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Is Poverty Underestimated Because Males and Females Report Food Security and Food Expenses Differently?

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Does the gender of household survey respondents affect the accuracy of reported food consumption? Findings from a randomisation-based survey of beneficiary households in the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia suggest that it might – with implications for the targeting of such programmes.

Poverty Dynamics and Social ‍Assistance Amidst Intersecting Crises in Nigeria

This paper investigates the role of crises (e.g. armed conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, Covid‑19, and economic crises) in driving negative poverty trajectories in Nigeria, alongside the extent to which social assistance may be fit for purpose to respond to intersecting crises.

The Role of Social and Humanitarian Assistance for Supporting Lives and Livelihoods During the 2021‒22 Tigray Crisis

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper draws on a bespoke household panel dataset collected in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, just before and after the recent Tigray conflict reached the study area.

Environmental Change: Development Challenges Revisited

Published by: IDS

The establishment of the IDS Environment Group in 1990 created a line of research linked to policy that has remained central to the...

The Politics of Social Assistance in Lebanon: Social Protection, Sectarianism, and Lebanon’s Fragmented Social Contract

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This working paper explores the contemporary politics of social assistance in Lebanon.

The Politics of Social Assistance in Lebanon

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This brief examines the politics of social protection amid ongoing financial crisis in Lebanon.

Intersecting Exclusion in Digital Cash and Voucher Assistance in Nigeria

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This Policy Briefing looks at the different drivers of digitisation from the perspectives of aid recipients, humanitarian, and government actors in North East Nigeria.

‘A bridge to those in need’ Frontline Provider Perspectives on the Accountability of Social Assistance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper explores the accountability of social assistance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), focusing on the roles of frontline staff of local and international organisations since government-led programmes became inactive in 2015.