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8 November 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Since 2009, the Boko Haram insurgency has become the most prominent source of violence in northern Nigeria, particularly affecting the...
This webinar will share key learnings from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform’s mobilisation of evidence and expertise...
4 November 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Sierra Leone has seen a sharp rise in the use of ‘kush’ – a relatively new drug formed through mixing several constituent drugs,...
31 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice involving the partial or total removal of the external female...
31 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This brief explores the humanitarian needs of forced rural area-to-city migrants in the north-west of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,...
31 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper examines the relationship between social assistance, violent conflict, and intersecting crises, and considers how social assistance can help offset erosive forms of coping that could otherwise drive poverty and food insecurity.
29 October 2024
29 October 2024
Published by: Studies in Comparative International Development
Around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic drew attention to state social protection and its limitations. Less attention has been paid to...
29 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Tax specialists have a great deal to say about how African tax collectors could work better. But they rarely seem to ask the tax...
29 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The aim of this report is to improve understanding of the risks and benefits of the use of digital technologies to support cash and voucher assistance programming in North East Nigeria from the perspective of recipients.
