Publications

Where Techno-science Meets Poverty: Medical Research and the Economy of Blood in The Gambia, West Africa

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This paper considers how internationally supported medical research is understood and interpreted by its actual and potential study subjects, exposing the limits to bioethical discourses amidst economic inequalities and contrasting socio-cultural worlds. It focuses on the Medical Research...

Melissa Leach

Who Gains From Free Trade? Export-Led Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America

Who Gets What From Whom? The Impact of Decentralization on Tax Capacity and Social Spending

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WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Policy Liberalization: The Effects of Developed Countries’ Policies on Developing Countries

Sherman Robinson

Supporting rights and nurturing networks: the case of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Peru

Changing Water Worlds. Official and Resettlers’ Perceptions of the Water/Well-being Nexus

Vulnerability to Chronic Poverty and Malnutrition in Malawi

The purpose of this project, is to develop a conceptual framework to improve the understanding of vulnerability to chronic poverty and malnutrition in Malawi. This should support the review and development of relevant policies and programmes by the Government of Malawi and its development...

Stephen Devereux

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

Making Space for Citizens: Broadening the ‘New Democratic Spaces’ for Citizen Participation

Triumph, deficit or contestation? : deepening the ‘deepening democracy’ debate

IDS working papers 264

Around the world concepts and constructions of democracy are under contestation. Some analysts see the spread of democratic institutional designs as evidence of democracy’s triumph. Others – across both north and south – point to growing democratic deficits, and how they threaten...

John Gaventa

Civil society participation in trade policy-making in Latin America : reflections and lessons

IDS working papers;167

This paper explores the question of civil society engagement with trade policy in Latin America, identifying key factors which shape the dynamics and possibilities of participation. These include (a) key strategic issues within the movements and among groups themselves; (b) the organisation...

Budget analysis and policy advocacy : the role of non-governmental public action

IDS working papers;279

This paper examines the impact and significance of independent budget analysis and advocacy initiatives that are designed to improve budget transparency and the poverty focus of government expenditure priorities. It draws on case study research of six budget groups in Brazil, Croatia, India,...

Microfinance impact and the MDGs : the challenge of scaling-up

IDS working papers;255

This paper concerns the potential for microfinance to make a difference in achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. It recognises that microfinance can contribute to several MDGs but that to do so in ways that make a real difference would involve a significant scaling-up of...