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Assets, ‘Asset-ness’ and Graduation
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Asset-based approaches – usually involving asset transfers and/or asset building – are increasingly central to thinking about...
Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year 3
Published by: IDS
This is a brief report on the developments and use of the monitoring and evaluation system within the Institute of Development Studies’ Accountable Grant (AG).
Young People, Agriculture and Employment in Rural Africa
Published by: Routledge
The much heralded growth and transformation of many economies in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade continues to receive prominent attention in academic scholarship and among policy practitioners. An apparent feature about this transformation, however, is that Africa’s youth appear to have been left out.
Perspectives on Jobs and Farming: Findings from a Q Study with Young People, Parents and Development Workers in Rural Ghana
Published by: Future Agricultures Consortium
This paper presents the results of a series of Q Methodology studies with secondary students and parents at two sites in Ghana (Ashanti Region and Northern Region), and with development officials. The studies were informed by the argument that there is a significant risk of implementation failure when there is a clash of assumptions or world views among the parties associated with a policy process.
Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year 2
Published by: IDS
This report relates to the second year of the Institute of Development Studies’ (IDS) Accountable Grant (AG).
Under What Circumstances and Conditions Does Adoption of Technology Result in Increased Agricultural Productivity? A Systematic Review
Published by: IDS/DFID
New technology that enables sustainable and profitable production of food and fibre is critical for both food security and economic development. Whether framed in terms of modernisation, productivity enhancement, poverty reduction, social protection, environmental protection or adaptation to climate change, technical change is at the heart of most agricultural policy, programmes and projects. From
Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year One
Published by: IDS
The IDS Accountable Grant is a large and complex four-year grant working across seven Policy Themes, 20 sub-themes, 68 activity domains and over 300 Level 2 Outputs.
Tomorrow Today
Tomorrow Today is a horizon scanning programme designed to support the preliminary but systematic exploration of new and emergent policy issues.
Heifer-in-trust, Social Protection and Graduation: Conceptual Issues and Emperical Questions
Published by: Wiley
This article examines the ‘heifer‐in‐trust’ or ‘livestock‐in‐kind credit’ model through a social‐protection lens....