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17 September 2024
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Brief
12 September 2024
Promoting Sustainable Waste Management in Mekelle, Ethiopia
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia, is plagued by water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges. Rapid population growth, unplanned urbanisation, limitations in WASH services, climate change, and the impacts of war and conflicts are affecting the sanitation conditions of the city.
Working Paper
10 September 2024
Assessing Displaced People’s Design Choices Around Social Assistance
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper sets out to partially address the exclusion of displaced people from the design and planning of social assistance programming by consulting them in a range of design choices about how they engage with social assistance and what a good social assistance programme would look like. The paper draws on research in two locations (camp and city) in each of three countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lebanon, and Pakistan.
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Climate change and sanitation: exploring intersections and blind spots in rapidly urbanising towns of Africa and Asia
Access to water and decent sanitation service is a human right, however, its realisation has always been fraught with challenges and is...
Brief
28 August 2024
Promising Evidence of Coordination Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Drawing on our work on the conflict which began in Tigray, Ethiopia in late 2020, and spread to neighbouring regions in 2021, this research briefing summarises new evidence that shows how social assistance and humanitarian aid can work together to protect households from the impact of conflict.
Working Paper
21 August 2024
Towards Inclusive Social Assistance for Marginalised People in the KRI
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Intersecting inequalities exacerbate the negative impacts of crises on marginalised people’s lives. Yet there is a gap in knowledge...
Brief
21 August 2024
Inclusive Social Assistance for Marginalised People in the KRI
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has experienced conflicts, displacement, socioeconomic shocks, and climate change effects....
Working Paper
20 August 2024
China’s Engagement with DRC’s Critical Minerals Sector: Extractivism, Developmentalism, and the Quest for a Just Transition
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This Working Paper explores the multifaceted Chinese engagement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) copper and cobalt mining sector.
Impact Story
4 August 2024
Brief
25 July 2024
How Can Aid Actors Support Yemeni Capacities for Social Assistance?
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Much of Yemen’s population needs basic assistance to avoid famine. As well as providing food and cash-based support during a decade of...