Realising safely managed urban sanitation: the potential of ‘brown gold’
Sanitation is one of the most off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the WHO and UNICEF reporting that 3.8 billion people...
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Sanitation is one of the most off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the WHO and UNICEF reporting that 3.8 billion people...
Mega-Infrastructure Projects (MIPs) represent a central element of globalized development. MIPs like the Chinese driven ‘Belt and Road...
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.
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.
Access to water and decent sanitation service is a human right, however, its realisation has always been fraught with challenges and is...
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.
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Intersecting inequalities exacerbate the negative impacts of crises on marginalised people’s lives. Yet there is a gap in knowledge...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has experienced conflicts, displacement, socioeconomic shocks, and climate change effects....
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This Working Paper explores the multifaceted Chinese engagement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) copper and cobalt mining sector.