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Dignity in development: Evidence and gaps in respecting people worldwide
The development sector proclaims that it values dignity. Yet it often breaks this promise, with people leaving encounters with charities...
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7 April 2025
Powering Change: The Critical Role of Women and Youth in Sustainable Energy Transformation
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
How do we build economic systems that recognise and work within the biophysical limits of our finite planet while simultaneously reducing poverty and inequality? This has become a defining question of our time, and the global transition to clean energy is increasingly considered an important vehicle via which we might address this ‘trilemma'.
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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...
Brief
16 August 2024
Roundtable Report: Epidemic Preparedness and Response in Senegal
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
On 8 December 2023, SSHAP convened a roundtable discussion on social science research in epidemic preparedness and response in Senegal....
Brief
5 July 2024
SSHAP West Africa Hub: Health Emergency Cycles and Social Context in West Africa
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In this landscape paper, we aim to summarise the contextual factors that shape health emergencies and responses to health emergencies in the West Africa region (termed ‘health emergency cycles’).
Brief
7 February 2024
Fiscal Measures to Support Post-Pandemic Resilience
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Now that the dust has begun to settle on the Covid-19 pandemic, it is time to reflect on and draw lessons from country experiences in...
Publication
13 December 2023
Stories of Change: Covid-19 Responses for Equity
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) was a three-year, CA$25m rapid research initiative that brought together 20 research projects to...
Brief
13 September 2023
Waste Pickers Are Part of the Solution to Solid Waste Management in Senegal
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Waste pickers from the Bokk Diom organisation, working at Dakar’s Mbeubeuss landfill, continued to provide essential waste management services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. However, their incomes and livelihoods are threatened by the transformation of the city's waste management system, a process which they are excluded from.
Impact Story
10 August 2023
Brief
8 August 2023
Collaborative Art-Making for Deliberation in Africa
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Across West Africa and East Africa, policy actors and citizens have tended to discuss socio-environmental issues in ways that recognise emotional, subjective viewpoints, but can be antagonistic.
