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Mapping the Body: Tracing the Personal and the Political Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha, South Africa
This article offers an analysis of the body-mapping dimension of the 'treatment literacy' initiatives of the Treatment Action Campaign...
World Bank Land Policy Study Commentary
Commentary on a proposed World Bank study on Land, prepared by the Livelihoods and Land Reform Research Team.
Essays on Transforming Security and Development in an Unequal World
Published by: IDS
IDS Bulletin 40.2 (March 2009) examines transforming security in an unequal world. This Research Summary shows how the two essays in Working Paper 322 complement this Bulletin and add further dimensions to discussions around policy-making in post conflict countries and issues surrounding identity based violent conflict.
Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippines
Published by: IDS
Disaster management has been dominated by top-down relief efforts whereby children are treated as passive victims. This paper challenges these assumptions by assessing the capacity of children to prevent disasters vis-à-vis their parents and examines how they are represented in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and decision-making spaces.
The Political Economy of the Budget Process: The Case of Ecuador
Published by: Harvard University Press
This study describes the main actors (formal and informal) involved in the budget-making process in Ecuador, and presents evidence regarding the main political and economic determinants of fiscal performance.
Essays on Transforming Security and Development in an Unequal World
Published by: IDS
These two papers add further dimensions to the discussions in IDS Bulletin 40.2 (March 2009) on 'Transforming Security and Development in an Unequal World' edited by Robin Luckham, Niagalé Bagayoko, Lucia Dammert, Claudio Fuentes and Michael Solis.
Brazil in the Global Economy. Measuring the Gains from Trade
Published by: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/International Labour Office
The Brazilian economy has experienced sustained growth since 2000, after several turbulent decades. The country’s engagement with...