Publications

Identification of Methods and Tools for Emergency Assessments to Distinguish between Chronic and Transitory Food Insecurity and to Evaluate the Effects of Various Types and Combinations of Shocks on these Different Livelihood Groups

Desk Review prepared for the Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity (SENAC) Committee of the WFP

Stephen Devereux

Impact of Switching Production to Bioenergy Crops: The Switchgrass Example

Sherman Robinson

Institutions and Service Delivery in Asia

IDS Bulletin 37.3

This article examines some of the key challenges in the delivery of basic services of health and education to poor populations in Asia in view of reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It highlights the institutional problems involved in the delivery of basic services and identifies...

Anuradha Joshi

La socialisation institutionnelle des militaires français dans les structures décisionnelles de l’Union européenne

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Learning and Earning in Global Garment and Footwear Chains

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This article explores the power of the global value chain approach in explaining the growth of production capabilities and the distribution of gains. It suggests that the upgrading opportunities of local enterprises are structured by the relationships in global value chains. This is shown...

Hubert Schmitz

Learning for Social Change: Exploring concepts, methods and practice

Jethro Pettit

On the Links Between Violent Conflict and Chronic Poverty: How Much Do We Really Know

This Working Paper was published by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre at the University of Manchester

Patricia Justino

Policy Implications of Trends in Agribusiness Value Chains

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John Humphrey

Migrant Workers in England and Wales: An assessment of Migrant Worker health and safety risks

This report, which draws on interviews with 200 migrant workers in five regions of England and Wales, considers whether the position that recent migrant workers occupy within the labour market puts their health and safety at increased risk, in comparison with other workers in similar positions.

Deepta Chopra

The Multi-Governance of Water: Four Case Studies

Examines the politics of transnational water resource management through case studies of the Aral Sea basin and the Danube, Euphrates, and Mekong river basins.

Jeremy Allouche

Water and Human Development: Capabilities, Entitlements and Power

Water and sanitation are key aspects of human development. For poor people, access to water and sanitation is a pre-requisite to achieving a minimum standard of health and to undertake productive activities. Moreover, water plays a key role enhancing agricultural and industrial productivity....

Lyla Mehta

Do Human Rights Make a Difference to Poor and Vulnerable People? Accountability for the Right to Water in South Africa

To what extent is accountability key to realising rights? In struggles over access to water, conflicts between market- and rights-based frameworks imply distinct strategies of accountability. The former implies consumers holding service providers to account. In this understanding, citizens are...