Publications

Critical Transitions from Pastoralism to Ranching in Central Africa

Current Anthropology 62.1

The goal of this paper is to explain why and how increasing commoditization and incorporation in the market economy are only now leading to a critical transition from pastoralism to ranching in Central Africa. While there are similarities between pastoralism and capitalism—in both systems,...

Ian Scoones & 3 others

Newly Evolving Pastoral and Post-pastoral Rangelands of Eastern Africa

Over the past two decades, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human populations, shifting land use, expanding livestock marketing and trade, and greater investment by domestic and global capital. These trends have coincided with several...

Jeremy Lind & 4 others

Policy Pollination: A Brief History of Social Protection’s Brief History in Africa

IDS Working Paper 543

The relatively recent emergence and sustained rise of social protection as a policy agenda in Africa can be understood as either a nationally owned or ‘donor-driven’ process. While elements of both can be seen in different countries at different times, this paper focuses on the pivotal role...

Stephen Devereux

COVID-19 and Pastoralism: Reflections from Three Continents

The Journal Peasant Studies;

Focusing on pastoralism, this article reflects on five diverse cases across Africa, Asia and Europe and asks: how have COVID-19 disease control measures affected mobility and production practices, marketing opportunities, land control, labour relations, local community support and...

Giulia Simula & 5 others

External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Final Ghana Mixed Methods Evaluation Report

This final mixed methods report forms part of the external impact evaluation of mNutrition in Ghana. The evaluation was conducted by a consortium of researchers from Gamos, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 2016 and...

What is Wrong with African Tax Administration?

ICTD Research in Brief;63

National tax administrations in sub-Saharan Africa have undergone considerable reform in recent decades. In a number of respects, they are, on average, more reformed and more efficient than tax administrations in other low income regions of the world. They have responded effectively to a number...

Mick Moore

Africa’s ‘Youth Employment’ Crisis is Actually a ‘Missing Jobs’ Crisis

Brooke Shearer Series 9

Opportunities for employment, or the lack of them, have long been a central interest of African governments, young people, and their families. Youth employment is also currently the subject of considerable policy, research, and practitioner interest (e.g., CTA et al., 2014; Filmer and Fox, 2014;...

An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Responses on MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Commonwealth Countries in Africa

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to severe economic disruption, with the informal sector, employing nearly 86 per cent of Africans, being particularly vulnerable. This report summarises current policy responses and measures to provide support for the informal sector. It proposes a...

Amrita Saha & 2 others

COVID-19 and the African Energy Sector: Energy Insight

As elsewhere in the world, COVID-19 continues to ravage Africa, causing thousands of deaths and an unprecedented health crisis that is damaging to every aspect of the social and economic lives of millions of people. The energy sector is among the hardest hit, with far-reaching consequences for...

Wei Shen

Seife Ayele

The Dynamics of Bond and Equities Markets in WAEMU

This chapter identifies the challenges and opportunities that have emerged with the development of West African Economic and Monetary Union’s (WAEMU) capital markets – where both private and public bonds, as well as stocks, can be traded.

Romain Houssa

Kelbesa Megersa

External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Final Tanzania Mixed Methods Evaluation Report

This final mixed methods report forms part of the external impact evaluation of mNutrition in Tanzania. The evaluation was conducted by a consortium of researchers from Gamos, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 2016 and...

Dissocier les taxes sur le tabac du commerce illicite en Afrique

ICTD Synthèse 22

Le tabagisme est traditionnellement beaucoup moins commun en Afrique qu'il ne l’est en Europe ou en Amérique du Nord. Mais la situation est en train de changer. Au fur et à mesure que l'Afrique devient un marché croissant pour l'industrie du tabac, les effets néfastes du tabagisme sur...

Max Gallien