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24 July 2025
The Social and Economic Impacts of Carbon Markets on Local Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Realist Systematic Literature Review
Published by: FSD Africa
This landmark publication presents a comprehensive realist systematic literature review examining carbon market participation on social...
Working Paper
3 July 2025
Mining Legitimacy: Governing the Politics of Resource-Based Green Industrial Policy
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Green transitions are not only technological but deeply political. They rely on resources – land, minerals, water – mostly located in low- and middle-income countries, where extraction is increasingly contested. Drawing on evidence from Argentina and Chile, this paper examines how socioenvironmental conflicts and civic engagement are transforming green industrial policy in resource-rich contexts
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Mobilising social science for humanitarian action: insights and lessons
This webinar will share key learnings from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform’s mobilisation of evidence and expertise...
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CEDCA Panel Discussion: Opposition and resistance to clean energy transition
While switching from fossil fuels to clean energy addresses the climate crisis and offers development opportunities, opposition to the...
Book Chapter
14 May 2024
The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation
Published by: Springer
This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective mechanisms to fund the initiatives of the European Green Deal can be diffused worldwide to other regional and national banks, including in Latin America. Carbon shadow carbon pricing, green taxonomy, climate roadmap, and new instruments such as venture debt constitute experiences that can be drawn on by Latin American and other countries.
Working Paper
8 May 2024
Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics have been little studied in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Additionally, triggers of protests are themselves an under-theorised concept.
Working Paper
26 January 2024
Dispositions Towards the Living Wage Proposition: Baseline Report of the Rainforest Alliance Living Wage Strategy Evaluation
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper reflects on the changes induced by modifications in the Rainforest Alliance certification system that require wage transparency from plantation owners, a comparison with the local living wage benchmark, and a wage improvement plan. The paper synthesises the findings of four case studies in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, and Kenya, covering plantations of coffee, bananas, and tea.
Report
10 November 2023
Insights for Influence: Understanding Impact Pathways in Crisis Response
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report presents an overview of impact pathways from a selection of the Covid-19 Responses for Equity projects, chosen to represent the diversity of approaches to engage policymakers, civil society, and the media to generate and share evidence of the effect of the pandemic on diverse vulnerable groups.
Working Paper
18 September 2023
Landscapes of (In)justice: Reflecting on Voices, Spaces, and Alliances for Just Transition
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Diverse groups of citizens need to be engaged in the design and implementation of global energy transition policies across all scales and sectors for them to succeed and be socially acceptable. But how? And what lessons can we take from emerging practice to guide future action?