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Enrolling a Goddess for Delhi’s Street Vendors: The Micro-Politics of Policy Implementation Shaping Urban (In)formality
Published by: Elsevier
In a world of persistent and growing informality of working and living conditions in cities, and increasing policy efforts to formalise the informal, why are some forms of informality criminalized while others enjoy sanction of the state?
Beyond ‘Politics by Numbers’: Building Partnerships to Create and Use Global Indicators
Published by: IDS
Since the global food price crisis erupted in 2008, progress on reducing hunger and malnutrition has become increasingly viewed as a...
Wellbeing of Urban Refugees: Syrians and Hosts in Jordan and Lebanon (WURSHIJL)
In what ways do regulations, policies and implementation practices affect the wellbeing of Syrian refugees and host communities in urban areas of Lebanon and Jordan? This project reviews and synthesises knowledge on this topic to inform policymakers, donors and humanitarian practitioners.
Inclusive Urbanisation and Cities in the Twenty-First Century
Published by: IDS
In academic and policy discourse, urbanisation and cities are currently receiving a great deal of attention, and rightly so. Both have been central to the enormous transformation the world has been going through during the past few centuries.
South Africa tops new Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index – Africa
South Africa ranks highest in the first Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index – Africa (HANCI-Africa) launched today.
Choosing between Research Rigour or Support for Advocacy Movements, a False Dichotomy?
Using the case study of the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI), this article seeks to answer key questions relating to the...
What are the Challenges and Opportunities for Multi-level Advocacy for Nutrition?
Published by: IDS
Over the last decade, policy advocacy has made critical contributions towards the development of nutrition policies, laws and strategies in many countries with high burdens of malnutrition.
Supporting Policies, Programs and Enabling Action through Research (SPEAR)
Supporting Policies, Programmes and Enabling Action through Research (SPEAR) is a Flagship Programme (FP4) within the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Program. The main objective of SPEAR is to understand and enhance agriculture’s contribution to improving nutrition at scale.
Multi-level Advocacy for Nutrition
Published by: IDS
Over the past decade, nutrition has received strong global attention as a development problem. Concerted efforts by international donors, philanthropical foundations, national and international non-government organisations and civil society have pushed nutrition further up global and national policy agendas.