Publications

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

Forest Policy and Economics 172

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

Labour Market Effects of India’s Termination from the United States’ GSP

IDS Working Paper 615

This paper investigates the sudden 2019 termination by the United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of trade with India as a quasi-natural experiment. Given the re-election of Donald Trump and global concerns about the future of global trade, understanding the distributional...

Chris Heitzig

Amrita Saha

Humanitarian Learning Resource Guide 3rd Edition

This resource guide from the Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy programme (K4DD) is designed to provide the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) staff and other interested parties with information about free online courses and materials they can use to develop...

Brigitte Rohwerder

Reading Pack: Humanitarian Action – 2nd Edition

The purpose of humanitarian action is to support people affected by armed conflicts and disasters by helping them to save their lives, alleviate their suffering, maintain their dignity, assist their recovery and increase their resilience. This reading pack from the Knowledge for Development and...

Brigitte Rohwerder & 2 others

The Role of Social and Humanitarian Assistance for Supporting Lives and Livelihoods During the 2021‒22 Tigray Crisis

BASIC Research Working Paper 33

This paper draws on a bespoke household panel dataset collected in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, just before and after the recent Tigray conflict reached the study area.

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler & 3 others

Simplified Taxation in Africa: What We Know – and Need to Know

ICTD Policy Brief 15

Most economic operators in Africa are small and informal firms that fall under the purview of presumptive or simplified tax regimes (STRs). These taxes are expected to fulfil a range of functions, from raising revenue to facilitating formalisation and improving revenue authorities’ data, and...

Max Gallien & 5 others

Taxing High-net-worth Individuals in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy-makers from a Preliminary Investigation

Nigeria ranks third in Africa for the number of US dollar millionaires, but whether these high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) are contributing their fair share to domestic revenue mobilization is open to question. Although there have been various attempts to improve tax collection in recent...

Giovanni Occhiali & 2 others

Measuring the Business Case for Workforce Nutrition Programmes

Workforce Nutrition Programmes (WNPs) can improve the health of workers, but with mixed results for a business case—which is crucial to their sustainability. This paper thus explores impact pathways and metrics used to assess the business benefits of WNPs, as well as the factors that influence...

Evert-jan Quak & 4 others

Environmental Change: Development Challenges Revisited

IDS Bulletin 56.1A

The establishment of the IDS Environment Group in 1990 created a line of research linked to policy that has remained central to the Institute ever since. In highlighting a series of IDS Bulletin issues, led by IDS researchers, this archive issue tracks the development of this work over the...