Financial Inclusion in a Refugee Response
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The growing scope, frequency, and complexity of forced displacement, both inside and outside of countries, has pushed donors and other...
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Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The growing scope, frequency, and complexity of forced displacement, both inside and outside of countries, has pushed donors and other...
Investment in innovation stands not only for technological improvements but also organisational changes, be it in relation to products,...
Published by: Commonwealth Secretariat
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to severe economic disruption, with the large informal sector in Caribbean Commonwealth...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This is the third edition of Ideas from IDS, our publication featuring student essays, now from the 2018/19 academic year. This is the first time this publication has a thematic focus: food.
The Zika Congenital Syndrome has severe long-term, complex impacts on affected children and their caretakers, demanding state responses even after the withdrawal of the national health emergency status. This paper discusses the narratives and agency roles involved in the policymaking and implementation of a social protection response to the Zika epidemic in Brazil.
Published by: IDS
This case study was designed to investigate how people in poor communities in Brazil are taking action to improve their local economies and how participation is important to achieve that. In a context of economic marginalisation and limited access to infrastructure and public goods, local movements have risen in which residents organise themselves to discuss major community issues and try to find a solution together. The experience of Banco Palmas, the first Brazilian Community Development Bank (CDB), inspired the spread of this model across the country and resulted in the creation of the Brazilian Network of Community Banks (BNCB).
It is widely understood that poverty undermines early childhood development (ECD), and in turn, poor ECD reinforces intergenerational transmission of poverty. Tackling poverty is therefore crucial for improving ECD. In Haiti, this presents an enormous challenge as more than half of the population live in poverty.
This case study illustrates the effects of the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) graduation programme on Madeline and her family. The CLM programme in Haiti provides opportunities for women to set up small businesses or other economic activities, become members of savings and lending groups, receive training and advice on health and sanitation, and receive materials for improving their homes.
This case study illustrates the effects of the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) programme – a graduation programme in Haiti – on Jenniflore and her family. Tackling poverty is crucial for improving early childhood development; in Haiti, this presents an enormous challenge as more than half of the population live in poverty.