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
Financialization has become the go-to term for scholars grappling with the growth of finance. This Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the scholarship on financialization, connecting finance with changes in politics, technology, culture, society and the economy. It takes stock of...
1 April 2020
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
31 March 2020
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
31 March 2020
Globally, disabled people are disproportionately excluded from the workforce. For the general population, it is recognised that having a job is closely linked to better health, wellbeing, self-esteem and to social inclusion. Disabled people are known to be disadvantaged in all these arenas and...
31 March 2020
Multi-sectoral nutrition governance has been hailed as an effective mechanism to reduce undernutrition. Ethiopia has adopted the approach and has been implementing nutrition programmes with some success, but undernutrition remains high for a range of reasons.
31 March 2020
IDS Working Paper;535
Participation is the act of people engaging in decisions that impact their lives. It has been widely promoted in social, political and civic spheres. However, the question of participation in economic governance is underdeveloped.
30 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...
30 March 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
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