift started his PhD on Tuareg pastoral livelihoods in northern Mali. This bibliography pulls together publications – including academic pieces alongside reports and briefings – over this period produced by IDS academic staff and...
13 March 2020
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
9 March 2020
CDI Practice Paper 22
Realist evaluation asks ‘how and why do interventions work or not work, for whom, and in what circumstances?’ It holds promise as an approach that can help evaluate complex programmes, and provide nuanced insights to guide decisions about rolling out, scaling up, or trying out interventions...
9 March 2020
Part 1. Key Qualities of Research-Policy Partnerships "The Impact Initiative has really helped explore some of the practical opportunities and approaches for research policy partnerships to make a stronger contribution to development policy and practice. This has important implications...
3 March 2020
This brief sets out practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It details various types of online media, key players and influencers on social...
1 March 2020
Contestation over land is a central element of urban food systems. This paper examines how Ghana’s dual legal land system affects urban farmers. Situated within the “emancipatory planning” discourse, the paper investigates how farmers navigate customary and statutory land rules using...
1 March 2020
Les auteurs cherchent à comprendre pourquoi certaines villes clés dans un sens stratégique, symbolique et historique (les villes de Gagnoa, Guiglo et San Pedro) n’ont pas connu de cycle de violence pendant et après la crise post-électorale de 2010 à 2011 en Côte d’Ivoire. Le niveau...
27 February 2020
IDS Bulletin 51.1
The global drive to provide universal access to sustainable and modern energy by 2030 is creating numerous opportunities for energy users and suppliers. However, men and women do not benefit equally from these opportunities. Women’s contribution to energy planning, supply, and policymaking is...
20 February 2020
IDS Working Paper 534
Research on empowerment and accountability tends to focus on collective action and its potential for empowering citizens undertaking the action and on achieving state accountability. In fragile, conflict and violence-affected settings collective action is rare and risky. So how do citizens,...
14 February 2020