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Mobilising and Mediating Global Medicine and Health (Research Summary)

Published by: IDS

This paper focuses on the ways in which global health messages and forms of health citizenship are mediated by AIDS activists in rural South Africa. It draws attention to the agency of the ‘targets’ of biomedicine and the friction that NGOs and social movement mediators encounter at national and local level.

Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America

Published by: Harvard University Press

Making Vaccine Technologies Work for the Poor

Published by: IDS

This IDS Policy Briefing argues that policymakers and practitioners must pay close attention to local cultural understandings of vaccines, looking at how the dynamics of supply and demand interact in local settings, if they are to improve uptake, design appropriate health promotion approaches, and address so-called 'anti-vaccination rumours'.

How Does Taxation Affect the Quality of Governance?

Published by: IDS

There are clear connections between how states obtain revenue, and the quality of their governance. If governments are not dependent on...

Democratisation and Foreign Aid in Africa

Published by: IDS

Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty: Lessons from Developing Countries

Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press

Assessing the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on World Prices and Trade in Developing Countries: Analysis with a World Trade Model

Published by: IDS

The Financial Crisis and China: What are the Implications for Low Income Countries?

Published by: IDS

From Crisis Management to Institutional Reform

Published by: IDS

Transferring Clean Technologies to Developing Countries: Why so much Disagreement?

Published by: IDS