Publications

WFP’s support to strengthening the national social protection system in Cambodia

This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in Cambodia over the last decade.

Becky Carter

Manucheher Shafee

WFP’s support to strengthening the national social protection system in India

This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP’s) support to social protection in India, specifically the country’s food and nutrition-focused social protection programmes, since 2014.

Ruhil Iyer & 3 others

WFP’s support to strengthening the national social protection system in Mauritania

This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania since the launch of its 2019–2023 Country Strategic Plan.

Brigitte Rohwerder

Manucheher Shafee

Just and Resilient Infrastructures in Pakistan and Kenya

IDS Policy Briefing 215

The relationship between infrastructure development and intensifying climate crisis is generating new cycles of 24-hour risks in the urban global South. Research from Karachi and Nairobi points to opportunities to build resilient infrastructures that strengthen and support community networks and...

Nausheen H Anwar & 4 others

The 24-Hour Risk City: A Framework for Thinking About Building Infrastructures of Climate Repair in Nairobi and Karachi

IDS Working Paper 612

Extreme heat, altered precipitation patterns, and flooding events, exacerbated by climate change, are changing the nature of 24-hour risk cycles faced by low-income neighbourhoods and informal settlements in the urban global South.

Nausheen H Anwar & 9 others

Key considerations: Mpox, mining, and vulnerabilities of women and children in eastern DRC

SSHAP Brief

This brief presents considerations for contextualising and responding to the mpox outbreak in the mining towns of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It focuses on women and children living and working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) areas.

Promising Evidence of Coordination Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus

BASIC Research Research Briefing 3

Drawing on our work on the conflict which began in Tigray, Ethiopia in late 2020, and spread to neighbouring regions in 2021, this research briefing summarises new evidence that shows how social assistance and humanitarian aid can work together to protect households from the impact of conflict.

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler & 3 others

Évaluation de la recherche-action systémique en tant qu’intervention participative de consolidation de la paix au Mali : résultats obtenus à Djenné et à Mopti

IDS Working Paper 611

Ce document de travail présente les résultats d'une évaluation basée sur une théorie intégrée d'une initiative participative de construction de la paix mise en oeuvre dans les cercles de Djenné et de Mopti au Mali dans le cadre du projet Vestibule de la Paix.

Alamoussa Dioma & 3 others

Evaluating Systemic Action Research as a Participatory Peace-Building Intervention in Mali: Findings from Djenné and Mopti

IDS Working Paper 610

This Working Paper presents the findings from an embedded theory-based evaluation of a participatory peace-building initiative implemented in the Djenné and Mopti cercles in Mali as part of the ‘Vestibule of Peace’ project.

Marina Apgar & 3 others

Résultats consolidés de l’évaluation de la recherche-action systémique en tant qu’intervention participative de consolidation de la paix à Kangaba, au Mali

IDS Working Paper 609

Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche d’évaluation intégrée d’une intervention participative de consolidation de la paix à Kangaba, au Mali, au sein du projet « Vestibule de la paix ».

Alamoussa Dioma & 3 others

Consolidated Findings from Evaluating Systemic Action Research as a Participatory Peace-Building Intervention in Kangaba, Mali

IDS Working Paper 608

This paper presents the findings from an embedded theory-based evaluation of a participatory peace-building initiative implemented in the Kangaba region of Mali as part of the ‘Vestibule of Peace’ project.

Marina Apgar & 3 others

Towards Inclusive Social Assistance for Marginalised People in the KRI

BASIC Research Working Paper 29

Intersecting inequalities exacerbate the negative impacts of crises on marginalised people’s lives. Yet there is a gap in knowledge about the layered effects of marginalisation and protracted crises, what this means for how those with pressing needs cope and access social assistance in...

Jackie Shaw & 2 others