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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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Opinion
11 June 2025
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Brief
15 May 2025
Key considerations: Mpox in the Busia-Malaba border region linking Uganda and Kenya
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Mpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border that links eastern Uganda and western Kenya, with risk factors centred on cross-border...
Publication
14 May 2025
What Impact Do Tax Agents Have on Taxpayers’ Compliance in Uganda? Evidence from Tax Administrative Data
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This study builds on existing exploratory evidence on the role of tax intermediaries in encouraing or hindering tax compliance in low-income countries through the analysis of all corporate income tax (CIT) and value added tax (VAT) returns submitted in Uganda between 2019 and 2023.
News
27 March 2025
Gauthier Marchais receives prestigious education research award
Gauthier Marchais, Research Fellow at IDS, has won the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award of the Comparative and International Education...
Working Paper
26 March 2025
Towards Inclusive Social Assistance for Marginalised People in East and Northeast Uganda
The negative impacts of crises on marginalised people’s lives are exacerbated by intersecting inequalities. However, there is limited...
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Coordination of the Disability Inclusive Development Networks
This project involves the coordination of a cohort of ten research networks that are funded under the AHRC International Networks for...
Project
Tackling inequities in HIV/AIDS treatment ‘failure’ and mortality in Kampala, Uganda through participatory research with young men on the social determinants of health
Our project on ‘tackling inequities in HIV treatment failure’ builds on longstanding ethnographic work in Kampala, Uganda on the political-economic and social context of men’s HIV vulnerability. Over 18 months, we will use ethnographic and participatory methods to understand the social determinants of HIV/AIDS amongst young men and engage policymakers to identify strategies to improve treatment experiences.
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Eliminating gender-based violence: Strategies to counter backlash
Violence against women and girls remains a global human rights violation, with the UN reporting that almost 1 in 3 women have been...