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23 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In a context of weak central political authority and persistent conflict, Somalia’s fledgling social protection sector continues to lean heavily on humanitarian actors for its delivery. It is also largely externally driven and financed, with consequences for the calibre of sector coherence.
23 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Kenya’s social protection system has matured significantly over the last decade, although its resilience in violent conflict has not been tested given the country’s relative stability. Even so, Kenya has significant vulnerabilities, particularly its high spatial and social inequalities, and while devolution may have diffused political tensions from the centre, it has fed into local-level conflicts.
9 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The interaction between social protection and conflict is an emerging area of study with particular relevance to the Horn of Africa, where conflict and political instability are habitual risks and where social protection is now a well-established field of intervention, including in response to climate-related shocks.
3 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This briefing suggests how markets in artisanal milk products may contribute to agropastoralist livelihoods in semi-arid Africa. In some of these areas, milk plays important nutritional and cultural roles, but production is declining due to environmental changes.
3 May 2023
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The photos displayed in this document were taken in Kenya and Ghana as part of the research project Connecting Agropastoral Food Culture Research to Livestock Commercialisation Policy.
IDS is providing 12 IDRC-funded research projects on Clean Energy for Development with knowledge translation and communications support.
22 March 2023
For the seventh consecutive year, the University of Sussex together with the Institute of Development Studies has been ranked as the...
The necessity to address the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation is usually expressed in terms of visions of...
