Publications

Sustaining Yemeni Capacities for Social Assistance: Lessons From a Decade of War

BASIC Research Working Paper 24

Yemen has sometimes been held up as an impressive example of how existing social protection systems and capacities can be maintained and supported even during a prolonged war. While providing support to meet immediate life-saving needs is the humanitarian priority in Yemen, aid organisations...

How Can Aid Actors Support Yemeni Capacities for Social Assistance?

BASIC Research Policy Briefing 2

Much of Yemen’s population needs basic assistance to avoid famine. As well as providing food and cash-based support during a decade of war, international aid actors have sustained and strengthened the capacities of local organisations involved. Yet these efforts have overlooked some capacities...

Taxing Mobile Money in Africa: Risk and Reward

ICTD explored the impact of different approaches to DFS taxation in Africa through its DIGITAX programme, which ran from 2020 to 2024.

Martin Hearson & 8 others

Evaluating CLARISSA: Evidence, Learning, and Practice

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 13

This research and evidence paper presents a synthesis of the findings from the embedded theory-based evaluation of the CLARISSA programme.

Marina Apgar & 7 others

WFP’s Support to Strengthening the National Social Protection System in Colombia

This case study reviews the role of the World Food Programme (WFP) in supporting social protection in Colombia since 2020.

Carolina Holland-Szyp & 2 others

Research within Tax Administration: from Monitoring Revenue to Influencing Policy

ICTD Working Paper 204

This paper discusses the role played by research departments within tax administration, drawing on the experiences of officials from eight African revenue authorities.

Adrienne Lees & 4 others

Land commoning in deagrarianized contexts: Potentials for agroecology?

Amid socially and ecologically failing food systems, land commoning has been proposed as a pathway to align food systems with agroecology and food sovereignty. This article aims to contribute to nascent understandings of land commoning movements in relatively deagrarianized contexts by...

Elise Wach

Ruth Hall

Key Considerations: Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Mpox Vaccination in Eastern DRC

SSHAP Briefing

This brief presents social and political considerations for the design and implementation of vaccination-related risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies for mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Tabitha Hrynick & 2 others

Opening the Black Box of Participatory Action Research in Response to the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal and Bangladesh

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 14

How, for whom, and under what conditions does Participatory Action Research (PAR) generate innovation to tackle the drivers of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL)? This paper presents the findings of a realist evaluation that investigated how PAR groups facilitated children who work in...

Mieke Snijder & 9 others

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Nepal Action Research Group 5

The formation of CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group 5 was prompted by recurring issues around children’s mental health and overall wellbeing that emerged through the research. The children involved are exposed to various forms of exploitation, abuse, trauma, and violence, all of which have a...

Children Enter the Adult Entertainment Sector and Face Labour Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Nepal Action Research Group 8

This is a report of CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group 8, which is located in a busy commercial, historical and tourist destination in the centre of Kathmandu Valley. The theme of this group was 'Children enter the Adult Entertainment Sector through friends, relatives, and unknown persons and...

Children Engage in the Worst Forms of Child Labour Due to Their Family’s Poor Economic Condition

Nepal Action Research Group 6

This document reports on a CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group located in a major entry and exit point for Kathmandu Valley. The theme explored by the group was: children engaged in the worst forms of child labour due to the poor economic condition of their family. This unique group comprised...