Publications

The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Financial Crisis

BASIC Research Working Paper 42

This paper examines the structural causes of the financial collapse, the subsequent impact on Lebanon’s social protection systems, and the limitations of shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) frameworks in such a context.

Philip Proudfoot

Mining Legitimacy: Governing the Politics of Resource-Based Green Industrial Policy

IDS Working Paper 623

Green transitions are not only technological but deeply political. They rely on resources – land, minerals, water – mostly located in low- and middle-income countries, where extraction is increasingly contested. Drawing on evidence from Argentina and Chile, this paper examines how...

Anabel Marín

Santiago Cunial

Building Trust and Engagement: Vital to Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Community engagement is a crucial part of preparedness and response to health emergencies. It can enable more effective and equitable approaches by listening and responding to people’s needs, aspirations and priorities as much as communicating information to people and seeking to guide their...

Santiago Ripoll & 7 others

Community Engagement for Public Health in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Community engagement, in public health practice, includes a wide range of activities to work with community members to promote well-being and achieve more equitable health outcomes. This kind of work was critical to pandemic preparedness and response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cleveland has a...

Megan Schmidt-Sane & 2 others

Community Engagement for Public Health in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

This short report describes findings from the Cleveland, Ohio site of the ‘Community Engagement in Pandemic Preparedness (CEPP)’ project. The aim of this study was to yield practical and operationally relevant lessons from COVID-19 and ongoing work to improve community engagement (CE) and...

Megan Schmidt-Sane & 2 others

Strengthening Community and Community Engagement Infrastructure for Better Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level

This evidence brief draws on anthropological research in Ealing, a borough in Northwest London, to demonstrate how investing in community engagement infrastructure is fundamental to pandemic preparedness. While traditional preparedness often focuses on plans and protocols, the Ealing...

Tabitha Hrynick & 2 others

Fragmented Power, Access and Legitimacy: The Politics of Social Assistance in Yemen’s Conflict (2014–24)

BASIC Research Working Paper 38

This paper examines the politics and dynamics of social assistance in Yemen, where international humanitarian aid dominates support to conflict-affected populations.

Renewable Energy in the UK, Botswana and Kenya

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review privileges recent evidence, drawing on academic literature, national government energy strategies, published NDC commitments to the Paris Agreement, and relevant grey literature, including from multilateral agencies such as the IEA, to provide an overview of the...

Kathryn Cheeseman

Tourism as a Driver for Nature Protection

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review explores the potential of tourism to protect nature or restore natural lands. Sustainable tourism aims to conserve biodiversity, respect local cultural heritage and values, and to evenly distribute socioeconomic benefits from tourism revenues, for example,...

Kathryn Cheeseman

Compounding Care Burdens: Women’s Everyday Experiences of Climate Preparedness and Adaptation in Banaskantha, India

As rapid climate change is increasing the occurrence of extreme weather events, there is a noticeable increase in co-located hazards which refer to climate events that overlap or occur concurrently (e.g. droughts followed by floods or overlapping with heatwaves). Regions that are historically...

Vinitha Bachina & 2 others

The Tax Era of Development: Taxing Smarter for Equity, Growth, and Resilience

Tax is not only the primary source of financing in lower-income countries, but also the lynchpin of development finance.

Max Gallien & 5 others

Public Support for Wealth and Progressive Taxes in Pakistan

This brief explores public support for wealth taxation and the factors that shape those attitudes in Pakistan.

Max Gallien & 2 others