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The Power, Violence, Citizenship and Agency (PVCA) project is an action research project designed by researchers at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and carried out with a number of institutional partners.
1 November 2012
Published by: Households in Conflict Network
Part of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) series, this Working Paper analyses how changes in the roles and activities of women during episodes of violent conflict may shape their contribution to post-conflict economic recovery and sustainable peace.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Dr Catherine Mueller presents her analysis on both the impact of violence on income expectations, and the relationship between aspirations failure and conflict dynamics
1 July 2012
Published by: ICTD and IDS
Governments across the developing world in general, and Latin America in particular, tend to have difficulty in raising taxes from elites. In 2002, however, the Colombian government introduced the first of a series of wealth taxes aimed solely at rich individuals and companies with large liquid assets. Revenue from these taxes, which amounted to about 1 per cent of GDP, was earmarked for security.
1 April 2011
Published by: IDS
On 28 December 2007 the then Mayor of Bogotá signed a Decree which established the guidelines of the public policy for the full guarantee of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the city.
1 September 2010
Published by: IDS
Recent research in the field of development aid persuasively problematises aid relationships and begins to reveal their significance for the real-life application and effectiveness of international development cooperation.
21 May 2010
1 January 2009
Published by: IDS
Researchers for this Bulletin set out not only to understand contemporary dynamics of violence, but also to work with people trapped in violent places, spaces and histories who were willing to talk about and act upon their situation. Researching violence in an interactive way with those living in the thick of it posed many ethical, safety, epistemological and methodological challenges.
1 January 1998