Publications

Arguing for the poor : elites and poverty in developing countries

IDS working papers;148

Budgets and ballots in Brazil : participatory budgeting from the city to the state

IDS working papers;149

Confronting civil war : a comparative study of household assets management in southern Sudan

IDS discussion papers;381

This paper examines the assets management strategies adopted by households exposed to prolonged civil war. The paper is based on fieldwork conducted in Bahr el Ghazal region, southern Sudan in 2000-1, which covered 563 sample households that were exposed during the 1990s to counterinsurgency...

Poverty monitoring and targeting using ROC curves : examples from Vietnam

IDS working papers;161

Citizenship and the boundaries of the acknowledged community : identity, affiliation and exclusion

IDS working papers;171

Mapping accountability : origins, contexts and implications for development

IDS working papers;168

A Methodology for Assessing the Social and Economic Implications of Pollution Effects on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture: A Case Study from India

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Dolf J.H. te Lintelo

The Manufacture of Popular Perceptions of Scarcity in Gujarat, India. Dams and Water-Related Narratives in Gujarat, India

This paper critically examines some narratives of water scarcity in Kutch, western India. It argues that images of dwindling rainfall and increasing drought largely serve to legitimise the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam and manufacture dominant perceptions concerning scarcity. This manufacture...

Manual for Value Chain Research on Homeworkers in the Garment Industry

In developed and developing countries, grassroots organisations are trying to improve the livelihoods of informal producers. Such organisations have been concerned in particular with the homeworkers who carry out production tasks or provide services for the garment industry. Organisations such...

Hubert Schmitz

Dorothy McCormick

Editorial: Environmental Governance in an Uncertain World

IDS Bulletin Vol. 32 Nos. 4

In this IDS Bulletin, we focus on local natural resource issues as one key area of environmental governance, asking how rural people sustain their livelihoods in an uncertain world and what institutional arrangements mediate their access to resources.

Ian Scoones & 2 others

Environmental Governance in an Uncertain World

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This Bulletin focuses on local natural resource issues as one key area of environmental governance, asking how rural people sustain their livelihoods in an uncertain world and what institutional arrangements mediate their access to resources. The articles were commissioned for a workshop on...

Lyla Mehta & 2 others

Financial Reform in a Devolved African Country: Lessons from Ethiopia

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Stephen Peterson